--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:14 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > >>>> IME the vows represent a transcendental morality, > >>> > >>> What's a "transcendental morality"? Seems like a > >>> contradiction in terms, the transcendent being > >>> beyond all distinctions, at least by any definition > >>> I've ever encountered. > >> > >> A set of insights into cause-effect, often defined as rules, that > >> emerge from transcendental or enlightened insight of reality as > >> to causes that attenuate progress towards enlightenment or > >> curtail establishment thereof. > > > > But the insights and the morality themselves are not > > transcendental, right? Once anything has "emerged" > > from the transcendent, it's no longer transcendental, > > in other words. > > The insights are. The change in behavior (the activity implied by > the "rules") supports attainment of higher states of consciousness. > > The higher you go, the finer the behavior--as the yogis say 'as > fine as barley flour'. > > All religions have these. They are all based on the law of karma: > actions produce results--from a Buddhist perspective until you > become a "stream enterer" you are still effected by behavior.
I don't believe you addressed my question. Distinctions, no matter how fine, cannot be "transcendental," by definition--unless you're using a very different definition of the transcendent than any I've ever seen. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
