--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > From: Michael Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 22:00:01 -0500 > > To: Michael Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Conversation: Purusha's descent from Heavenly Mountain unto Earth > > Subject: Purusha's descent from Heavenly Mountain unto Earth > > > <snip> > This strikes me as a strange group for the West. Unlike Thailand or > India, we have no tradition here of directly supporting monks. And > unlike the traditional monks like the Benedictines, aligned and > supported by the Catholic church, these guys have to beg regularly to > support their lifestyles, living in poverty, and for what? It seems > like a very strange thing to put oneself through...building castles in > the air.
They are not living in poverty though. The accomodations are very high class, I imagine the food also is expensive organic food. They may not have alot of cash, but compared to alot of America, they live quite nicely and the lifestyle is not too rough. I would not equate poverty with lack of cash entirely. > ------------------------ 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/
