--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 6, 2006, at 3:11 PM, jim_flanegin wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Mar 6, 2006, at 11:56 AM, jim_flanegin wrote: > >> > >>> --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> He's a good read, esp. if you're tired of the mamby-pamby new > > age > >>>> schlock that passes as "eastern wisdom" these days. > >>>> > >>>> There's probably something in Vimalananda to upset just abut > >>>> > >>> anyone. > >>> > >>>> But Aghori tantrics aren't for everyone. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Yeah, he comes across as a jerk to me. > >> > >> I don't know how valuable it is to judge a person based on a > > couple > >> of paragraphs. > > > > depends on the couple of paragraphs. You apparently thought those > > that you excerpted were representative of this fellow. > > No, not at all. They were not presented that way nor were intended > that way.
OK- > It was really a comment on premature claims to enlightenment and his > observation as to why that will begin occurring in the west--but you > haven't responded with anything other than your aversion to him as a > person. Right. > >> > >> Suffice to say, if you had a certain way you pre-conceived how a > >> "good" guru should be, my guess is, he would shatter that. > >> > > I'm not thinking of him as a guru. To my way of thinking, whether a > > person bags groceries or is a guru makes little difference how I see > > them. As a person, and from the quotation, he seems like a jerk. > > Just not my style, that's all. > > Then, other than the human dimension, what dimension would you > propose that people who are prone to premature claims of > enlightenment incarnate from or from what karmic causes? > I am not challenging the assertion the guy made about people following false gurus or claiming instant enlightenment in the West. Some people would probably find such statements eye-opening. Whatever. No problem. ------------------------ 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/
