--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > On Jul 11, 2006, at 2:12 PM, Kenny H wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <groups@> > wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> > > > One interesting comment Amma made to > > > > > >> a friend of mine: ³Charging money for meditation is like a > mother > > >> > > > charging > > > > > >> her baby for breast milk.² > > >> > > > > > > I find these comments made by one guru about the practices about > other > > > gurus to be curious. Why do they need to say anything about it > all and > > > instead just not charge for what they do and do things their > way. It's > > > kind of a self-aggrandizing/inflammatory/divisive comment (in > my > > > opinion). > > > > > > Given that the traditional comment would be that those who sells > > meditation would go to the Avachi Hell, I'd say this was much > nicer, > > even kind. > > > > When I visited with sannyasis of the Shankaracharya order and > naively > > mentioned that I learned meditation in the "Shanakaracharya > > tradition", they immediately asked "from who?" When I said it was > TM > > and Maharishi's meditation several of the sannyasis got very angry > at > > this, one was particularly loud and quietly escorted away. Not a > nice > > scene! Last time I ever said that. They felt he was a "seller of > the > > Vedas" and thus destined for the deepest hell. Not the "saint" > some > > imagine... > > > Emphasis on dogma can lead to all kinds of crazy ideas. Just look at > the way the dharma of caste is often abused and misunderstood. Or > the state of the Catholic Church. You seem to put way too much > importance in titles. >
Not to mention that "traditional" interpretation of texts from thousands of years ago. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
