--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 11, 2006, at 2:47 PM, jim_flanegin wrote: > > >> > >> 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. > > > I think the sages who said that originally saw it as "cause and > effect". Charging for the path to liberation was not seen as a good > "cause" and therefore had some bad effects... >
Ah yes, the sages understood all there is to know about modern industrial societies. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/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/
