--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 11, 2006, at 5:36 PM, jim_flanegin wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Jul 11, 2006, at 2:47 PM, jim_flanegin wrote: > >> > > Vaj said: They felt he was a "seller of > >>> the > >>>> Vedas" and thus destined for the deepest hell. Not the "saint" > >>> some > >>>> imagine... > >>>> > > Jim said: 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. > >> > >> > > Vaj said: 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... > >> > > I can't imagine why this would cause bad effects. Even money comes > > from the same place everything else does...I suppose if they were > > caught up into the thinking that making money was somehow > > inconsistent with a spiritual life...I don't know, it seems silly to > > me, given that a service is being provided. > > > It's an interesting point Jim--I too have found this damnation by > jnanis to be bizarre--but not the point. The point was that Amma's > remarks were gentle by comparison--and the comparison to a mother > caring, touching to everyone (everyone has a mom). >
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