--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock <jedi_spock@> wrote: > > > > > > Is there a Conspiracy to corrupt the Vedic Pundits.?? > > > > Now THAT is something I hadn't thought of, but I'm almost > > certain that a few people who have contributed to this > > forum (e.g. ColdBlueIce) would feel obligated to try to > > their utmost to make it so and come to think of it, Swami > > Swaroopananda and friends probably feel the same way. > > As I heard it, Coldbluiceman (in the best TMer > entrepreneurial spirit) has opened a "Seduce A > Pundit" stand within sight of the frat windows, > where nubile young Iowa babes are encouraged to > sunbathe nude and fondle themselves. > > Sparaig, *someday* you and Jason should learn to > keep your unreasoning paranoia to yourselves. > > One thing that might help is to rent a copy of > Tibetan/Bhutanese filmmaker Khyentse Norbu's > film "The Cup." The "actors" in his film are > all monks in Norbu's monastery in Bhutan. They > give one a more real view of the *humanness* > that exists in real monks, and of the things > they really think about on a daily basis. > > This is a recommendation for everyone, BTW. It's > really a *wonderful* film, up there with the > work of Satyajit Ray in terms of capturing the > mindset of the East. The basic plot revolves > around some young monks in a Tibetan Buddhist > monastery who are scheming to find some way to > rent a TV and a satellite dish so that they can > watch the soccer World Cup. It's utterly delightful, > a masterful work of direction, and Norbu's first > film. > > Norbu himself is not only a Tibetan monk, he's > a tulku, or recognized incarnation of a famous > teacher from the past. I met him briefly in Santa > Fe when he was there on a fundraising tour, and > have rarely been so impressed. The room was full > of rich potential donors, all clammoring for his > attention, to get him to focus on them and give > them some "strokes" in return for the money they > were going to contribute to the film. His *equan- > imity* in the face of this was what was impressive. > He gave everyone *exactly* the same attention, > whether they were one of the richest people in > the world (one of whom was there), or a young kid > working his third job serving tea. Neat to see. >
But why? Equanimity is a description of the innermost reaction to someone, NOT some outward behavior. To behave exactly the same way towards everyone sounds contrived, not spiritual. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
