--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > It is factually my opinion. lol! > > It is *merely* your opinion. > > > My opinion remains that you derive your spiritual growth from a > > failed tradition. The jury is still out on TM- maybe it fails, maybe > > it doesn't, but no such ambiguity with Tibetan Buddhism- It has > > failed. Tibet has been conquered. Case closed. *IMO*. > > You can believe this if you want. But just for fun, > please cite me scripture and verse where it is > stated as unequivocable spiritual fact that if > the country that a spiritual tradition is prevalent > in is conquered and overrun, that spiritual tradition > is "false."
Would you prefer it if I called the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism weak and ineffectual? And would a weak and ineffectual spiritual tradition be considered valid? I don't think so, but if you want to consider it so, please do. Or not. Whatever. In any case, this is purely my opinion, take it or leave it. Makes no difference to me.
