--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 12, 2006, at 2:00 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> --- In [email protected], kaladevi93 <no_reply@> wrote: > >> > >>> If you think Vaj is a "TB", I guess you never really talked to him > >>> or heard his talk on Spiritual Anarchy and how genuine spirituality > >>> is anarchistic by nature... > >>> > >> > >> Kind of funny to say someone that calls himself Vajranatha is a > >> spiritual anarchist, don't you think? That name sounds very much > >> aligned with organized religion, probably Tibetan Buddhism. Oh well, > >> one person's spiritual anarchist is another's religous shill, eh? > >> > > > > It's official. Jim has become Judy. > > > > Must be the soybeans. > > > > :-) > > I always just assumed he was holding his quartz crystal too tightly. > > They are very similar. He doesn't even realize that the basic > precepts of spiritual anarchy are actually on the FFL front page: > > "Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe > what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. > But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be > kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings > -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide." ~ > Dharma-pada, Buddha Shakyamuni > > I can recommend no less.
How about putting those nice words into practise Vaj ? Which is the problem with all organized religion, including Tibetan Buddism, they love words, prayers and cermonies, but is has little or no transformative power. Unlike TM I might add.
