--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > > For the record, I have no problem with this whatsoever. > > You're being honest about the yagyas being *worship* > > of *deities*. What I think is a little hilarious are > > the people who pay money to have yagyas performed for > > them and then pretend they're doing so for "scientific" > > or rational reasons. It's *OK* to be superstitious; > > they don't have to hide it. > > Or perhaps such people realize there's more > than one way to understand yagyas. > > <snip> > > The "cleanest" religions and spiritual > > traditions I've found in history are those who didn't > > allow this, and expected their teachers -- *including* > > the primary teacher or guru -- to work for a living just > > like everybody else, and do their teaching for free. > > Just out of curiosity, why should spiritual > teaching be the only kind of teaching that is > not considered to be a job deserving of > compensation? >
Because then it wouldn't be "spiritual," obviously.... Of course, hospitals and insurance companies would obviously volunteers to teach their patients, and schools would welcome them with open arms because the quality-control would automatically be top-notch...
