--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > I think we need to be realistic here. If we're talking about a > > > legitimate master, it definitely would be harmful in terms of > > > planetary evolution to disparage such a master. > > > > > > Faux-masters and avatards are a different thing altogether. > > > > One wonders about the karma of those who pretend > > to be able to tell the difference, and then, on the > > basis of that faux expertise, proceed to bash a > > teacher and tell lies about him out of pure spite. > > The only bad karma coming from disparaging a master is the > karma already evident from those doing this- that they have > no mechanism within their egoic dream to distiguish a true > master from a fraud. > > This joker Vaj is a prime example, puffed up like a peacock, > and spouting rubbish. No offense to the peacock...
The following was part of an email exchange that was forwarded here about a month ago by Rick. Neither the email, its excellent subject matter, or the following quote provoked a word of comment on FFL. One person asked which Dave the author of the email was, but that was it. I "replay" the quote again, seeing if it gets more comment when presented more in context: "Correctly, correctly but the idea behind this is that one shall not think badly of his master. But now I would suggest that you think about it for a moment, whether it is in principle harmful to be criticized or whether it can be even helpful? The scriptures even say that criticism helps the earnest seeker and even the wise, to wash off their sins and that in reality criticism is a support for their spiritual development. Many saints therefore put their loudest critics on the same level with their most devoted supporters. The supporters serve the mahatmas and admire them but they also take part in the wealth of their spiritual strengths; the critics however take nothing for themselves, they wash only the sins away. We should be really very grateful for the agreeable service their criticism does and therefore should not try to suffocate it." -- Guru Dev
