--- In [email protected], "coshlnx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---Re: Vaj says "no Samadhi". Actually, he's parrotting his Guru, > Chogyal Norbu Rinpoche, who disses "internalized" silent sitting > meditation; in favor of the Dzogzen "direct cognition" approach. The > problem with this is a disconnect between raw theory(incorrect > suppositions on the part of Norbu and Vaj) and what people directly > experience. Saying "direct cognition - no need for silent sitting > meditation" is something that has to be challenged, tested, and > conclusions wrung out in the light of direct experience. > Vipassana/mindfulness is in the Dogzchen camp, a seeming alternative > to silent, sitting meditation. > One is free to say anything desired, but if somebody makes a claim, > say "drink Ganges water and you will be Enlightened in one hour", > this claim has to be tested in the light of direct experience. > In short, Norbu/Vaj's Dogzchen/mindfulness can't hold a candle to > TM; and Vaj in some immature perverse manner is dissing a truly great > technique that Norbu is totally ignorant of. > The Dzogchen "direct transmission" approach sounds find in theory, > if one is living on Mars; but coming down to earth, where are the > dozens of people Enlightened through this approach, (apart from the > Tibetan Lamas who spent years in solitude)??? >
Ironically, Vaj says he started TM when he was 14, no doubt making any type of meditation he has practiced afterwards more successful. Rather than honor this essential step in his spiritual journey, he regularly scorns it.
