--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > Do you really think that peons get a chance to see the > > Dali Lama these days, unless it is a publicity gimmick? > > Uh...Dalai Lama. The Dali Lama was a surrealistic > figure in one of Salvador Dali's paintings, this > melted guy in ochre robes dripping over a table. :-) > > > Past a certain size, organizational structure disallows > > the boss from getting his hands dirty with the peasants. > > The last time the Dalai Lama was in Paris, I (whom > one could pretty well class as a "peon," since I > am not rich and am not a member of any established > Tibetan Buddhist sangha) was able to see him in > public several times and meet with him privately > for a few moments. He didn't ask me for a centime. > > If a spiritual teacher becomes inaccessible, it's > because he wants it that way, not because of the > size of the organization. >
Bull.
