--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.>> I second that emotion. OffWorld
