[FairfieldLife] Where are the Buddhists?
From time to time I see posts claiming that !...@#$%^ is a Buddhist. So, I'm wondering who these Buddhist might be here on FFL? In fact, I'm thinking that there are no Buddhists on FFL. Why would Buddhists populate FFL? Outside of the snearing, slander and outright fighting that some of our luminaries indulge in (code for *ejaculate on*) why would a Buddhist care one single thing about MMY's teachings or any of the various reckless and drunken speculations parading here as ideas on public-spectacle-dot.001? I'm wondering just who these Buddhists might be. I've hung with Tantric Buddhists since 1992 - although they are not the usual breed of knee-jerk Prasangikas. The ones I talk with can actually discuss the similarities between Jamgon Kongtrul and Iamblicus on the role of the pranic chariot (oxema-pneuma) in theurgic/tantric rites. The ones I don't talk with much are the there is no chariot - it is nothing but a collection of boards, axils and spokes. Of course this is not real news here since doctrinare and mindless intellects are plentiful on any forum- especially one involving the relationship between the fundamental questions of human life and the teachings of the .org/church/sampradaya/lineage/revelation/religion. However my conversations over the years have demonstrated that most Buddhists don't really have anything close to the meditative-experiential baseline that most of us bring to FFL and take for granted in our conversations. In fact, one of my friends, who had Tri-Cyle Buddhist training starting from the early 70's, was startled to hear MMY's description of transcending (from the Gita commentary). We were looking at Shankara's commentary on the Yoga-Sutras and his assumption was that this must have been my own personal experience. Although in one sense this was accurate, it just did'nt occur to him that MMY would offer this description to us precisely because many of us had this very experience of transcending during meditation. All lineage are not the same. Buddhists claimants! Stand forth and assert your claims here on FFL in a straight-forward manner - instead of the usual pseudo-fodder. Who here is a Buddhist - enough of one that you can claim to critique MMY's teachings on the one hand or use that very basis to bring greater clarity to understanding what he said?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Where are the Buddhists?
On Feb 10, 2009, at 7:52 PM, emptybill wrote: From time to time I see posts claiming that !...@#$%^ is a Buddhist. So, I'm wondering who these Buddhist might be here on FFL? In fact, I'm thinking that there are no Buddhists on FFL. Why would Buddhists populate FFL? Outside of the snearing, slander and outright fighting that some of our luminaries indulge in (code for *ejaculate on*) why would a Buddhist care one single thing about MMY's teachings or any of the various reckless and drunken speculations parading here as ideas on public-spectacle-dot.001? I'm wondering just who these Buddhists might be. Actually, bill, there's a dirty little secret here on FFL and so far, you are the only one who's even come close to cracking it, and it's this...Rick decided when he first started this group, that he dam well didn't want it overrun by Buddhists, know what I mean? So he took a page from what others have done to keep things civil...You've heard of Jewish quotas, Catholic quotas and Black quotas? Well, Rick instituted a Buddhist quota! That's right, here on FFL, only a certain amount of those crazy Buddhists are allowed at any one time, and even then they still have to use separate virtual drinking fountains, sit in the back of the virtual bus, and, well... you get the idea. But please, don't tell anyone. Since this place is so well-known as a haven of peace and tranquillity, I wouldn't want any unseemly revelations to ruin that. Sal
