Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'After- death thoughts?

2008-02-15 Thread Kirk
A high Buddhist lama died, named Mindrolling the Third. - Original Message - From: Roberto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 12:40 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'After- death thoughts? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'After- death thoughts?

2008-02-14 Thread Roberto
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holy Death in Threes and What To Do With These February 15, 2008 by cadeveo I remember it said, by various people, of no more authority or wisdom than I, that people die in threes. Usually, I've heard that sort

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'After- death thoughts?

2008-02-14 Thread matrixmonitor
---Possibly Billy Graham. Had brain surgery yesterday to relieve pressure. It's more likely that the USSR was softened up quite a bit due to the Evangelical conventions held by Billy (along with other factors); rather than from any influence by MMY and his ME. In

[FairfieldLife] Re: After death

2005-05-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What happens to the individual when he drops his body after attaining enlightenment? One unbounded ocean of consciousness in motion? What happens to molecules of water that enter the ocean? To subscribe, send a

[FairfieldLife] Re: After death

2005-05-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mathatbrahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ---: Viewpoint(below) contradicts the opinions of some great Sages like Ramakrishna and Buddhists in the Pure Land School. There is no rule written in stone that Enlightened people must relinquish all subtle

[FairfieldLife] Re: After death

2005-05-27 Thread Rick
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Jeff Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What happens to the individual when he drops his body after attaining enlightenment? One unbounded ocean of consciousness in motion? Nothing can happen to an

[FairfieldLife] Re: After death

2005-05-27 Thread Rick
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --The question implies, what happens to all subtle bodies after death, an Enlightened person compared to others. There are varying opinions on this, depending upon the School. Take Buddhism for example. In the

[FairfieldLife] Re: After death

2005-05-26 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What happens to the individual when he drops his body after attaining enlightenment? There is freedom. Freedom to go anywhere in the universe. Some few choose to remain here in this sphere to teach and help. 6

[FairfieldLife] Re: After death

2005-05-26 Thread Jeff Fischer
Horrible though it might be, I don't believe the correct attitude is to ignore one's brothers who are still trapped in it. If you made it out of a dark tunnel where you knew others were trapped, could you live with yourself if you didn't go back and try to save them too? --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: After death

2005-05-26 Thread Premanand Paul Mason
Sage Narada came to earth representing the celestials. He visited a quiet grove where a man sat in meditation. Narada gained the meditators attention and asked 'you have meditated for man years. I wish to confer a boon on you. What would you have as this boon?' The man replied that he would

[FairfieldLife] Re: After death

2005-05-26 Thread bbrigante
Vasistha said to Rama: O Rama, this is not the time to rest! Get up and bring joy to the world. When people are still in bondage, it is not proper for the yogi to merge in the self. (p. 486, http://tinyurl.com/6xndt ) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: After death

2005-05-26 Thread matrixmonitor
--The question implies, what happens to all subtle bodies after death, an Enlightened person compared to others. There are varying opinions on this, depending upon the School. Take Buddhism for example. In the Pure Land School, various enties having subtle bodies live in the Pure Land (a

[FairfieldLife] Re: After death

2005-05-26 Thread shanti2218411
---The assertion that enlightenment results in the cessation of the expereince of self and that then means the end of futher expereince of the relative with the death of the body is far from being universally agreed upon by individuals who have been acknowledged as enlightened eg The Great

[FairfieldLife] Re: After death

2005-05-26 Thread hyperbolicgeometry
---Right! As a matter of fact, Ramakrishna Himself predicted a future incarnation of his own, (I believe 200 years after his death) In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shanti2218411 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ---The assertion that enlightenment results in the cessation of the expereince of self

[FairfieldLife] Re: After death

2005-05-26 Thread mathatbrahman
---: Viewpoint(below) contradicts the opinions of some great Sages like Ramakrishna and Buddhists in the Pure Land School. There is no rule written in stone that Enlightened people must relinquish all subtle bodies. A majority opinion seems to point to one's choice. Enlightened people can do

[FairfieldLife] Re: After death

2005-05-26 Thread Cliff
Maybe. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No --- Llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes. - Original Message - From: Jeff Fischer To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:27 PM Subject: