[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It has nothing to do with rules per se but those activities that will support enlightened activity and realization. The vows are there for a reason, they are not just arbitrary. We might not like the gaudy sign that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 12, 2006, at 9:50 PM, Patrick Gillam wrote: I mean ultimately if you cannot perceive your consort as pure   vision, i.e. as the Deity, the result is NOT going to be   enlightenment.  Vaj, I'm going to have to ask you to elaborate on  this a bit. I can see how seeing one's lover as  the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2006, at 3:15 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It has nothing to do with rules per se but those activities that  will   support enlightened activity and realization. The vows are there  for   a reason, they are not just

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome to high voltage cause--effect. :-) And welcome to being limited by what you choose to believe. :-) IME the vows represent a transcendental morality, that is they reflect important elements that can help or

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2006, at 8:02 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome to high voltage cause--effect. :-) And welcome to being limited by what you choose to believe.  :-) IME the vows represent a transcendental morality, that is they   reflect

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Vaj wrote: Vaj wrote: I mean ultimately if you cannot perceive your consort as pure vision, i.e. as the Deity, the result is NOT going to be enlightenment. Without breaking any vows I think it's safe to say that since you need to perfect the generation stage before perfecting

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2006, at 8:37 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote:--- Vaj wrote: Vaj wrote: I mean ultimately if you cannot perceive your consort as pure vision, i.e. as the Deity, the result is NOT going to be enlightenment. Without breaking any vows I think it's safe to say that since you   need to perfect

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip IME the vows represent a transcendental morality, What's a transcendental morality? Seems like a contradiction in terms, the transcendent being beyond all distinctions, at least by any definition I've ever encountered.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:03 AM, authfriend wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip IME the vows represent a transcendental morality, What's a "transcendental morality"?  Seems like a contradiction in terms, the transcendent being beyond all distinctions, at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:03 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip IME the vows represent a transcendental morality, What's a transcendental morality? Seems

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:14 AM, authfriend wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:03 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip IME the vows represent a transcendental morality, What's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:14 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip IME the vows represent a transcendental morality, What's a transcendental morality? Seems like a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:35 AM, authfriend wrote:I don't believe you addressed my question.I have. Distinctions, no matter how fine, cannot be "transcendental," by definition--unless you're using a very different definition of the transcendent than any I've ever seen. Jnana is transcendental.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:35 AM, authfriend wrote: I don't believe you addressed my question. I have. Distinctions, no matter how fine, cannot be transcendental, by definition--unless you're using a very different

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2006, at 12:03 PM, authfriend wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:35 AM, authfriend wrote: I don't believe you addressed my question. I have. Distinctions, no matter how fine, cannot be "transcendental," by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 12:03 PM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:35 AM, authfriend wrote: I don't believe you addressed my question.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2006, at 1:29 PM, authfriend wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 12:03 PM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:35 AM, authfriend wrote: I don't believe you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 1:29 PM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 12:03 PM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: oxymoronic eight morons? I have just counted five so far. :) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Vaj writes;snipped Yuganaddha, two-in-one, is a paradox that's difficult to describe in linear words. There will automatically be a disconnect between written descriptions and the experience itself. It cannot be adequately described by words in written or spoken speech. Tom T: Is this the same as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Vaj wrote: Vaj wrote: I mean ultimately if you cannot perceive your consort as pure vision, i.e. as the Deity, the result is NOT going to be enlightenment. Without breaking any vows I think it's safe to say that since you need to perfect the generation stage before perfecting

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2006, at 8:37 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote:--- Vaj wrote:Vaj wrote:I mean ultimately if you cannot perceive your consort as purevision, i.e. as the Deity, the result is NOT going to beenlightenment.Without breaking any vows I think it's safe to say that since you  need to perfect the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2006, at 7:15 PM, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote:Vaj writes;snipped Yuganaddha, two-in-one, is a paradox that's difficult to describe in linear words. There will automatically be a disconnect between written descriptions and the experience itself. It cannot be adequately

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-13 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 7:15 PM, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote: Vaj writes;snipped Yuganaddha, two-in-one, is a paradox that's difficult to describe in linear words. There will automatically be a disconnect between

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread uvulonicus
perfect for the seeker addicted to seeking --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mission of Diamond Mountain is to provide all of the conditions, inside and outside of us, that we need to actually reach enlightenment, ourselves, before the day we die.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Vaj
Would they need to seek anything else?If it is what it claims, there would not need to be anymore seeking, as it would contain the entire path. After obtaining stable experiences, they'd be able to teach on their own.On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:01 AM, uvulonicus wrote:perfect for the seeker addicted

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the primary teachers, Geshe Michael Roach, has declared that he has taken a (sexual) consort. He has also claimed a certain degree of realization. Quelle horreur! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Vaj
On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Alex Stanley wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the primary teachers, Geshe Michael Roach, has declared that he has taken a (sexual) consort. He has also claimed a certain degree of realization. Quelle horreur! Well

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University on 1/12/06 10:57 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the primary teachers, Geshe Michael Roach, has

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Vaj
On Jan 12, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Rick Archer wrote:on 1/12/06 10:57 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Alex Stanley wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the primary teachers, Geshe Michael Roach, has declaredthat he has taken

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 12, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Rick Archer wrote: on 1/12/06 10:57 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the primary teachers, Geshe Michael Roach, has declared that he has taken a (sexual)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread TurquoiseB
Well the reason there is a controversy has to do with the fact he is a monk and has not disrobed. However...for a yogin in this path if he has mastered the creation stage of meditation to the point where he no longer has impure vision, it's not a problem. It will be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well the reason there is a controversy has to do with the fact he is a monk and has not disrobed. However...for a yogin in this path if he has mastered the creation stage of meditation to the point

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well the reason there is a controversy has to do with the fact he is a monk and has not disrobed. However...for a yogin in this path if he has mastered the creation stage of meditation to the point

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Vaj
On Jan 12, 2006, at 1:04 PM, Alex Stanley wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:One of the primary teachers, Geshe Michael Roach, has

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Vaj
On Jan 12, 2006, at 1:18 PM, TurquoiseB wrote:Well the reason there is a controversy has to do with the fact  he is a monk and has not disrobed. However...for a yogin in this path if he has mastered the  creation   stage of meditation to the point where he no longer has impure   vision, it's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Vaj wrote: I mean ultimately if you cannot perceive your consort as pure vision, i.e. as the Deity, the result is NOT going to be enlightenment. Vaj, I'm going to have to ask you to elaborate on this a bit. I can see how seeing one's lover as the Deity would indicate a lofty level