ED, I can try to be receptive, but I also believe 88.88% of us are fixated on being right on our own beliefs. anthony
--- On Sat, 6/11/10, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, 6 November, 2010, 9:19 PM --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wu...@...> wrote: > > ED, > > You begin to sound Communist. Anthony, I can empathize with you on how you feel. > Do I have to announce my 'motivation', when I ask you a question? It's optional, but if I am to spend time explaining to you how I understand Tibetan Buddhist Tantrayana, I need to assure myself that you are receptive, and are not fixated in being 'right' about some belief of yours about Tibetan Buddhist Tantrayana. > Some years ago in China, you went to jail, or fared much worse, because they > thought you harbored 'bourgeois motivation'. > > Anthony Anthony, in my belief, 99.99% of us are not aware of our true motivation 99.99% of the time. --ED PS: Hint: Actually, it's very simple: Deep down it's always the egocentric obsession of the "I/Me/Mine" (Austin's *operational* definition of 'ego'.) > Anthony, > Please look into your own mind and tell us what motivation (other than > curiosity) prompted you to ask that question. > --ED > PS: In Mahayana and Tantrayana Tibetan Buddhism, there is strong focus > on motivation. > ED, > > Please find the most representative definitions of sex ritual. I limit you to > 3 of them. It is best if they shed light on the relationship with lust and > spiritualism. > > I am curious why Tantrism attaches so much significance to that. > > Anthony
