Mornin' All, Thanks for the link. It explains a bit about Madhyamika and Nagarjuna, but it doesn't really explain Alex. I've been studying the wisdom teachings of the Tibetan Gelugpa School for 7 years and never met anyone who sounds like Alex.
If you read Nagarjuna himself, you'll find a great deal more warmth, and kindness. I was fortunate enough to be able to attend a class on the Heart Sutra for a year with Tibetan students. Remember how it begins with Avalokiteshvara meditating on the emptiness of the 5 aggregates? Have you ever wondered about that? Why not Manjushri or Prajnaparamita (who is portrayed as a female bodhisattva) since it's a Wisdom teaching? Shariputra is addressing someone who has fully accomplished the mind of great compassion. Therefore this is not a Hinayana teaching, concerned only with personal liberation, but a Mahayana teaching, concerned with attaining enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. Going through my class notes I find... One of the main ways Mara works to destroy our practice is Pride, especially in our knowledge of Dharma. One antidote is to remember that all I know is through the kindness of others. My sense of Alex is that he has been deeply betrayed somewhere along the line. But that is just a guess. I have met others who bear this attitude and that has been their story. Sometimes a combination of unrealistic expectations on the part of the student and careless behavior on the part of the teacher, and sometimes blatant exploitation by the teacher of sincere, dedicated students. As the Buddha advised near his death, it is best to dwell in the house of the precepts. Homage to Great Compassion, Ryunen -- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], doug rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.bartleby.com/65/ma/Madhyami.html > > > <http://home.golden.net/~samu> < > > There's a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. < ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
