RE: Sayings of Jesus #41--Gospel of Thomas./tony/spirit

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Tony OClery [aoclery ]

Thursday, July 01, 2004 12:49 AMTo:

Subject: Re: Sayings

of Jesus #41--Gospel of Thomas./tony

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> "... I thought it may be too obtuse for some folks."> i think

you either underestimate people's intelligence or> overestimate your

own...> > "...if people have no spirituality at all..."> ??? is that

possible? people are not material beings aspiring for the> spiritual.

people ARE spiritual beings, messing up in material natters> due to

having forgotten this fact.> > some of the most truly "spiritual"

people i've been lucky to meet never> mentioned spirituality and such

matters; while most of the so called> "spiritually oriented" people

are just hypocrites trying to gain> something not tangible, but

desirable... > > btw, what language is "gospel of thomas" translated

from? pali? (thomas> lived in goa, didn't he?)> > yosyNamaste,I think

you will find that many materialists, and many of the ordinary folk

are in that category, are not interested in the spiritual path at

all.

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all beings seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. thus whether

aware of it or not, what they they are seeking is the "spiritual

path"... though most, indeed, are not interested in the "spiritual"

form and parlance it is presented to them by the "spiritual" people

(lol and rightly so, imho).

therefore it is said "talk to each according to his/her

understanding". it is also requires "employing skillful means".

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In fact are downright hostile to it in some cases.

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The language of Thomas was probably Aramaic and the saying were

written in coptic egyptian.........ONS..Tony.

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hmmm.... yes, that is probable.

if i get it right, thomas was jc's direct student, one of the original twelve, yes ?

any idea how many years after his passing were those "sayings" (the gospel) recorded?

respectfully

yosy