Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Of course you are entitled to your opinion -- but do not forget that you attacked the idea of aversion to samsara and called it psychopathic and without love. I think this is not fitting in an environment in which some people who followed this idea are considered sages and revered. ------- > Well, I hope this group also has space for other interpretations than hindu? Personally I prefer a mixture between east and west in a way Paul Brunton did. This is of course not to say that my path is better than yours - but to me it feels better. > Regards > > Lars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 You've got us all on the run now oh great one. You are the supreme of gems. I really love the materialist interpretations of spiritual principles. That is priceless. Now if only one could do sannyas in a cyclotron. - mahahradanatha Friday, April 29, 2005 5:40 AM Mix Traditions If You Wish -- But Respect Those Who Do Not Of course you are entitled to your opinion -- but do not forget that you attacked the idea of aversion to samsara and called it psychopathic and without love. I think this is not fitting in an environment in which some people who followed this idea are considered sages and revered. ------- > Well, I hope this group also has space for other interpretations than hindu? Personally I prefer a mixture between east and west in a way Paul Brunton did. This is of course not to say that my path is better than yours - but to me it feels better. > Regards > > Lars Links / b.. c.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Well, I think the traditions become "mixed" when another one begins. I mean, Buddhism came after Hinduism, isn't this correct? So it borrowed from Hinduism. Just as (they say) Christianity borrowed from Goddess and Pagan traditions. But that does not invalidate the philosophies, practices, etc. nor does it make one superior over another ultimately. , "Eve__69" <eve__69@h...> wrote: > You've got us all on the run now oh great one. You are the supreme of gems. I really love the materialist interpretations of spiritual principles. That is priceless. Now if only one could do sannyas in a cyclotron. > - > mahahradanatha > > Friday, April 29, 2005 5:40 AM > Mix Traditions If You Wish -- But Respect Those Who Do Not > > > Of course you are entitled to your opinion -- but do not forget that you attacked the idea of aversion to samsara and called it psychopathic and without love. > > I think this is not fitting in an environment in which some people who followed this idea are considered sages and revered. > > ------- > > Well, I hope this group also has space for other interpretations > than hindu? Personally I prefer a mixture between east and west in a > way Paul Brunton did. This is of course not to say that my path is > better than yours - but to me it feels better. > > Regards > > > > Lars > > > > > > > Links > > > / > > b.. > > > c.. Terms of Service. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Yes, they all borrowed. The term Hinduism per se is a misnomer begun by simplistic British rationalists, so as such, there is no such thing per se as a pervasive Hinduism. Buddhism is a much more tight and formal religion, but that said, there are three main categories of hinduism, with the tantric being the least understood and most criticized. Nonetheless, if someone thinks that any element of the tantras of the so-called Hindus is somehow missing in tantric Buddhism that would merely be because they haven't studied enough. Fini. There's no other excuse because all elements do exist, especially in Nyingma. Moreover, could one possibly imagine that the very people who coexist at the very same space as Mt. Kailas would be somehow separate from any esoteric knowledge? To think that is egotistical and frankly, wrong thinking altogether. There's plenty of knowledge on the similarities between Dzogchen and Vajrabhairava cults, between Vajrayogini and Chhinamasta cults, between Buddhist and Hindu Kalachakra cults. On Buddhist altars in Dharamsala Siva is considered a protector called Lha Chenpo - the Great Father Deva. These tantric things predate the Smarta, or any other formalized "Hindu" notions, and therefore are not subject to the vapid cateloging of narrow minded fundamentalists. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I don't want an answer. I merely want recognition. I don't want arguments I merely want entrance. If four doors open onto the same room does it matter which one one enters? But to deny the other doors is merely blind and bigoted. Even if pseudoscience says that to enter from the East or North is best. - Mary Ann Friday, April 29, 2005 8:52 AM Re: Mix Traditions If You Wish -- But Respect Those Who Do Not Well, I think the traditions become "mixed" when another one begins. I mean, Buddhism came after Hinduism, isn't this correct? So it borrowed from Hinduism. Just as (they say) Christianity borrowed from Goddess and Pagan traditions. But that does not invalidate the philosophies, practices, etc. nor does it make one superior over another ultimately. , "Eve__69" <eve__69@h...> wrote: > You've got us all on the run now oh great one. You are the supreme of gems. I really love the materialist interpretations of spiritual principles. That is priceless. Now if only one could do sannyas in a cyclotron. > - > mahahradanatha > > Friday, April 29, 2005 5:40 AM > Mix Traditions If You Wish -- But Respect Those Who Do Not > > > Of course you are entitled to your opinion -- but do not forget that you attacked the idea of aversion to samsara and called it psychopathic and without love. > > I think this is not fitting in an environment in which some people who followed this idea are considered sages and revered. > > ------- > > Well, I hope this group also has space for other interpretations > than hindu? Personally I prefer a mixture between east and west in a > way Paul Brunton did. This is of course not to say that my path is > better than yours - but to me it feels better. > > Regards > > > > Lars > > > > > > > Links > > > / > > b.. > > > c.. Terms of Service. > > > > Links / b.. c.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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