Jewish Buddhists, Jewish Hindus

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--- Eve__69 <eve__69 wrote:

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> I want you to know that i am from a german jewish

> family. (-- maharhadanath)

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>

> -----Yet, that said, you still hate quite a few

> 'others.' I also am Jewish, though never practiced.

>

 

The Nath seems to hate proselytizers of all faiths.

I'm not thrilled with them, myself.

 

When I could walk to work, there was a Born Again who

would often stop me on the street to ask me, "Have you

accepted Jesus as your savior?" I would smile, say

nothing, and keep walking. Finally, he asked me,

"What's your name?" Not wanting to give him the

slightest clue towards finding me, I gave hime my

Hebrew name. "I'm Aryeh."

 

His eyes lit up. "Ah-ha! A Jewish Buddhist! How can

you take refuge in the Buddha, and neglect the

attentions of Jesus, one of your own people?" (I must

look Jewish, right?)

 

Out of sheer perversity (and curiosity that "Aryeh" --

or more correctly "Arya" -- was also a Sanskrit name)

I began studying Buddhism. This was before I accepted

Ganesha as my personal savior, of course.

 

But here we sit, three Yiddisher schmendricks, arguing

over the Eastern religions we've converted to (without

anyone proselytizing to us!).

 

Bottom line: It's all window dressing, isn't it?

Don't all the paths lead to God (or in my case,

Goddess)? Isn't the ultimate goal enlightenment?

 

-- Len/ Kalipadma

 

 

 

 

 

 

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But here we sit, three Yiddisher schmendricks, arguing

over the Eastern religions we've converted to (without

anyone proselytizing to us!).

 

Bottom line: It's all window dressing, isn't it?

Don't all the paths lead to God (or in my case,

Goddess)? Isn't the ultimate goal enlightenment?

 

-- Len/ Kalipadma

 

---Jews do have some of my favorite witticisms for others. A Yiddisher

Schmendrik. I couldn't have said it better. My sister once named a hamster of

mine Schmendrick. And another Princess Machebelli. That said, I was raised a

"Nothing." Never baptised or told what to think. The closest I ever got was

when I asked my father what the best thing in the world was and he said,

"Wisdom."

 

I did go to Catholic school for a couple years, and read the Bible cover to

cover, before switching to Crowley and Regardie, Anton LaVey, and other Western

Occultists. Then, oh well... I ramble... I guess of all systems I haven't

received diksha for or into I like Sri Vidya the best as I love Mahalakshmi. So

little time, so many great deities to stroke. I finally decided today that I

will make no other overtures to deities until I do 1,000,000 japs of Vajra Guru

mantra.

 

I once had this weird brain experience when I put on a whole strand of 28 one

muhki rudraksha beads where everything melted and left, and the wing of an

eagle, and right and the stop sign, and up and my eyeballs, and down and my ears

all melted and whatever was once sensible was melted into sameness. But so

what. Try explaining how ones eyes are the same as the pavement, or ones ears

are the same as your neighbors screaming at her husband.

 

It's quite possible that all the conversions going on are no different from

converted wheat flour. Where there's a market there's a prophet.

 

 

[Guest guest]

> The Nath seems to hate proselytizers of all faiths.

> I'm not thrilled with them, myself.

 

i can ashure you i do not hate anyone. I am pragmatic.

> But here we sit, three Yiddisher schmendricks, arguing

> over the Eastern religions we've converted to (without

> anyone proselytizing to us!).

>

> Bottom line: It's all window dressing, isn't it?

> Don't all the paths lead to God (or in my case,

> Goddess)? Isn't the ultimate goal enlightenment?

 

If you are happy with it go for it!

 

I like diversity.

 

The idea of an ultimate goal and one God tends to restrict and make all

the diverse human expressions and creativity look small; too small to

contain anything of value.

 

Compared to god or the ultimate goal there is always something greater

or better than whatever one has right now.

 

But life lasts only 3 seconds: one before, one in the middle and one

after that.

 

To be able to take full advantage of these 3 seconds one should be

able to appreciate the goddess god ultimate disgusied as diversity

because thats all you´ve got.

 

Now how can you shrink the ultimate plus God and Goddess to fit it in

some small stone or even a woman or a man or some such stupid

whatjimmycallit ?

 

To begin doing that one only needs to learn to respect that which is

UNLIKE ones own ego.

 

That also includes other people, other peoples ideas or way of living.

 

With that openness and acceptance of the diverse forms that seem to be

foreign to ones ego, one can progress and learn more easy.

 

(especially in one of the eastern paths that involve a lineage of

teachers and some sort of initiation, because one can unfold the power

of the transmission or uncover the devata more easily when the ego

barrier is low or abolished)

[Guest guest]

"Isn't the ultimate goal enlightenment?"

 

What do universe want with us? I think our purpose also is culture-builders.

 

Lars