holy experience

[Guest guest]

Holy experience? <br><br>Get real Tenzin

[Guest guest]

When I said it was a holy experience, I meant the

entire workshop with Guruji. How can you judge my

experience anymore than I can judge another's. I can't say

what it was like for someone else. I only know that I

never felt violated or touched in an inappropriate way.

I had a life changing experience at this workshop,

and feel hurt and pained by all of the negative

comments. That's all. Others have a right to express their

opinions. I also have a right to express mine.

<br><br>Someone else that I know that attended this workshop who

feels the same way as I do about it was truly molested

by a Buddhist monk in the past. She took action and

had him immediately sent back to India. There was

nothing even remotely close to this for her, either. That

is not to say that other women are incorrect, but I

am only attesting to my own experience which is all

any of us can ever do. We can never know another's

experience without being him or her.<br><br>Please honor all

of us and our experience. Let's all practice a

little more compassion, patience and tolerance with one

another and a little less judgment. Guruji is my teacher,

and regardless of what you think about that, it does

hurt me to hear negative comments about him.

[Guest guest]

I think this has been beaten to death. We've all

learned some lessons but reading about this over and over

is making me feel icky. I feel like I've been

reading the Starr report. Can we devote some space on the

board to something else? <br><br>(I'm not saying ignore

reality, I'm saying let's deal with it and move on.

Whoever is in a position to stop him-DO IT! And we can

all reflect on the fall of another "guru" in the long

line of many, once again proving that all humans are

human. Lord Acton once said, “Power corrupts, absolute

power corrupts absolutely.” This is as timeless as yoga

itself)<br><br>Just had to vent. <br>Ruth<br><br>Ruth