Guest guest Posted February 11, 1999 Report Share Posted February 11, 1999 > > > Oh my God, I'm sorry, Madhava Gosh Prabhu, I misunderstood you. > I thought that it is continue of 'Sears catalogs' story, > so I thought about 'rites of passage' in meaning of 'rites for passing > stool'. Just see how much my mind is contaminated. Just see how pure your mind was that Supersoul was able to slip that joke in that none of us would have ever been able to make. Yes, does put a whole new spin on rites of passage. I remember in the old days at NV, if you wore clothes to the outhouse to pass stool, the clothes were considered contaminated and had to be washed before you could wear them into the temple. In the winter you would be wearing a coat when you went out there, and it was too difficult to have to wash your coat everytime you passed stool, and too austere to not wear a coat, so there was a coat that hung in a certain place called the stool coat that everyone would wear out there. So I guess putting on that coat could have been considered a rite of passage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 1999 Report Share Posted February 11, 1999 > > > Oh my God, I'm sorry, Madhava Gosh Prabhu, I misunderstood you. > I thought that it is continue of 'Sears catalogs' story, > so I thought about 'rites of passage' in meaning of 'rites for passing > stool'. Just see how much my mind is contaminated. Just see how pure your mind was that Supersoul was able to slip that joke in that none of us would have ever been able to make. Yes, does put a whole new spin on rites of passage. I remember in the old days at NV, if you wore clothes to the outhouse to pass stool, the clothes were considered contaminated and had to be washed before you could wear them into the temple. In the winter you would be wearing a coat when you went out there, and it was too difficult to have to wash your coat everytime you passed stool, and too austere to not wear a coat, so there was a coat that hung in a certain place called the stool coat that everyone would wear out there. So I guess putting on that coat could have been considered a rite of passage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 1999 Report Share Posted February 11, 1999 On 11 Feb 1999, Madhava Gosh wrote: > Yes, does put a whole new > spin on rites of passage. ROFLOL! > So I guess putting on that coat could have been > considered a rite of passage. I have had some good laughs for the last few days. Thanks, my friends. yfs, Jd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 1999 Report Share Posted February 11, 1999 On 11 Feb 1999, Madhava Gosh wrote: > Yes, does put a whole new > spin on rites of passage. ROFLOL! > So I guess putting on that coat could have been > considered a rite of passage. I have had some good laughs for the last few days. Thanks, my friends. yfs, Jd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 1999 Report Share Posted February 12, 1999 COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA) wrote: > > Well, I'm serious about it as a topic. I am also serious about it in the > way I thought about it when I wrote it, although I don't know how it > came across. > > For instance, we already do this in a sense that 1,2,3rd initiations > are rites of passage. I think adding a few like marriages, going to > school for the first time, graduating from any school, hey, even > getting a driver's license could all be an excuse for a party where > devotees get together and build social bonds. Oh my God, I'm sorry, Madhava Gosh Prabhu, I misunderstood you. I thought that it is continue of 'Sears catalogs' story, so I thought about 'rites of passage' in meaning of 'rites for passing stool'. Just see how much my mind is contaminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 1999 Report Share Posted February 12, 1999 COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA) wrote: > > Well, I'm serious about it as a topic. I am also serious about it in the > way I thought about it when I wrote it, although I don't know how it > came across. > > For instance, we already do this in a sense that 1,2,3rd initiations > are rites of passage. I think adding a few like marriages, going to > school for the first time, graduating from any school, hey, even > getting a driver's license could all be an excuse for a party where > devotees get together and build social bonds. Oh my God, I'm sorry, Madhava Gosh Prabhu, I misunderstood you. I thought that it is continue of 'Sears catalogs' story, so I thought about 'rites of passage' in meaning of 'rites for passing stool'. Just see how much my mind is contaminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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