Guest guest Posted October 24, 2002 Report Share Posted October 24, 2002 Realization has no where to manifest itself but that in a body-mind organism. Even after having been used as a realization vehicle, the organism remains an unreliable vehicle, incapable of sustaining realization around the clock. Yet seekers will ask the teacher: " Are you enlightened? " That is like asking a TV set: " Are you the Five O'clock News? " Why do we ask that question? Mainly because we want to be assured the information we are receiving is reliable. Even when someone have been frequently a conduit for realization it doesn't mean everything he says comes from that realization. Our only standard for judging the veracity of any statement should be: does it resonate with us, does it motivate and inspire us, do we find it useful, does it meet the instant approval of our intuition for truth? " Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. " - Buddha Best, Pete Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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