--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 3, 2008, at 10:59 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > > Exactly why I posted it. Not only does he not work for a > > > Buddhist institution, he does not benefit financially > > > from people learning to meditate (done for free). > > > > Non sequitur. He told the writer that the Dalai Lama's > > recommendation to study Buddhist research "changed the > > face of his career," so obviously he has an investment > > in doing such research. > > He has an opportunity to study some of the most advanced > meditators on the planet. I can't think of many researchers > on consciousness who would shrug off such an opportunity > from someone like the Dalai Lama.
Exactly my point. > And I would not be surprised if it did change their careers. Exactly my point. > But as the article stated "he hesitates to describe himself > as a card-carrying devotee." *Of course* he's "hesitant" to do so. > So he maintains an objective non-TB stance For publication, at any rate. , which > is good thing for a scientist. >
