thx, Pema Chodron actually made the network news last Sunday CBS or NBC - I forgot which. This type of "how to manage your emotions" Buddhism doesn't appeal to me. Her message seems to be: if you have a negative emotion, embrace it somehow. Those New-Age types of approaches never worked for me but some people are into it.
I'm mainly into (besides regular mediation); karma busting techniques I've learned from Lama Zopa. Willytex, I object to your lumping all of the various people together in the same demographic group with Lama Zopa. As stated before, he offers a whole spectrum of Buddhist chants encompassing the pure Wisdom approach to emptiness; along with mantras designed to offset suffering due to every conceivable material cause. Judging by his books, Facebook and Twitter pages, he spends a lot of time personally answering questions put to him by almost anybody. A typical inquiry might come (for example) from somebody stuck in a prison, asking how to protect himself. Being very skillful in "expedient means", naturally, the Lama will prescribe a mantric remedy appropriate to that particular person's problem. ... Most of the Neo-Advaitins otoh, simply say "Being" for everything. That goes for Chopra. ... Willytex, you simply are not "listening". I have two of Karunamayi's audios: Gayatri and Mahamritunjaya mantras. Generally speaking, the Neo-Advaitins are NOT into mantras and the chanting thereof. ... Therefore, you're placement of Karunamayi into the same basket of Neo-Advaitic characters shows evidence of some innate disturbance in your mind; the nature of which escapes me at the moment, as to the cause. -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willy...@...> wrote: > > > > Another 'satsang' type. A Neo-Advaitin, just like > Amma, Nisargadatta, Balsekar, and the Awake Downers. > Throw in a little Zopa and some Pema Chodron. > > yifuxero: > > from http://www.krishnasatsang.com > > >
