I was referring to our chief proponent of dzogchen...I am sure humans are capable of building the richest most elaborate ritual and devotion around a *kleenex box* if we are so motivated. Seems to be in our DNA to transcend in terms of knowledge and experience, and to hold transcendence in a very favorable light.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <wayback71@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Jun 5, 2011, at 6:05 PM, seventhray1 wrote: > > > > > > > I mean actually what you are describing sounds like the path Vaj > > > > is on. > > > > > > > > > And what do you know about the "path" I'm on? > > > > > > Doesn't sound like much to be honest. > > > > > Doesn't look like much either to be honest. > > Come on, the Dzogchen tradition, from what I could see online, looks to be a > very rich and old tradition, the rainbow bodies and all, with a lineage and > masters, structure and a variety of techniques and levels of knowledge. Not > sure where Vaj fits in it. > > Thing is, all traditions of any religion including Tibetan Buddhism, are > run by human beings, and so that opens the door to all sorts of behavior. I > guess you just move ahead and go for it and have to trust people when you > can, while keeping an eye open for the dark side. And get into a tradition, > if possible, that also provides some moral guidelines to attempt to keep > folks from being nasty. So scandal is not only in the TMO but seems to > infect most of these groups to some extent. > > >
