a tenant of Buddhism: - whatever works! (the Expedient Means chapter of the Lotus Sutra). So...TM works for many and is thus consistent with the Buddha's Teachings. http://www.wondertoonel.com/paintings/spectaculumcarnis.html
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > On Nov 4, 2011, at 8:48 PM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > You mean you accompanied one of my friends to where I was > > > > temporarily staying in DC and they confronted me with my > > > > astrological chart, and I refused to read it—since I had > > > > converted to Catholicism, and was therefore up to date on > > > > what Augustine and Aquinas had said about the limit of the > > > > influence of the stars—and therefore wouldn't budge? > > > > > > authfriend: > > > "Honestly I think claims of enlightenment debunk themselves." > > > > > Subject: Robin Carlsen Article on Islamic Web Site > > Author: ColdBluICE > > Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental > > Date: May 31, 2003 > > http://tinyurl.com/3cjqs52 > > > "How I got on a terrorist watch list", by WillyTex. > > Actually it would be quite interesting to the cyberworld I'm sure if RWC > would share his background and surprise meeting with Ayatollah Khoemeni. IIRC > there was some hint in WTS-era lectures that the Ayatollah was a public > person of great demonic potentiality. > > Of course many would probably share a similar belief even without having met > him. His book of life now being stamped and certified tells it's own story. > > And of course Lao Tzu's dictum that "those who gnow, don't talk" is no huge > surprise to those on authentic awakening paths. Who knows what to think of > those who fall on inferior paths that only can be ascertained from "above". > > The awakened, silent, comment not. Or do they? >
