> > Just to be fair, someone should point out that what > > you're calling a "real" master may just be one that > > appeals to your sensibilities or predilection. > > Not sure if you were addressing Vaj or G (me); but from my > perspective, I follow the advice given by HH the Dalai Lama: > examine your teacher, even if it takes you 12 years.
Can't knock the Dalai Lama. I make no assumptions about his enlightenment or lack thereof, even having met him, but I respect him thoroughly. No one, in my opinion, could have done a better job of being the most visible Buddhist on the planet. > When I (G) say "real" spiritual master, I mean someone who has > demonstrated his own achievements to my questioning, skeptical mind > and then laid out for me what I have to do if I want to get there. Cool. Important clarification. > Then, I try it (complete with bitching and stupid questions) and > see what happens. Great plan. > Something I learned from MMY/MCS: others may notice something > before you do. And after. Otherwise, why are there so many TBs? :-) > That's not altogether off track. I take the remarks of others with > the proverbial grain of sodium chloride -- but a home truth or two > isn't always amiss, one way or another. Another great plan. The stuff you hear on boards like this one is a lot like the stuff you hear from teachers. Some of it goes in one chakra and out another, some of it "sticks." If it proves useful, even for a short while, IMO the source doesn't matter. I've had great spiritual revelations from movies (obviously, given the currently-active thread) and from bums I've met on the street. I don't have to think of them as my formal spiritual teachers, but in one sense all of them were. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/