TurquoiseB wrote: > Interestingly, the groups in town with the best > "rep" among the service industry were the Tibetans. > Get a grip, Uncle - there weren't any Tibetans in Sante Fe in the 70's, except for Chogyam Trungpa, who visited that town once for a weekend meditation seminar. Most of the Tibetan refugees settled in Washington and Texas, not in New Mexico. Apparently there's not a single Tibetan in all of Sante Fe these days. Most of Trungpa's students are Americans.
> No one ever had an unkind word to say about them. > They walked the walk of their beliefs, > The students of Trungpa in Sante Fe in the 70's were some of the most rowdy sadhaks I've ever met. They were the talk of the town, if not the entire U.S. Buddhist community. Most of Trungpa's students that I knew preferred Jim Beam, just like their guru did! > and they treated anyone they interacted with as fellow > walkers. > I'm not Tibetan, but in those days, I tried to be nice to everyone! ------------------------ 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/