--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "peterklutz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "peterklutz" <peterklutz@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "brahmachari108" > > > <brahmachari108@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" > > > <willytex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > anon_astute_ff wrote: > > > > > > > Who in the Holy Tradition would ever accept money for such? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Most all Holy Traditions in India accept money for > > operational > > > > > > expenses. How do you think they build temples? I've seen > > donor's > > > names > > > > > > carved into the rock base of some temples. It's a common > > practice in > > > > > > India to give money to your guru for instruction. > > > > > > > > > > > > > They would go to hell. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe so, but you or I don't get to make up the rules. > > > > > > > > > > > > > What Guru would ever put such a sacred bond to paper? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe not to paper, but it's all recited on a daily basis in > > the > > > puja > > > > > > to Guru Dev anyway. The TM puja contains an admonition to > > bow down > > > > > > before your guru and pay homage. Bring fruit and flowers - > > these all > > > > > > cost money. Most Indian spiritual traditions have an oath - > > > > > > some are even secret oaths, such as those in the tantric > > tradition. > > > > > > It's SOP for devotees. > > > > > > > > > > > If you have read the Bhagavata then you should know what it > > says > > > about one who sells > > > > this > > > > > secret knowledge. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, it says they go to hell. > > > > > > > > > > Just how did this thread go from a remarkably simple and fair > > contract > > > regarding proprietary rights to Hell..? > > > > > > I think some of the folks on this list is in serious need for > > > psychological attention. > > > > > > > > > Of course! > > > > And it only took you 93,791 posted messages to figure that out? > > I think I've been around for only maybe half of them. > > But I am still taken aback by the amount of bad will some people on > this list nurture against TM and its founder. > > Entertaining feeling like that (unfounded or otherwise) is not good > for your health. > > Isn't their anything that can be done to make them let go and start > having a life..? > > > > World Peace could have been achieved 3 years ago with all the energy > > that we all waste gossiping on this forum every day... > > > I once heard this theory that one way MMY ensures world peace is by > attract some of the most stressed people on the planet and have them > do silly things in the TMO instead of letting them create havoc > outside the TMO sandbox. > What a peculiar excuse for incompetence! Ingegerd
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