--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rama krishna > > <aram_1903@> > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > -"A wise man should avoid married life as if it > > were a burning > > pit of live coals. From the contact comes sensation, > > from sensation > > thirst, from thirst clinging, by ceasing from that, > > the soul is > > delivered from all sinful existence." > > > - Lord Buddha > > <snip> > > > > Sorry, but this is just complete bullsh*t, and I'd > > bet my life > > Buddha never said this. I guess the first thing that > > comes to mind > > is why sensation leads to thirst. Sure it does if > > the Self is not > > realized and someone is lost in the play of the > > senses. (But even if > > they are, how will they develop a desire to > > transcend that if they > > don't experience it?) > > > > How weak would someone be that the only way they > > could avoid > > attachment would be to avoid sensation. The whole > > thing is so > > perverted. What do we do, go through life wrapped up > > like mummies, > > or encased like fetuses? A rediculous, immature and > > poorly thought > > out quotation from someone who hadn't a clue about > > Buddha's teaching. > > > > The other thing that occurs to me when reading all > > these high-minded > > quotations about celibacy, is Who Makes The Babies? > > All the > > supposedly lowly ignorant folk? And if this is so, > > what do you think > > their kids would be like? > > > > Stupid stuff. Maybe for monks, but nothing of value > > here for worldly > > folk. Only adds to sexual repression and confusion, > > and um, seems > > like there's enough of that to go around already. No > > more > > puritanical ideas, please. > > Great post, Jim. Ramana Maharishi also points to the > absurdity of attempting to end bondage by avoiding > sensory experiences.
Yeah, let's put an end to egoic grasping by ramping up egoic aversion. That'll work! 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
