There's the Guru Rinpoche story about him not paying for all his drinks until the sun crossed the sky so he made the sun stand still until the king himself showed up to pay his bartab.
----- Original Message ----- From: "TurquoiseB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 12:10 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Drunks > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Enlightened folks only witness the effect of alcohol, >> they are never actually drunk. :) > > There is actually historical evidence of this. > The Sixth Dalai Lama, a bit of a Tantric, used > to sneak out of the Potala at night and go down > to the red light district of Shol-town and drink > and carouse. There are historical incidents of > him drinking everyone in a tavern under the table, > matching them drink for drink, and then standing > up and creating one of his famous poems. These > song poems were created spontaneously, yet they > are so perfect that they have endured and been sung > by the people of Tibet to this day. Padmasambhava > reputedly had the same siddhi. :-) > > > > > > > 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 > > >
