To: K-list
Recieved: 1999/11/15 06:10
Subject: Re: Humility (was Re: [K-list] Shaktipat?
From: Ville Vainio

On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Adele Chatelain wrote:

> Hi!
> I'm not sure what you are referring to when you say
> that "Buddhism is famous for having lots of tables and
> lists"....but it's an interesting comment.

I'm talking about how "old" texts often present buddhism. They often
present things in almost tedious detail (this chakra corresponds to this
and that, look at table G42, footnote, for more info. This aspect of
reality consists of D4, S8, which in turn consists of TT and R9).

> The only 'lists and tables' that I have seen have
> been valuable to me because it's taking an extremely
> complex topic (Maps of the Mind) and making them
> understandable.

I'm not putting the lists down. They may be useful to understanding
various things. I just think they must be "transcended" at one stage or
another.

> The lists are there as guidelines. But then you

Yes.

> might be referring to something else that I haven't come
> across in my 30 year training.

No need to get sarcastic :-). I'm by no means against buddhism (in my view
buddhism is the best approximation of reality as far as existing religions
go, and consider myself a buddhist to some extent).

> That quote about Crowley and killing the dog: well,
> as you know, in Buddhism one is supposed to work past
> the disturbance (one wouldn't kill one's next door neighbors
> because they were making noise---although one would like
> to!:-))

Yes, I know (though you can hardly call Crowley a buddhist), but the
emphasis was on the spirit of the quote. There's no point in longwinded
evening-tea-party conversations about loving nature and all life like the
buddha-guy in the groovy India said, when there is no realization, and
alteration of the function of the brain.

Ville Vainio - vvainioATnospamtp.spt.fi http://www.tp.spt.fi/~vvainio
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