Path: typhoon.sonic.net!not-for-mail From: i@no.self (!) Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.zen Subject: traditional attachment (was not a wise ass question) Organization: Sonoma Interconnect,Santa Rosa,CA(us),http://www.sonic.net Lines: 31 Sender: yronwode@sonic.net Message-ID: <9lddri$5e0@bolt.sonic.net> References: Reply-To: nagasiva@yronwode.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.4 (NOV) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 09:05:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.201.224.36 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sonic.net X-Trace: typhoon.sonic.net 997866301 208.201.224.36 (Wed, 15 Aug 2001 02:05:01 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 02:05:01 PDT Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick.tyagi:28654 alt.zen:245586 "Gary Shannon" : | After only a year or so of study and meditation I realize I'm becoming very | attached to the idea of being Buddhist. So it occurs to me, if I believe | I'm a Buddhist, I'm not. ok | And the richer the cultural traditions in a particular lineage the more | "stuff" there is to be attached to. of course | Seems self-defeating to me. no, when juice is squeezed by workers, give gallons to take home | Is the only true Buddhism "lone-wolf" Buddhism? there is nothing which is alone, so no | How does one follow a particular tradition without becoming | attached to it? I don't think it's possible. involving oneself as an adversary to it, remaining as neutral as is possible, following all rules to letter, refraining from worship of the method, the master, or the manuscript, waking comes unbidden to the patiently prepared -- emailed replies may be posted ----- "sa avidya ya vimuktaye" ----- "that which liberates is ignorance" http://www.luckymojo.com/nagasiva.html hoodoo catalogue: send postal address to catalogues@luckymojo.com