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Re: ARTICLE : Advice on Advaita Vedanta and Yoga
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Subject: Re: ARTICLE : Advice on Advaita Vedanta and Yoga
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From: "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar@braincells.com>
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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 02:35:32 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Consolidated Braincells Inc.
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References: <ghenDy7ExG.8zF@netcom.com>
> unir1@goldngate.com (Cry Regarder) wrote in article
<ghenDy7ExG.8zF@netcom.com>...
> I am presently looking to recieve teaching and diksha from a somewhat
more "traditional"
> teacher in the Hindu tradition, but I keep running into walls. If
anybody could point me in a
> good direction, I would be in your debt.
No wonder you run into walls. If you have been studying Vedanta hopefully
you have developed some power of introspection. Look at yourself! You
have no ties to this tradition. Not blood, not homeland, not language or
culture. Why would any "traditional" teacher want you?
It seems to me what you and most american would-be converts want is some
kind of religious Disneyland. a magic place full of little bald men in
dhotis who grin insanely and say 7 profound things everyday before
breakfast. That romantic fantasy doesn't exist.
Being traditional myself (not yet a teacher but I will be in due course)
my question is what's in it for me? What do you have to contribute to me
and my religion?
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