From: Hubert Mania (humania@t-online.de)
Date: Fri Jul 19 2002 - 03:13:49 MDT
Vanessa wrote:
> Absolutely! Buddhism is more of a philosophy than a religion. For this
reason,
> it can be incorporated by people of all backgrounds into their
spirituality
> virtually without conflict. If The Dalai Lama Himself says so, then who am
I
> to argue? :P
They say, the Dalai Lama is a very sympathetic man with a great sense of
humour. But as long as he allows his disciples and even "normal" people to
adress him as "Your Holiness", he cannot really be holy. If I were holy, and
I can tell you, I`m NOT, I wouldn`t allow anyone to call me holy. This ole
whole Holyphony about the Lama seems to be strong enough to lead you into
temptation to refrain from questioning his words.
If there are spiritual longings inside the transhuman community I would
plead for an
*Abstract Spirituality* which gets rid of all superstitiousl and religious
roots, maybe something like *Zen without Buddhism*.
humania
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