A first take on fa's paper

[Guest guest]

For those of you wgo haven't read it it yet, I heartily encourage you

to do so.

fa ends this rather telling document (which I shall be putting

about a bit within my immediate circle if she will grant me the

permission) with the following " formula " :

Power + Wisdom + Love = Compassion

which is very similar to one of the bases of Tibetan Buddhism,

namely the Three Families (trikula) and the Lords of the Three

Families (trikulanatha). The three 'families' and combinations of

them are the ways in which loving-kindness, knowledge and power

combine in any given individual. And the Lords of these three

families are Avalokiteshvara (loving-kindness), Manjushri

(Knowledge) and Vajrapani (Power)... These 'names' translate as

'The Lord Who Gazes Down (in Compassion)', 'The Gentle-Voiced'

and 'Holder of the Adamantine Sceptre'...

The *order* of the combination in Tibetan Buddhism is slightly

different, viz., love first, then knowledge, then power, and these are,

in fact, the order in which these are obtained - one has no

knowledge of something one hates or fears and therefore no power

EITHER 'over' or 'for' it...

Alice's milking-stool analogy (which fa cites) still remains one

of the best I've heard.

m

'The ultimate discipline is to rest at ease in the View' - Jetsün Milarepa

[Guest guest]

Jesefa, I really like Radmila Moacanin's book, Jung's Psychology and Tibetan

Buddhism, Western and Eastern Paths to the Heart, published by Wisdom.

I met a Bon po lama recently from Tibet -- now that is quite another subject!

[Guest guest]

fa

www.kingseyes.demon.co.uk/greatgoddess.htm

Mike wrote:

For those of you wgo haven't read it it yet, I heartily encourage you

to do so.

fa ends this rather telling document (which I shall be putting

about a bit within my immediate circle if she will grant me the

permission) with the following " formula " :

Power + Wisdom + Love = Compassion

JOSEFA: Mike, thank you for those kind words! Of course you have permission

to pass it on to others, if you think they would find it useful/interesting.

Thank you, too, for the information about Tibetan Buddhism - I *didn't* know

that. Sad but true, I find most Buddhist texts unreadable - I think my mind

is just too linear! I love it when you explain them simply, in English,

though!

I totally agree with you about Alice's milking stool analogy. That's why I

asked her for permission to cite it!

love, fa