To: K-list
Recieved: 1999/07/31 05:13
Subject: Re: [K-list] Buddhist Nun
From: Gcwein1111
On 1999/07/31 05:13, Gcwein1111 posted thus to the K-list:
In a message dated 7/30/99 5:46:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, GCWein1111
writes:
<< Subj: Re: [K-list] Buddhist Nun
Date: 7/30/99 5:46:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: GCWein1111
To: mumblecatATnospamangelfire.com
CC: KundaliniATnospamList-Server.net
HELLO AMANDA AND LIST: Just thought l'd offer that the Tibetan Buddhist
nun of whom you spoke is Tenzin Palmo, the English woman who described her 12
yrs in a remote cave in the Himalayas in her book CAVE IN THE SNOW. l found
her story to be quite inspiring and her commitment to her spiritual growth
awesome. The book is also highly readable. The only thing that disappointed
me somewhat is that she chose not to say very much about her meditation
experiences, observing a code of silence that is fairly common in the Tibetan
tradition. But you come away from this book filled with admiration for her.
l suppose this has some relevance to the topic of celibacy as an
extreme practice. Jill and l have both offered previously that in both our
cases celibacy has been an involuntary aspect of our k journey in the sense
that sexual functioning has automatically changed. One can certainly view
this as extreme, particularly in western culture, but it can't be judged any
more than can Tenzin Palmo's 12 yrs in her cave--it's simply one's path.
Palmo, incidentally, since leaving her cave has been very active out in the
world, establishing a monastary and doing other things to help the plight of
women following the Tibetan path. jerry >>
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