Two things which are going to be tricky for a rational sceptic like moi are the ideas of grace and the role of the lama in the juju. This is from Kalu Rinpoche.
"Grace is a sublte notion and is hard to understand. It is comparable to electric power, invisible and very powerful. In this comparison, the Buddha, the source of grace, is like an electrical power plant and the lineage that transmits the grace is the wire. As long as the wire is not cut, the bulb can be connected to it at any place, and the bulb is lit."
"Even in the hot season, the sun cannot make a piece of paper on the ground catch fire... The Vajrayana consists of inserting the magnifying glass of the lama between the Buddhas and bodhisattvas and the mind of the disciples."
In the middle of the 19th century, if you'd told someone that in a hundred years the air would be full of radio stations and all you'd need to hear music anywhere was a wee box with the right connections, folk would think you were off your rocker!
I'm not interested in the truth of anything. I want to know what works, or if I can get this juju to work. If you can get it to work, who cares why it works?
Why are we here, Jack?
Are we here, Hotboy?
Good point, Jack! I think I'm here. Don't know about you.
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Enjoyed the bit about being off one's rocker.
Albert? Takes one to know one! Hotboy
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