tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647933664700737474.post1689596327594423411..comments2020-11-18T23:43:24.711+01:00Comments on The European Buddhist: Dharma-Transmission Case StudyAstushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00984329059012624220noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647933664700737474.post-38159533314991955232011-06-03T15:58:32.205+02:002011-06-03T15:58:32.205+02:00Authority and Transmission by Chong Go Sunim
http:...Authority and Transmission by Chong Go Sunim<br />http://wakeupandlaugh.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/authority-and-transmission/Astushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984329059012624220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647933664700737474.post-62575248429603372952011-03-08T20:20:20.933+01:002011-03-08T20:20:20.933+01:00Thanks for this interesting and insightful post, s...Thanks for this interesting and insightful post, some books you quote I will have to add to my library. Also, you are right that we hold Buddhist Teachers in too high an esteem in the West. Teachers are merely good Dharma friends who can serve as a guide in the right situation and with the correct relationship. Keep these coming my friend.Wonji Dharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14388857704848706296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647933664700737474.post-52970307832347813282011-03-06T20:32:09.664+01:002011-03-06T20:32:09.664+01:00Something like that. Dharma-transmission is presen...Something like that. Dharma-transmission is presented as the only possible quality check to guarantee that someone is properly enlightened. Consequently it elevates a person to the same level as the Buddha, making him an unquestionable master. Thus it is a good excuse for shunning personal study and reflection on the teachings.Astushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984329059012624220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647933664700737474.post-8194071513141150122011-03-06T15:36:14.718+01:002011-03-06T15:36:14.718+01:00Because they feel that they have to legitimize the...Because they feel that they have to legitimize their practice/Teacher/lineage in a chaotic culture with extremely rapidly shifting values that is called (post-post-)modernism.Ronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364173520914999012noreply@blogger.com