[Buddha-l] Retreats, and fundraising for retreat centres etc

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Hal Cooper schreef:

>>This reminds me, a follower of Tibetan Buddhism told me that if one
>>understands Emptiness one will understand why the lamas want so many
>>holy objects built.
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>Needn't remember, always out of line, asking for hand outs.   There are so
>many that you could never know them all so what is there to understand?
>Just a common person wants to build things too.  How could there be a way to
>tell the difference?
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I think this is exactly what Chogyam Trungpa called spiritual 
materialism. And I presume that it has something to do with the function 
of builidings in Tibetan society.

>Erik
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