[Buddha-l] Eckhart Tolle

[Vaj]

Good Morning Ron:

Eckhart Tolle is typical of the new and rising trend in neo-advaita  
and pseudo-advaita.

I have attended several of his students satsangs held by students who  
claimed to be awakened and found it very disturbing. This not  
Dzogchen nor is it Advaita Vedanta, it's a dangerous deviation and  
distortion of traditional teachings on Non-duality.

Interestingly, almost weekly this one satsang claims more people have  
become "enlightened". Yet the gray experience they describe is little  
more than the grayness of their own vasanas. Sadly few of them even  
know what that means let alone what it represents. An interesting  
highlight of one of these meetings was an attempt by one of the  
"enlightened" to explain the permanent, non-dual state from the POV  
of the two truths...it would be funny, if it wasn't so sad.

Steve Feite
Bucksport, Maine

On Jan 8, 2006, at 7:07 PM, ronleifer at aol.com wrote:

> I enthusiastically agree. I particularly recommend his most recent  
> book "A New Earth" which is naked dzog chen -- and surpassingly  
> brilliant
>
> Ron Leifer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard P. Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu>
> To: BUDDHA_L Buddhist Discussion Forum <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
> Sent: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 16:49:39 -0700
> Subject: [Buddha-l] Eckhart Tolle
>
>   Just out of curiosity, have any of you read Eckhart Tolle's  
> <cite>The
> Power of Now</cite>?
>
> I have heard only excerpts of it read aloud my my wife, an  
> enthusiastic
> fan of Mr. Tolle. Recently we rented one of his many video tapes.  
> Seeing
> him speak is much more engaging to me than reading his words. He has a
> wonderful delivery, very wry and understated. If you fancy an
> introduction, take a peak at one of his videos, if you can find them.
> Otherwise, have a look at his website at
> http://www.namastepublishing.com/tolle.asp
>
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