[Buddha-l] Question for academic teachers of Buddhism

[jkirk]

Chris Finn wrote:

>What puzzled him was th attitude of western dharma students whom
he saw 
>as not being fully committed to one thing or the other. He
thought this 
>attitude would inevitably result in a person succeeding neither 
>spiritually nor materially. I suspect this way of looking at
things may
be fairly ingrained in traditional Asian Buddhist cultures -....
 
It may be that his way of looking at this is ingrained, but is he
right? This is not an off-hand question. The older I get the less
likely I think I will be successful in multiple areas. So, does
this particular Tibetan teacher have a point about being split
into too many directions?
 
Regards,
Pedro 
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Actually, for some years now (except for John Birchers, racists
and KKK) it has been difficult to find many folks committed to
anything except their lifestyles. A lot of spiritual "seekers"
so-called just go from one outfit to another, moving on, tasting,
but not committing to anything.
Joanna