[Buddha-l] Jinapanjaram

[Zelders.YH]

Joy wrote :

>I am trying to give a helping hand at the local Buddhist center.
>They try their best to offer fundamental practice and studies, but
>their is a strong pressure for more prapancal material. An initiation
>will always beat a more fundamental programme and therefore bring in
>more money. Same goes for teachings, the infernal couple karma and
>reincarnation plus Bardo teachings will always draw more people. They
>always are eager to hear more about it. Or actually they want to hear
>the same drab repeated over and over again. Since one never can beat
>people's fantasies and imagination about karma and reincarnation, no
>matter the amount of information about background, context and
>precisions, I would suggest to throw them out of Buddhism all
>together. They do more harm than good, except to some authors and
>conferenciers who make a living out of them. Limit karma to
>pratitya-samutpada. That's more than enough.

That reads like an ad for Batchelor's latest book !

Herman