Michael Roach files

Michael Roach files

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11 years ago @ elephant journal: Yoga... - Tragedy at Diamond Mou... · 8 replies · +6 points

MR: "And in the lower half of tantric practice, called kye rim, you try to imagine that people around you might be divine beings. That’s what kye means in kye rim, to create a divine being around you and try to perceive them that way. But as your practice bears more fruit, if your practice is sincere and if you follow your vows strictly, then those karmic seeds ripen in your mind, and the same beings that other people would perceive as normal people, you perceive as divine beings. I like to call them angels. Maybe it’s not so good in a dharma publication, but personally I like to call them angels. But you know what I’m talking about. And your perception of that being changes and they become a divine being for you, and they teach you."
http://michaelroachfiles.wordpress.com/2003/06/09...

11 years ago @ elephant journal: Yoga... - Tragedy at Diamond Mou... · 0 replies · +1 points

sorry, don't have it

11 years ago @ elephant journal: Yoga... - Tragedy at Diamond Mou... · 6 replies · +4 points

the intro seems inaccurate:

"a retreat run by a wealthy Buddhist monk": not sure about "wealthy", according to divorce filing (30K credit card debt, old Durango, no big assets)

"the highway to enlightenment runs right through this desolate patch of Arizona desert according to the controversial spirtual leader Michael Roach": this makes it sound like the location is somehow special or sacred. The land probably was cheap to buy, but the cost of inhabiting it is high, and the harsh desert condition is not conducive to meditation.

Also, Christie should have been referred to as MR's ex-wife