tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20670916.post7332043364168465155..comments2023-11-17T00:21:43.022-08:00Comments on The Broken Yogi Samyama: Understanding Adi Da: Exoteric and Esoteric Approaches to RealityBroken Yogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02257804418740860542noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20670916.post-71764118099436588372010-12-23T01:46:42.727-08:002010-12-23T01:46:42.727-08:00Yes, he certainly was "conservative" in ...Yes, he certainly was "conservative" in his own way when it comes to how he interpreted the traditions and his own point of view. Clearly, he did not understand his own teaching so much as a revolution but more as a kind of evolution. See for instance this essay on Beezone.org:<br /><br />http://www.beezone.com/dontyouthink/tradition_of_adepts.html<br /><br />"Thus, my work involves a critical overview of everything that is taking place around me, everything that people bring to me, and all traditions. My teaching work is like that of the Lankavatara Sutra, like that of Gautama. On one level it seems to be a repudiation. On another level it is a criticism or a reinterpretation, even a positive interpretation. On another level it offers an alternative course or Way. But this entire process, this cultural process, this Teaching process that I have engaged both with you who have come to me and relative to the traditions, is expressed on the basis of prior Realization." Frank<br /><br />Finally, one should not forget that even prior to Frank's own awakening experiences as well as meeting Rudi he was - at least to a certain degree - familiar with some of the traditional teachings. Clearly, a lot if not most of his teachings are simply based on already existing stuff.<br />Even in the case of Ramana Maharshi I doubt that he had absolutely no knowledge of the traditional Vedic teachings. Some of them are just "common knowledge" in India (e.g. terms like "Atman" - most Europeans probably have no idea about such a concept). There's always an existing cultural framework going into which a spiritual realizer is born and educated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com