OT-The Khukuri as a power object

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clearblue

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While browsing,I came across this anecdote about a Khukuri that some might find interesting.

The account was written by S.N.Goenka a teacher of the "vipassana"technique of meditation.

I make no judgement pro or con regarding his account and only present it for your consideration.


http://www.vri.dhamma.org/newsletters/nl9705.html
THE FLOODGATES OF DHAMMA OPEN
by S.N. Goenka:)
 
It's about a page-and-a-half down.

Look for the word tantric repeated twice in the same paragraph. It stands out as it is in italics and bold print. The khukuri is mentioned in the paragraph directly above that.
 
Aardvark
You might scan down to about the 24 paragraph and you'll see it here:

"That afternoon, when I went to that room to check the student, I was startled to see a human skull on his table. Nearby was a blood-stained kukri, [curved knife used by Gurkhas]."

This is very similar to the story told by Carlos Castaneda in his book entitled, I believe, "The Eagles Gift." La Gorda,a sorcerer's apprentice, was sneaking around the ruins of Tula in Mexico. A place she had been warned not to go because such places were edifices to the second attention. There she found a small partially covered stone with a hole in the center which she coveted. Picking up the stone, she removed it from the area,not knowing that it was a power object that had been carried by a powerful man. The man had been captured by pursuers who wanted to transfer his power to themselves. As he was being eaten alive by his captors,he transferred his second attention energy into that stone.That energy was so debilitating to her that she had to be buried in dirt(except for her head-of course) for several days so the earth could cleanse her.The stone was taken back and reburied at the exact spot where it was found.

My recounting of the story is from memory and may not be exactly as reported by Carlos in his book.

Quote:
The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of
anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.
-- Thomas Sowell
 
The thread title is misleading. Anything can be a power object, and anything can be used for good or evil. The story has nothing to do with Khukuris, and everything to do with choices people make.

Oh, and I will make a judgement pro or con; that's disgusting. It is disgusting people will debase themselves with vile acts.

..but it could have been a screwdriver, Bic lighter, or even 100 twinkies jammed in the mouth of a sheep until suffocation.


The story had about as much to do with Khukuris as what brand of wall panel Jeffrey Dahlmer used in his basement.



munk
 
Originally posted by Aardvark
Clearblue,

Interesting, but I can't find the knukuri story.
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Got it now, forgot there are 37 ways to spell (misspell) khukuri, one of which I may have invented in my original post.
 
Originally posted by munk
The thread title is misleading. Anything can be a power object, and anything can be used for good or evil. The story has nothing to do with Khukuris, and everything to do with choices people make.
Oh, and I will make a judgement pro or con; that's disgusting. It is disgusting people will debase themselves with vile acts.
..but it could have been a screwdriver, Bic lighter, or even 100 twinkies jammed in the mouth of a sheep until suffocation.
The story had about as much to do with Khukuris as what brand of wall panel Jeffrey Dahlmer used in his basement.
munk
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Hi Munk, you make some excellent points!

Have you seen this?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame65.html
 
The khukuri mentioned in the story was not blessed in the BirGorka Ceremonies, after being made.:)
 
Thanks clearblue. I knew when you posted it you weren't saying Khuks were evil or anything.

You notice as soon as a society gets worked up about something, like, 'devil worship', then low and behold, a bunch of half wits will run to devil worship just as quick as they can.



munk
 
Originally posted by munk
Thanks clearblue. I knew when you posted it you weren't saying Khuks were evil or anything.

You notice as soon as a society gets worked up about something, like, 'devil worship', then low and behold, a bunch of half wits will run to devil worship just as quick as they can.
munk
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Hi Munk,
That is exactly right. Lord knows! if Kuks were evil, I'd have been burnt at the stake years ago.

These BirGhorka kuks are surely some of the most beautiful "Works of ART," I've seen in a long while.

Owning one of them is,for me, the equivalent of having one's own "Mona Lisa."
 
Well now...that was the fastest "kiss and make up" I've seen in awhile. I was all set to get out the popcorn, pull up the easychair and watch the fireworks. :D
 
Lol! sometimes it's tough playing "Eagle Scout."

Keep that popcorn close at hand.

From what I've seen, a skirmish can erupt any time, anywhere.



Quote:
True opinions are a fine thing and do all sorts of good so long as they stay in their place; but they will not stay long. They run away from a man's mind, so they are not worth much until you tether them by working out the reason. Once they are tied down, they become knowledge, and are stable.
-- Plato
 
. I was all set to get out the popcorn, pull up the easychair and watch the fireworks. >>

You know, anyone can say that about popcorn; it doesn't mean anything.





munk
 
Originally posted by munk
. I was all set to get out the popcorn, pull up the easychair and watch the fireworks. >>

You know, anyone can say that about popcorn; it doesn't mean anything.
munk
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munk

It was a polite way to infer that perhaps the dialogue was getting a little too heavy for the norm of this forum. Of course I am not the moderator but it just seemed that way to me. No offense was intended and I apologize if you took it as an offense.

Semp --
 
Semper, I didn't take offense, I was just kidding you. How come no one laughs at my jokes? ....popcorn,,,,grumble.....

But it does rile me when people sit on the fence about clear moral issues. I hate the moral equivalency sweeping the world, especially in academic circles.


munk
 
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