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Deepananda, Moon
I am enjoying the comments page as well. Great to see the two greats discussing on the subject.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on February 24, 2007 at 11:38 PM
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Moon
Thank you for your observation. Yes! Though Jesus and earlier prophets had said that prisoners set free, it was literally interpreted in the organized church. The flowering of gnostic thought was siffiledconsigned to heresy after the first 3 centuries of christianity.
posted by
DEEPANANDA
on February 24, 2007 at 11:24 PM
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Deepananda, yes, in the West, it seems that only a very few, like Jung, could understand these things; and even these great minds were shackled to some extent by their Western conditioning. Thank God, however, for their influence. As a Westerner, I am free to say: The Western mind can be so obtuse. MoonSpirit 
posted by
syzygy
on February 24, 2007 at 10:56 PM
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Tony
Thanks for your appreciation.
posted by
DEEPANANDA
on February 24, 2007 at 9:22 PM
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Sannhet
Thank you for your appreciation. I presented a paper on 'The gnostic Fiber of Thomas evangelization and its appeal to Indian psyche' and I have extensively refered to Steven Davis, Marvin Meyer and Richard Valantasis. There is also excellent resources available, both for coptic and Engilish translations, on the internet.
posted by
DEEPANANDA
on February 24, 2007 at 9:21 PM
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Discombobulated78
Thank you for your appreciation.
posted by
DEEPANANDA
on February 24, 2007 at 9:16 PM
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LadyCeeMarie
Thank you for your appreciation. I am also a great admirer of Gospel of Thomas. The post I am doing are part of my paper I presented at Concordia Theological College, New York. The title of the paper is 'The gnostic Fiber of Thomas evangelization and its appeal to Indian psyche'.
posted by
DEEPANANDA
on February 24, 2007 at 9:15 PM
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Saul
I am delighted by your visit and comment. yes we need to transcend the duality at the psycho-physical level to attain true spirituality.
posted by
DEEPANANDA
on February 24, 2007 at 9:08 PM
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Bhaskar
Thank you for the input on Mahaveera. As you see from from my post, the continuation is on the the same subject from other philosophies. Thanks also for referring me to other interested seekers. May this community grow. What I am posting is parts of the paper
posted by
DEEPANANDA
on February 24, 2007 at 9:02 PM
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Interesting post, Deepananda. Look forward to more.
posted by
Antonionioni
on February 24, 2007 at 5:10 PM
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Deepananda -
Excellent, excellent post!! The Gospel of Thomas is one of my favorite scriptures. I wonder if you have read Ron Miller's book The Gospel of Thomas, with translations by Steven Davies?
posted by
sannhet
on February 24, 2007 at 3:43 PM
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Excellent post
A lot to ponder here.
posted by
Discombobulated78
on February 24, 2007 at 1:57 PM
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DEEPANANDA
I must thank Bhaskar for sending me this link. Profundity abounds! Another of my pet peeves with religionists is the too literal translation of scripture. Gnosticism used to be reviled and persecuted and Gnostics are starting to creep out again, thank the Creators. I must catch up on reading your other posts, Deepananda, if they are all so refreshingly filled with truths as this one was.
LadyCeeMarie
posted by
LadyCeeMarie
on February 24, 2007 at 11:18 AM
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Excellent post, DEEPANANDA. Androgyny would be the preferred state for
one attempting to renounce the temptations of the flesh, whether those temptations be of male or female...
posted by
saul_relative
on February 23, 2007 at 11:08 PM
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What a delight it is to read your profound posts! The exact similar words were used by Mahaveera that unless women become men in some future birth, there can be no hope of their liberation. I knew that there must be some hidden message enshrouding it. Today it is far more clear.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on February 23, 2007 at 11:06 PM
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