Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00424)

>>Are there degrees of "spiritual experience ?"  Has anyone made a catalog of
>>these to which we might refer ?
>>I think if we are going to resolve any of these matters we ought to at least
>>have a structure on which we may place such information as may be
>>contributed as answers.

At the Home Page of the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association one can order
chapter 8 of the ~Surangama Sutra~.  This, with Master Hua's commentary,
tells of the 50 samadhi-like, yet misleading "spiritual" states one can
experience.  They are related to the five skandhas -- 10 for each one.

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<> Nicholas Weeks <> am455@lafn.org <> Los Angeles
	"Men must learn to love the truth before they thoroughly believe it."
		Blavatsky