Theos-Talk Archives (November 2000 Message tt00258)

Hi Sherab -- I was once in a "consciousness raising group" in the '70's on
the fast-track to being a "trainer". One of the ways in which our
"trainers" broke us down was to question our identities. One very
beautiful soul used the name "Given". Because of the love in his heart,
they were unable to "erase" his name. They finally surrendered to
realizing he was a very pure soul who was "given" the name "Given" because
it fit. Much love, Kat in Italy


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> 
Sherab:


Keep using your name Sherab and don't ask for anyone's 
approval or blessing, just use it, that's my vote. I think it's cool it's 
a kind of mantra. 

- Art




--- In theos-talk@egroups.com, "Sherab Dorje" <sherab@w...> 
wrote:
> Dear Mr. DeSantis,
> 
> Thank you for your thoughtful remarks. It is an excellent 
arguement 
> for why we should use a name designation when speaking 
here or any 
> other place. After all, the posting bears the akasic imprint of the 
> personal ego anyway. Names, however, are none-the-less 
impermanent 
> attachments of the ego. It is simply a matter of attribution.
> 
> Mr. Shampan ask me privately about my name so I will offer 
that to 
> the group here as a matter of introduction since I am not 
known in 
> any Theosophic circles.
> 
> The name Sherab Dorje was given to me by my Guru, a 
Tibetan Lama that 
> came into my life a couple of years ago. It is the name he gave 
me 
> upon giving me the Bodhisattva vow and initiation. He calls me 
> Nyingmapa Sherab Dorje. My path is the Vajrayana way of 
Tantric 
> Buddhism. If you want to know the meaning of the name 
Sherab Dorje 
> look in a Tibetan dictionary or review it in Sanskrit as it 
> translates directly to Prajna Vajra. It is of course not the name I 
> was given at birth nor any of the others that I have discovered 
along 
> the way. The use of this name is a way of breaking down the 
bond of 
> ego self to the mantra of a name. The use of the name Sherab, 
> therefore, becomes part of the practice.
> 
> Now, if it is the groups request that the use of this name is not 
> appropriate then I would like to know.
> 
> Respectfully yours,
> Sherab









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