Theos-Talk Archives (June 2005 Message tt00487)

Kay,

>>> "lay chela". They translate it as "mundane chela", whatever that may

Yes, "lay" is somewhat difficult word and we translate it as a 
"worldly chela".<<<

When I first read this thread on this I was a little bewildered as to why 
this is so enigmatic for people to understand. Isn't it just that "Lay/Mundane" 
is contrasted to "Left Home" Chela in the Buddhist sense contrasting one who 
accepts and sincerely practices the Path or Teaching without having taken 
the Ordination Vows, Precepts, and Rules of Deportment of the Order of Monks who 
are referred too as "Left Home" and contrasted to "Lay/Mundane" chela 
practicioners who may also be married, single, etc.

Also, It is not only nglish where words can have two meanings, look at the 
term "Dharma" a distinctly non-english word that has over a dozen elective 
meanings in usages, hopefully this abundance odesn't indicate the Hindu are many 
more times the "liars" than the english are,lol.

Regards,
John 


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