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**Paul Bunyan** · 03-07-2010, 04:42 PM

How can a system that denies the existence of the soul claim itself to be a spiritual tradition ?

How can one even attempt to speak about that which cannot be spoken about? The ideas pertaining to any particular religious tradition can be looked at as symbols for the transcendent, but they are more or less truer than the others only relatively, not absolutely.

If a tradition delivers or attempts to deliver chitta-shuddhi by any means, rituals, or mental practice, I think of it as a spiritual tradition. If instead it mires and confuses the mind, it is not. The subject who is involved in the practice also matters.

Love and Light.

03-07-2010, 04:42 PM	#10
Paul Bunyan Join Date Jul 2007 Age 58 Posts 4,495 Senior Member	How can a system that denies the existence of the soul claim itself to be a spiritual tradition ? How can one even attempt to speak about that which cannot be spoken about? The ideas pertaining to any particular religious tradition can be looked at as symbols for the transcendent, but they are more or less truer than the others only relatively, not absolutely. If a tradition delivers or attempts to deliver chitta-shuddhi by any means, rituals, or mental practice, I think of it as a spiritual tradition. If instead it mires and confuses the mind, it is not. The subject who is involved in the practice also matters. Love and Light.
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