[Vkowefek]

hi Murchovski

what you have mentioned is a common teaching style amongs some Western teachers, where they attempt to create a common understanding across religions to appeal to and stimulate Western audiences

but yes...trying to introduce Tibetan style reincarnation into an 'inter-faith' approach will come across as discordant, imo

to me, it would sound 'mechanistic' as you said because Tibetan style reincarnation does not easily flow in common religious themes

notions such as 'God' can easily be explained to represent universal religious themes such as 'wholeness', 'unity', 'lawfulness', 'balance', 'universal love', etc

but reincarnation is a notion exclusively common to Hindu based religions and does not fit into universal religious themes

Lama Surya Das can often become divergent in his talks, bringing in too many esoteric interfaith concepts

but still i have found him to be a very good & practical teacher

kind regards

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