{"id":10349,"date":"2011-10-18T13:27:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T05:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=10349"},"modified":"2011-11-07T23:13:45","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T15:13:45","slug":"guru-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2011\/10\/guru-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Guru Not"},"content":{"rendered":"

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H:<\/strong> There is this guru in town (Geshe Michael Roach) who claim to use Buddhism to teach people how to make money.\u00a0Do you know anything about his guy?\u00a0Is he orthodox?<\/p>\n

J:\u00a0<\/strong>Actually, he has been kind of denounced by HHDL’s office, partly because he proclaimed some level of enlightenment. Here is more about him:\u00a0http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Roach#Spiritual_<\/wbr>Partnership_and_Controversy<\/wbr><\/a>\u00a0Good to stay clear of his stuff. Even if some parts are okay, some parts might not be. It might not be easy to discern which parts are okay. It’s interesting to note too, that just because he is academically qualified in the right teachings, didn’t guarantee that he is spiritually or morally qualified. This applies to every teacher.<\/wbr><\/p>\n

H:<\/strong>\u00a0It is sad that many of his followers are not aware of Buddha\u2019s true teachings.\u00a0And I believe he won\u2019t be the last self-proclaimed guru\u2026<\/p>\n

Due to\u00a0two suggestions that the picture of Mike Myers from the movie ‘The Love Guru’\u00a0above being disrespectful, which\u00a0was not the intention, below is an actual picture of Roach (from Wikipedia), with his ex-‘consort’ Christie McNally. They are now not together as ‘spiritual partners’ though they once vowed to never be apart night and day. More about\u00a0McNally can be seen at NY Times:\u00a0http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/05\/15\/garden\/15buddhists.html<\/a>\u00a0and http:\/\/badkarmanews.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/lama-christie-mcnallys-personal.html<\/a>\u00a0May this extra remark show clearly that Roach and Myers are not the same person. Myers is a popular comedian, not to be taken seriously in his movie above. According to NY Post:\u00a0http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6f49og5<\/a>, Roach also wears suits\u00a0when he hits the clubs. As such, he might not always appear as below. If you have comments about the external links here, please post them in the corresponding websites instead of here.\u00a0(If otherwise, they might be deleted due to being off focus.) Thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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