Digest Number 882

[Guest guest]

Armchair ethicist weighing in:

 

Bootleg bhajans discretely made & offered to those with financial hardships

is a seva. I think Ma's inner yes was about that.

 

To announce and offer free CD's to the whole Amma , well, that is

where you went astray my friend!!! ) But you're not rotten, just silly. Jai

Ma!

 

 

In a message dated 7/25/2003 9:11:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,

Ammachi writes:

 

 

> Message: 12

> Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:58:11 -0000

> "childofdevi" <childofdevi

> to do or not to do - BURN CD's

>

> Dear brothers and sisters,

>

> Since i posted that mail on sending CD's(i did this for some reason

> on an inner urge), a lot of people have pointingly asked me whether I

> buying them or burning them. I just recently got a CD burner and

> thought that i would make use(or rather mis-use??) of it.

>

> I kinda of justified to myself that it was OK to burn CD's and give

> it to people who may not be in a position to get them now. I mentally

> asked Amma what should I do and i got an emphatic yes(perhaps this

> was my EGO answering:-)). I personally do not mind incurring the sin

> of doing wrong in this case(I will just transfer it to AMMA and ask

> her to clean it out:-)) but still i dont want to transfer bad karma

> to others; in my opinion there is no such thing as making up for a

> wrong thing by doing a right thing.

>

> So is it a wrong thing I am doing-- PLEASE LET ME KNOW; by my own

> admission I am totally rotten fellow :-) but at least there are some

> really wonderful people on this list who probably might be able to

> help solve this dilemma?

>

> Does anyone knowone what Amma/Swami's opinions on this are??>

>

>

> In total confusion:-),

>

> yogaman

>