What you say is true, TigersEye. You are entirely correct on all counts. No further comeback from me. You win.
[“When, out of envy, others mistreat me with abuse, insult, or the like, I shall at all times practice accepting defeat and offering the victory to others.”
From The Eight Verses of Training the Mind, by Geshe Langri Tangpa.]
Speak ill of marijuana and potheads go crazy, almost as if they’re afraid of someone taking their stash and they act as if they’re addicted and can’t exist without it..
Just an observation.
While using the Dharma to criticize anyone is not something I would ordinarily do I am happy to be measured by that metric if called to. So I followed your lead and used the Buddhist metric to weigh your assumptions. That was met with a gratuitous insult to a highly recognized teacher simply for having his views quoted. The substance of his views, which served as my rejoinder, you left unremarked upon.
Having criticized and pitied me for using marijuana by your standard of Buddhist practice you then tell someone of a long list of highly dangerous drugs you have used for spiritual pursuit and admit that such use is unworthy and trivial in comparison to the Dharmic practices. Quite true. That's something my teacher told me before I was even his student yet you admit you followed the path of drugs as spiritual guides after you became a student. Everyone has their own karma to follow and I won't criticize you for the order in which you have taken things on your journey but it's more than a little hypocritical to criticize me for smoking pot in light of taking potentially lethal drugs which any lama would reject as useless and unnecessary.
With competition being the furthest thing from my mind I see no victory to be taken. But I find your response has more the flavor of a sarcastic dig than an offering of victory anyway. Your defensiveness is ironic given that you attacked me first.