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@@ -38322,3 +38322,23 @@ compassion.  In our immediate experience, these two forms of grasping may seem
 the same, but in terms of the overall mental environment they are quite
 different.  Compassion is fact-based, while distorted grasping is not.
   -- H.H. the Dalai Lama
+~
+  By and large, human beings tend to prefer to fit in to society by following
+accepted rules of etiquette and being gentle, polite, and respectful.  The
+irony is that this is also how most people imagine a spiritual person should
+behave.  When a so-called dharma practitioner is seen to behave badly, we
+shake our heads over her audacity at presenting herself as a follower of the
+Buddha.  Yet such judgments are better avoided, because to "fit in" is not
+what a genuine dharma practitioner strives for.
+  Think of Tilopa, for example.  He looked so outlandish that if he turned up
+on your doorstep today, odds are you would refuse to let him in.  And you
+would have a point.  He would most likely be almost completely naked; if you
+were lucky, he might be sporting some kind of G-string; his hair would never
+have been introduced to shampoo; and protruding from his mouth would quiver
+the tail of a live fish.  What would your moral judgment be of such a being?
+"Him!  A Buddhist?"  This is how our theistic, moralistic, and judgmental
+minds work.  Of course, there is nothing wrong with morality, but the point of
+spiritual practice, according to the vajrayana teachings, is to go beyond all
+our concepts, including those of morality.
+  -- Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, from "Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-
+     Called Preliminary Practices".