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Seems Like a Scam to Me!
MindGate
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on a side note, i did a google search and found nothing for "ryan sieman" now i know it's a scam... all enlightened masters have AT LEAST a few books out or a webpage or something, duh.
you can never know until you yourself awaken.
That sign also seems fishy. Why would they need to say this reverend abbot is a real enlightened zen master? wouldn't saying he's a zen master be sufficient, particularly given that we buddhists are free thinkers anyway and therefore would likely follow the buddha's advice for self-knowledge thereby "judging" his words on their own merits? The sign itself seems almost sensationalized on purpose --a definite red flag.
I could probably add more to try and winnow this out, but I would then be delving purely into conjecture based on previous experience. It definitely seems off; I agree.
Why is there no street address on either the temple sign or the ticket?
Granted, I can understand not putting a street address on a temple sign in the front yard of the temple itself, but why not on the ticket? If they truly wanted people to come see this guy or at the very least visit the temple, you would think they would put the address on the ticket so folks could find them.
http://www.says-it.com/concertticket/ticket3.php
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There's another issue here. It was a birthday gift. What if the friend is offended that you don't go? Or that you accuse him/her of gifting you a scam gift. How good a friend is this, someone you can talk to honestly?
I think your friend meant the best for you. He/she clearly knows you've been interested in Zen. It's the thought that counts. Your friend doesn't have as good a scam alert radar as you do, that's all.
You mentioned it was for your birthday, maybe this was a gag and they actually have a surprise to follow it, who knows. I would just go along with it if it was me personally and see what is what
Good one!
Not negative at all. I apologize for writing it poorly but what I intended to indicate was that if someone can make up something as wonderfully false as the OP, just think how much stuff we make up under the guise of its being true... and then consider whether true and false are more important than the fact that we make them up in the first place.
For example: Freedom -- true or false?
For example: Love -- true or false?
For example: Buddhism -- true or false?
Watch your step!
Namaste