source: Excerpt of Amma's interview, The week, September 21, 2003 she acknowledges herself her family is into business. Note the construction business.
Q: They say your relatives are rich. A: They can only look at such things. Amma's relatives are into business. One brother is into building contracts. He also has some chocolate agency. Father had about 20 boats. He sold some and set up a business for another brother. Maybe, because of some devotees, he was able to expand it without much investment. The younger brother has a money-lending business. Kasturi (sister) and husband are employed. Another sister's husband has a job. They also have boats. Father still earns his bread through hard work. He doesn't take anything from the ashram, which is managed by swamis. The local people are generally good. But a few sometimes have got drunk and tried to create trouble. Once, they threw stones. Now some are showering flowers. --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > L B Shriver wrote: > > While I find these allegations disappointing > > (notice that I don't call them "disclosures" because I > > don't think we have enough info here to reach > > sweeping conclusions), I think that in the > > big picture it is better to have the discussion than not to have it. > > I guess the inevitability of the discussion makes > my question a minor one, but I was wondering who > or what the source of these allegations is. For > example, when numerous assistants of Maharishi > told stories of his sex life, I felt the stories had > some credence. But I read a recent anti-Ammachi > post that dished dirt without so much as a signature > at the end. Call me old fashioned, but I have a hard > time treating a graffito as a news story. > > - Patrick Gillam To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
