Jai Guru Dev, Bob.
Thanks, Jim --- In [email protected], "Bob Brigante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > : > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > on 4/6/05 7:16 AM, jim_flanegin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I completely agree. What I was exploring in that larger > message > > > was a > > > > > logical link between Guru Dev's desire to enlighten the Earth > and > > > His > > > > > selection of MMY to do so. > > > > > > > > > > > Did Guru Dev have a desire to enlighten the earth, and did he > > > select MMY to > > > > do it? > > > > > > ****************** > > Bob Brigante wrote: > > > There was no reason for Guru Dev to abandon his life of bliss in > the > > > forest unless it was his intention to give householders of the > world > > > the opportunity to enjoy that bliss, too. > > > > > > Bob, you must be joking around again! How do you know that this is > the ONLY reason > > Guru Dev would leave the forest? He might have had a few other > reasons to decide to > > become Shankaracharya. > > > > > Oh, come on, he liked the incense and the public acclaim? It's > ridiculous, he had avoided contact with people just as much as > possible for many years (the little book about his life reminds us > that for a sage, "solitude is the only blessedness" > http://www.kevincarmody.com/vedic/brahmananda.html ), refusing to > take the post as Shankaracharya until Maharishi came of age, and was > available as his disciple. > > It could not have been his mission to speak out a lot of Vedic wisdom > like the founder of his order of monks, Shankara, because Guru Dev > spoke very little. His sole mission was to create an emissary to > enlighten the householder world. It was unnecessary for Guru Dev to > say much of anything -- there is already a ton of Vedic literature, > by Shankara, Vasistha, Vyasa and the other sages -- the need of the > times was to make available a simple mechanical means of raising > one's consciousness without moving into a cave like Guru Dev did > (Vedic knowledge without expanded awareness is like having a map > without a light, it simply can't be understood), and that's exactly > what MMY did to pay his gurudakshina (preceptor's fee) to Guru Dev. > > Bob > http://geocities.com/bbrigante/updates.html > > > > > > very receptive disciple who had a Western education and spoke > > > English: Maharishi. 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/
