--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 4/6/05 6:45 PM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > 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 > >
> You may be right Bob, but these are theories. Your opinions. Surely you must > be aware of the distinction between opinion and established fact. The thing > that gets everyone's goat here is that the tone of your expression makes it > sound like you are asserting your opinions as absolute truth. Are you really > as dead sure of things as you appear to be, or is this electronic medium > causing us to misinterpret your tone? *********** What I am saying is a theory in the sense that evolution is a theory. A theory is an explanation that fits the fact situation (in a way that creationists' ideas do not). You acknowledge Guru Dev only accepting the Shankaracharya seat about the time when MMY graduated from college. This meant that Guru Dev only had to expose himself to the mud of world for a minimum amount of time (it was obviously Guru Dev's preference to stay away from the ignorant and clamorous world), just enough time to bring MMY, the educated and English-speaking envoy to the entire world that he needed, to his level, and then leave this earth. Now creationist opponents of evolutionary theory say, out of their ignorance, that evolution is only a theory, as if some day some biologist is going to be able to change the theory into a law. This is not going to happen, and there is a similar lack of utility in what you are saying about my analysis -- if that gets your goat, or anybody else's, that's too bad -- which is about all that biologists have to say to creationists. If somebody has a competing theory that fits the fact situation of Guru Dev's life, and respects Guru Dev's divine status, they can express themselves on this list just like me or anybody with internet access. The reason why I say Guru Dev's status should be a given, a prequisite to any analysis of his life, is that if his divinity is not acknowledged, then there is really no sense talking about him at all -- he would just be another homeless guy with a beard, and there are lots of them here where I live. 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/
