--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 4/29/05 1:36 PM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > On Apr 29, 2005, at 2:27 PM, lupidus108 wrote: > > > >> What is the source of this claim, a rumour ? > > > > I thought I had heard at least one Shankaracharya state this, and this was > > easily found on the web: > > > > He is not without critics amongst his peer group, there are others, > > coincidentally also from the Jabalpur area of India, who have openly > > disparaged him. According to Osho World Online Magazine- June 2004, Osho > > (formerly Bhagavan Rajneesh) had this to say:- > > > Anything Rajneesh says is an egregious case of the pot calling the kettle > black. > > > > More serious are the allegations said to have been made by a fellow-disciple > > of Guru Dev and now himself a Shankaracharya in his own right, Shankaracharya > > of Dwarka, Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati in an interview with a former TM > > teacher:- > > > > Shankaracharya: This is true. In reality, preaching, initiating, guiding > > people engaged in spiritual pursuits, is the duty of those who are born in a > > Brahmin family. > > > So then Amma and Christ shouldn�t be teaching either. They both had humble > beginnings. > > > > If he is a follower of Sanatan Dharma (the Hindu religion), he should not do > > what he is doing. This is against the orders of his Guru. Moreover, making > > others write puujya (revered), calling himself Maharishi (a great seer) is > > totally inappropriate. No assembly of saints has either conferred upon him a > > title of Maharishi nor has announced him puujya. In the ashram he was doing > > the work of typing and writing and translation. Then he became a sadhu. > > However, he has never practiced yoga. (...) > > > IMO Maharishi is most certainly a yogi by most anyone�s definition. People > may be surprised to hear me defending MMY because I often come across as a > critic. I have trouble with the sex and money business, but I have no doubts > that Maharishi is one powerful dude. His darshan, as you know if you have > ever been anywhere near him, is off the charts. His intellect, while nutty > in recent years, has been extraordinarily brilliant at times. Who among us > would have been capable of doing what he did? Proximity and service to Guru > Dev were his spiritual practice, and a legitimate one if I understand > scriptures correctly.
Rajneesh, who called himself God - Bhagvan, and Swaroopanand as lighthouses for a tradition from which to judge others ? Vaj must be pretty desperate in his attempts to discredit 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/
