--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 5/23/05 5:02 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > What he did say was that he did not know if a group of 10,000 was > > enough to produce the desired effect, a very reasonable statement, > > which he has re-iterated in recent press conferences, saying that it > > might take "hundreds of centuries" for the pundits to establish Vedic > > India (it's just a difficult task in the Kaliyuga, there are no > > guarantees that darkness will be eradicated enough so that Vedic > > civilization can be restored). > > > > And unless the political situation in India is tranquil enough (so > > that Congress Party thugs would not attack the pundits groups as they > > did before at the behest of the chief minister in Madhya Pradesh), > > and unless there is sufficient funding to maintain large groups in a > > sustained manner (which there is now, but not at that time Kaplan > > refers to), it was entirely reasonable to adopt a cautious approach > > to starting large pundit groups. But now the funding is in place, and > > there are groups of MMY pundits all over India, as visitors there > > have posted on this list. >
> Interesting analysis. I might forward it to Earl and see if he responds. But > I have a problem with your last sentence. No, you don't, because I am not pointing to any large groups of pundits in India. The TMO is claiming 200K pundits, but these are dispersed throughout India until facilities are ready: http://vedicpandits.org Using existing facilities and local support of people who like to support the pundits in their communities is what's feasible now, and there are TMO pundits in many cities in India which add up to 200K. Actually having big groups in one place is an expensive operation even in India, and the TMO, trying to avoid the abandonment of previous efforts, is only using the interest on the $87 million raised http://www.maharishi-fund.org/ , which limits the ability to build and maintain large pundit groups. Sooner or later some Indian zillionaires (a rupee is only worth about 2 cents) will get pundit fever and start major support, in addition to the localized support the TMO pundits are getting now. The interest on $87 millions is about 4.3 mil/yr, which buys a lot of rice and beans, but not enough to do a lot of building plus rice for 200K people. >Can you point me to such posts. I > have a friend in India eager to observe such groups, especially the rumored > large ones, but he can't find any. Sure, there are little schools in the > back allies of Varanasi, but where are the big groups? 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/
