If all along the cosmic task had been to train 40,000 or so pundits to a high degree of competence within the true "tradition" surely this would not require a detour lasting 50 years involving "householders" and "Westerners". Had MMY remained in India, been one of the many gurus there that seem to thrive without much difficulty, amassed a following of 5+ million in a land of about a billion, and perhaps have found an Indian "Wallace" equivalent to kick start scientific interest in TM there (as already happening for Yoga)... etc.. Morever it might have ended up, like for the Buddha, primarily a monastic order. Was there REALLY a need for all this circus act?
--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a really good question. > This is the question I was addressing when I talked the other day >about the upside of the pundits. It will really be these guys who >will > preserve the true tradition. Unless people take the time to train > themselves in the texts behind this tradition, they would be >clueless. > Why? Because when you were taught SCI you were not given the source >for > these teaching. Nor were you given the source behind many of the > advanced lectures. The science of the gap, the sandi, is all in > Sanskrit. In other words, the real tradition has been hidden behind >a > facade of scientific materialism and dispensed. The only real option is > to bootleg the SCI tapes and the advanced lectures, etc. > > And how will you train new teachers without all of the video and audio > tapes? > > Another issue is who will teach the advanced techniques? > > The very real upside of the pundits--even if it ends up being only half > of the number stated--the upside is they have the full knowledge of the > tradition AND the practices. So it's a good thing that they are > learning what they are learning. The karma-kanda aspect of M.'s > teaching really is only preserved by Brahmins--and that represents a > significant part since what he teaches is essentially karma yoga for > householders. 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/
