--- In [email protected], "claudiouk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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,
Now, this I find an interesting observation: a following of 5 million would to any of us in the West seem an incredible number of followers AND a successful movement...but, in India, it would only be about 1/2 of one percent of the Indian population! And, if one is only counting Hindus, about .75 of one percent of the population. > 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/
