snip > > 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.
Time to wake up -- brahmin pundits, priests and popes, ministers and rabbis, ayatollahs and the like are not going to save the world. They've been around in power positions forever and haven't come close yet. According to the indian press, some of the elder pundit teachers at maharishi nagar were sexually abusing the boys, in like manner as their counterparts in the west, robes of a different color but really no difference. Where in the vedas is that knowledge? Brahmin pundits help keep india in the dark ages for centuries, and then cooperated with the subjugating british when they showed up. Why is the word "pundit" now commonly used in english to describe an all-knowing talking head who's actually out of touch with everyday reality? -- because that's been their history in india. Pundits think a high percentage of their countrymen are untouchable and deserving of suffering; if you get them in an honest moment their view of westerners isn't much better. These people are going to bring world peace?? 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/
