On May 26, 2005, at 9:23 AM, markmeredith2002 wrote: > 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??
Really, really good point Mark. At the same time there are few westerners who will good as little more than mantra dispensers. Sure there are few MIU/MUM grads in Vedic Sci., but who else knows the roots of the tradition? 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/
