--- In [email protected], "Jeff Fischer"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "markmeredith2002" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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??
> 
> I have wondered similarly.

I have also.

Irmeli




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