It's true, I'm boring and Anoop doesn't sell many fiction and non- fiction books.
--- In [email protected], "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No offense spraig, but your old friend and your backward thinking self are boring pundits. I frankly have had annop. Perhaps with luck someday you might have something original to add to a conversation, but I really doubt it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: sparaig > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 12:43 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ideas for independent teachers > > > Well, me old friend Annop Chandola once commented that the universe > had done the world a favor by not letting MMY retreat into > Shankaracharyahood because his leaving India to found the TM > organization made him far more powerful and influential than simply > becoming another Shankaracharya would have done. > > And, if you think any other teacher in India would have been able to > pull off what MMY has done, I'd like to sell you a river in Egypt. > > Oh wait, you've already bought it, I see... > > > > > --- 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, 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 > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. 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/
