--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 5/31/05 10:48 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > On May 31, 2005, at 11:34 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > >> The book is probably wrong. It's quite certain that he was born near > >> Allahabad in 1917. By his own account, he hadn't finished college yet > >> when > >> he met Guru Dev and he joined Guru Dev's ashram when he graduated. He > >> may > >> have had a summer job in a factory at one point. > > > > I wonder if the allegation that he didn't graduate till age 31 is true? >
> Never heard that one, but someone could do a timeline. If he was born in > 1917 and spent 13 years with Guru Dev, who died in 1953, he must have joined > him in 1940 when he would have been 23. As the "headlight" story goes, he > met him on the veranda before that, but was told to finish college. > Maharishi said that when he first met Guru Dev, he wasn't Shankaracharya, > but had become Shankaracharya by the time Maharishi joined his ashram. It > must be a matter of public record when he became Shankaracharya, so that > would help to fill out the timeline. Allahabad University must also have > records of Maharishi's academic career there. Maybe someone could dig up a > yearbook for the class of 1939 or 1940. ************** A Bachelor's degree in India usually takes three years (this would include a degree in physics): http://www.earcmn.org/english/edu_systems/india.html So apparently MMY started college in when he was 20 and joined Guru Dev when he was 23. 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/
