On Feb 6, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: >For those who read FFL via the website and therefore do not see >attached files, I've uploaded the MMY Mahasamadhi photo that was >attached to the post below to my webserver:
>http://alex.natel.net/ffl/images/mmy_mahasamadhi.jpg There is some controversy going on offlist as to whether or not this is, in fact, a picture of him when he died. He was supposedly sleeping when he died. It has been claimed that the picture is actually from a Jan 12, 2002 (!) celebration--not his death photo. A person who spent lots of time in the house during preparation for these celebrations has stated that these type of garlands cannot just be made up on short notice.
