> Am I the only one who finds this whole discussion a tad ghoulish? > What difference does it make what position his body was in when he died? > > Sal
I agree regarding the ghoulishness, but am compelled to pursue it. I've long anticipated a discussion of the circumstances of Maharishi's death, for reasons Lurkernomore cites in an adjacent post - that Yogananda's death was used to solidify his legend. I believe it was Angela Mailander who said that death reveals truths about people not easily discerned when the person was alive. (If you did not say that, Angela, my apologies; regardless, I'm saying it now.) If Maharishi died according to Vedic depictions of an enlightened man's passing, well, that tell us something. Who was the Roman who said, "Count no man fortunate until you know the circumstances of his death"? The Vedic corollary would be something along the lines of "count no man a saint..." However highly Maharishi may have been esteemed in life, the real hagiography begins now.
