--- Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Feb 6, 2008, at 7:22 PM, Patrick Gillam wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Whatever turns you on, Patrick. I'm outta this one.
>
> Sal
Who Maharishi is/was depends upon your experience of
him, not some ridiculous criteria of what occurs after
death. I'm sure in the history of the human race some
exalted saints have decayed like mere mortals and
others have stayed fresh as a daisy. The whole thing
is pretty gross though, isn't it?
>
>
>
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