Many Indians are spending their time these days being more productive and raising the quality of their lives, perhaps a more pressing need.
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm in > Kanchipuram for an 11 day Maha Rudra yagya (what else!). So it is > genuinely a great time to be here. > > Here's an interesting tidbit. My chief priest here spent many years > working for the Shankaracharyas...first the really old one who passed > away a number of years ago (Chandrashekarendra) and then the current > one (Jayendra). So he took me to see Jayendra Saraswati, the current > Shankaracharya and his successor and I got to spend about a half hour > with him, talking intermittently as he did his usual work. At one > point he was lookign at me and asked me if I practiced meditation and > I said yes. He asked how many times a day and I said always one and > sometimes two. He asked how many years, and I said almost 40 years. > He looked at me and shook his head in sort of mild amazement. Then he > said "Mahesh Yogi?" and I said yes. He smiled a big smile. Then he > asked me if I went to the funeral and I said no. Then there was this > look on his face that was like "Mahesh Yogi can get these westerners > to do 40 years of meditation and how hard that is to accomplish here > in India." > > It was a nice affirmation of Maharishi's work and that our own > individual efforts are genuine. > > Just thought I'd pass that along, > > Best regards, and thanks again for the birthday wishes. > > Ben Collins > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.3/1306 - Release Date: 3/1/2008 > 5:41 PM >
