I've been aware of this article for many years, but thanks for the reference. And BTW, the courts ruled that Swami Vasudevananda couldn't use the title for fund-raising, not that he couldn't use the title at all.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgadkw/position/shank-jyot-ascii.html > > Read the whole article if you want to get a good feel for the > complexity of it all. Some excerpts. > > ------------------------- > > There is currently a succession dispute at the Jyotirmath > Sankaracharya seat, the origin of which dates back to the year 1953. > Till recently, the two major rivals were Swami Swarupananda Saraswati > (who is also the Sankaracharya of Dwaraka in the west) and Swami > Vasudevananda Saraswati. Since 1993-4, another Sannyasin named Madhava > Asrama has been a third claimant to the Jyotirmath title. > > [Since this article was written, the courts have decided against Swami > Vasudevananda Saraswati -- the TMO favored candidate and ruled he can > not use the title Shankaracharaya] > > 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/
