--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 6/24/05 10:43 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> on 6/24/05 2:38 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I've never met SSRS. I'm sure Amma is, so I'm not implying, I'm > > being > >>>> explicit. > >>> > >>> What about MMY? > >> > >> I think he is, but some of his behavior stretches my concept of what > >> enlightenment is (which I derived from him). > > > > None of the others you mentioned have built such a large international > > organization to teach meditation from scratch in a time where such a > > thing was unheard of. > > Amma and SSRS are probably the biggest spiritual movements in India right > now.
India, yes. The entire world? At its heyday, the TMO was teaching 35,000/month in the USA. They both do much more charitable work than the TMO ever did (any > charitable work would be more). They're each going about it in their own > way. But regardless of that, having a big organization has no correlation > with whether or not one is enlightened. Behaving ethically and > compassionately may be more correlated, but who knows? That wasn't what I asked. You say that MMY's behavior is difficult to understand compared to others you mentioned, but the others you mentioned are not in the same space, and can't be judged on their behavior when presented with the same issues, because they don't interact with the world on that level. SSRS isn't ever going to be interviewed on national TV in the USA based on his reputation from 30 years previously, now is he? 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/
