On Jun 5, 2009, at 4:32 PM, sparaig wrote:
--- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote:
On Jun 4, 2009, at 10:36 PM, sparaig wrote:
[...]
The other Shankarakcharya of the North, the one mentioned by name in
Anandama Moi's online cv, told MY friend ( a prominent Hindu/
sanskrit scholar)
that MMY would have been his first choice as his successor but for
the caste issue.
Who you going to believe?
The Shank. is so corrupt, I doubt I'd trust any of those people. TB's
will say anything to get their hero into the Shank. seat, even if
they have to lie or kill to do it. So I don't know if I believe any
of them. All this tells me (these incessant disputes and in-fightings
at most of the seats) is that while the Shank. presumably has some
redeeming qualities (preservation of the Advaita vedanta trad.,
Smarta ideals), in reality they're just another corrupt organization
with monks vying for power. I have much more respect for the
Mahamandaleshwars than a bunch of pompous Vaishnavite popes.
I note that inadvertently (I'm sure) you snipt the part that shows
that I already
made this point:
<sigh> Lawson, despite all the aspersions cast upon me by you and Our
Dear Editor, per FFL posting guidelines, I just snip above what I
think is relevant for brevity's sake. There is no mysterious intent
behind my snips other than brevity. My close personal relationship
with Lord Voldemort has had no influence on my snipping style.
Who you going to believe?
The answer isn't clearcut, IMHO. <===== left out for some
reason....
And of course one should be a realizer. Given that one of the Shanks.
described M's mind as being like a supermarket, one doubts his level
of awareness as much different from any other Hindu Donald Trump.
Realizers of Brahman don't go to heaven, do they? ;-)
King Tony was raised a Christian, and I think it a mark of the
universal
nature of MMY's teaching that he (King Tony) didn't feel compelled to
shade his own religious/cultural interpretation of MMY's destination
with Hindu interpretations of the same.
Well Lawson I'm sorry to say becoming the first Vedic King in recent
history might just belie your assertion.
[last post due to limits]
