--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Dana Sawyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:02:33 -0400 > To: Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: The Jyotirmath Shankaracharya Lineage in the 20th Century > > The notion that Shantananda was SBS's closest disciple seems to be largely > a TMO legend. Interviews I have done with his disciples suggest that he > was distant from his disciples emotionally and that emotional closeness > wouldn't be a consideration for succession anyway. Most followers were > surprised by the will and disputed it immediately - taking the case to > court.
Define "most followers." The will could not be proved invalid According to what I have heard,the will was handwritten. Was the handwriting MMY's or SBS's? Surely there were handwriting samples available of both men. and the court, in the first > case filed, could not find reason to believe that the public trust under > which the case was brought to court had been neglected. This is why > Shantananda, always a lame duck because of lack of support from pandits > and the other shankaracaryas, was allowed to keep the property. > > Dana > Sounds like Dana is very upset with Swami Shantananda. > > > > > Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Friby mday, July 1, 2005 at 9:49 PM > wrote: > > > >One more, but not necessarily the last: > > > >> > >> I believe your origianl point is that no one disputes that S. was > >the > >> closest diciple to SBS. Is that correct, or did I get it wrong? > >> > >> If correct, that claim has puzzled me becasue I have never heard > >that > >> claim ever being made by anybody. I presume your claim that it is > >> true, rests on C talking to S. So I guess, if the claim holds, S > >said > >> this of himself, and C accurately represented the "boast". I just > >> can't get too excited about such claims. S seems too modest and > >humble > >> to have made such a claim. It just doesnt ring true. Regardless, to > >> make a claim that he was the closest discile of SBS, would for me, > >3-4 > >> independent sources. > > > > > >Actually, I think it was from a thread on AMT where ColdBlueIce > >asserterted that no-one had ever challanged or attempted to verify > >the will, and that Swami Shantananda had based his court claim on > >being Gurudev's closest disciple, but I may be incorrect. Regardless, > >I did various google searches and can't find a reference to Swami > >Shantananda's standing with Gurudev, so I withdraw the assertion > >(unless ColdBlueIce (or whoever I heard it from) or someone else who > >knows more about the court case speaks up). > > > > > > > > > > > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------ End of Forwarded Message > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message 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/
