--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 7/11/05 1:13 PM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I am missing the importance of Shankaracharaya endorsement. In the > > west, can you see an introductory lecture: > > > > Lecturer: "And this technique is endorsed by the Shankaracharaya. hes > > like the pope." > > > > Audience: "Huh?" > > > > L: "Well I mean the real Shankaracharaya, not the fake one." > > > > A: "huh?" > > > > L: "Well at least the real northern one. The important one. Those more > > southern ones -- well, you know about southern things" > > > > A: "huh? !! ???" > > > > A: "Isn't the Shankaracharaya a religious leader? I htought this was a > > secular technique." > > > > L: "Well of course it is. But the REAL religious leaders also think > > its good. Like automobiles. Well, thats not a good example. the > > Shankaracharayas are not allowed to ride in cars. " > > > > A: "HUH ?" > > > > L: "Well this is all more important in India" > > > > A; "uh, ok?" > > > > Meanwhile in India, three of the most popular teachers, Amma, > > Karunyamayi, and SSRShankar appear to have no ties to or endorsements > > from the Shankaracharaya. As Barry, author of "Amazing, Exagerated and > > Smug Tales" would say, "Go figure." > > I think for MMY, the endorsement of a Shankaracharya was a big deal, since > he was the disciple of a Shankaracharya and considers the Shankaracharya > tradition to be the roots of his movement. So he tried to prop up his own > Shankaracharya when the official one didn't support him.
But if endorsement was not a big issue in west or India, why would he feel a need for personal peace of mind, and not just say, "i know what GD really thought and wanted. I don't need a piece of paper, a formal endorsement." (Fade to the back-up singers -- Joe Clarke, Charlie Donahue, Tom Winquist and Rick Nelson (the original 4 US SIMS shanks) singing in complex harmony "We don't need no stinkin endorsements ..." ) 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/
