--- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Jul 11, 2005, at 1:17 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > And turned it down, which makes him kinda out of the loop, IMHO. > > > > > > > > "I don't want it and that guy isn't qualified." > > > > > > > > > > Quite the opposite. All reports I have are that he was a KEY figure > > in > > > the making of Shankaracharyas (thus the nickname "The > > > Shankaracharya-Maker"). > > > > According to what Dana Sawyer said, the will was never ruled invalid > > even though it WAS contested in court (I had heard it was not so I'm > > happy to take Dana Sawyer's word in this case). This would mean that > > Gurudev's student was saying that his own teacher had bad judgement > > in the case of Swami Shantananda and since the 2nd and third choices > > in the will were apparently never considered by anyone either, by > > extension, we can assume that Gurudev's student had no respect for > > his teacher's judgement whatsoever... > > 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."
True, I keep getting sidetracked. What SSS said 30 years ago has no bearing on what the latest Shankaracharya (or pseudo-Shankaracharya -- waves to Dana) would say about MMY anyway. In fact,the latest Shankaracharya of that lineage has endorsed Chopra --don't know what he says about MMY. 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/
