--- 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.
Except that "his own Shankaracharya" took charge immediately while MMY went and wandered for a while. When did the TM movement start? About 5-6 years after Gurudev's death? 1959 wasn't it at some celebration in honor of Gurudev? Swami Shantananda was there, no doubt. Was the appointed successor to Gurudev there? Was Swami Swaroopananda? 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/
