--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 11, 2005, at 1:45 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > 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 think you might need to get some distance from this before you can > make an objective determination--if that is what you would like to do. > Dana seems to merely be making some brief and to the point remarks. It > will be interesting to hear his more detail edremarks later on. His > characterization that "The notion that Shantananda was SBS's closest > disciple seems to be largely > a TMO legend" hit my limited knowledge bulls-eye. > > Also I believe Sw. Karpatri was offered the Shankaracharya-ship > twice--the first time was before Sw. Brahmananda.
And the second time, after. I believethat I misunderstood Anoop Chandola. He made reference to some bigwig who wanted to appoint the new Shankaracharya,and I assumed itw as the head of hte committee. I'm now thinking that perhaps he meant Swami Karpatri.Of course,I could be wrong there too. > > > Over MMY, SSS, SDS, and anyone else that Vaj doesn't approve the > > teachings of... > > I wonder where you get this stuff sometimes. I'm certain many of the > candidates for the Shankaracharya, certainly including Shantananda, > would be excellent teachers in their own right. Just because they > didn't get this post doesn't mean they stop being realized saints! Except, according to the will and the courts, Swami Shantananda DID get the post... I > get the impression that many see the Mahamandeleshwaris are at least > equal, if not in some case more exalted than the role of > Shnakaracharya. Indeed some of the Akharas go back to the Treta it is > said. 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/
