At the first TTC in Rishikesh in 1961, with appr. 80 persons wanting to be teachers in meditation. Shankaracharya was visiting them. Synnøve Flood from Norway did participate the course. She says: "One day MMY was happier than usual. He told us that we soon would have a visit of Shankaracharia, and that he was an old friend of MMY. They believed that Guru Dev was the reincarnated Krishna and when Guru Dev died, he said that Maharishis friend should be the next Shankaracharya because MMY should travel in the world".
Well That is MMY story to the TM-Teachers. True or false, I do not know. Ingegerd --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's obvious that Swami Shantananda had a relationship with MMY of > > some kind, but what you're talking about was years after the first > > succession war. He never visited MMY during the Beatles' stay or > > anything, did he? > > Well, the Beatles course was spring of 68. In the next four India TTCs > beginning in fall of 68. Its my memory / impression that at least some > courses visited Swami Shantananda. Not positive. Perhaps David Fiske > could clarify -- or Rick could ask Connie or the Rob Mcs etc era > teachers. Some of those four courses did visit Tat Walla Baba, > AnandamoyaMa, Dal (sp) in Kasmir, etc. > > I have a vague sense of Jerry's era of courses maybe 64 or so getting > tours of various sites and all in india -- perhaps those included > visits to Swami Shantananda also, not sure. It certainly would not > have been out of place or surprising. > > The succession was in 53 so you are right we are talking 10-15 years > after that. But my impression, not incident based, is that MMY and > Swami Shantananda were friends and allies. As were he and Satyanand. I > assume MMY was part of the energy that got Swami Shantananda into JM > and enthroned "very quickly" just after the will appeared. I assume > the two were in contact through the 50's and that Swami Shantananda > probably gave him some sort of blessings that opened doors for him. > But that is all assumption and impression -- but no events that I know > of contradict the reasonablness of such assumptions. > > MMY said something like, that as disciples, everyone was part of GDs > flow. No one was special. An implication was that everyone knew each > other -- as would be expected in an ashram. > > Sorry my knowledge is sketchy. Maybe Paul Mason, Dana -- who has > interviewed Jerry extensively, as well as "everybody else", David > Fiske, etc can shed more light on this. 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/
