--- In [email protected], "shukra69" <shukr...@...> wrote:
>
> its not loosing the ego its loosing any moral sense, learning to be a
> psychopath
sorry sociopath
abusing the tradition of begging when you don't need the money
>
> --- In [email protected], "yifuxero" <yifuxero@> wrote:
> >
> > from Jody's Guruphiliac:
> >
> > Thursday, August 06, 2009
> > Sri Sri Rips Off A Rip-Off
> >
> > File under: Gurubusting
> >
> > Bangalore is being overrun by yuppie beggars taking courses at Sri Sri Ravi
> > Shankar's Art of Living ashram:
> > Men and women trying to camouflage their affluent breeding and chic clothes
> > are going about begging in south Bangalore. People at signals were startled
> > yesterday to find smart, English-speaking men and women seeking alms. The
> > beggars, with grime smeared on their faces, looked like characters out of a
> > college play. Motorists, shoppers, and pedestrians dropped small change
> > into their hands, but continued to gape. The beggars bought food with the
> > money they had earned from begging, and ate in public.
> >
> > MiD DAY discovered that they were disciples of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who
> > runs the Art of Living spiritual movement from his headquarters on
> > Kanakapura. The beggars, it turned out, were well-bred professionals told
> > by their instructors to go "lose the ego" by begging. "Our areas are
> > frequented by educated beggars from Sri Sri's ashram," said a resident of
> > BTM Layout.
> > "Lose your ego by glorifying mine" is Sri Sri's credo. And don't think for
> > a second that these losers get to keep the cash they panhandled.
> >
>
