On Oct 7, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Premanand wrote:
Prakashanand? Is it sure that he was a disciple of Guru Dev?
"At the age of twenty-one, in 1950, he renounced the world and went
to Jyotirmath in the Himalayas. In 1951 he took the order of
sanyas. Seeing his esteem of renunciation and deep feeling of God
consciousness, in 1952, he was offered to be the successor of
Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath which is one of the most
renowned religious thrones of India. He very politely refused by
saying, "My final desire is to go to Vrindaban. I have given my
life for the service of Radha Rani, so I cannot live forever in the
math."
http://www.barsanadham.org/shree_swamiji.html
The information is very patchy... and as there is no record of Guru
Dev having visited Jyotirmath between 1950 and 1953 ... well can
anyone offer a clearer outline?
It is my understanding that his first guru was SBS. His ashram in
Philly used to draw hordes of disaffected TMers back in the early to
mid-80's--and the reason people were going over to his "camp" was
because they had become aware of the unsavory aspects of Mahesh
"yogi", and Prakashanand wasn't shy about being one of SBS's old
students who after his death, went on to another guru. Talk about out
of frying pan and into the fire! At least M's girls were of legal age
(as far as we know). Not this guy.
