On Mar 1, 2010, at 1:10 PM, WillyTex wrote:
Vaj: > I don't believe she mentioned the fact > that Mahesh was a primary suspect in > the murder of Guru Dev... > Maybe that's because Guru Dev wasn't murdered, and because Mahesh was never a suspect? If Guru Dev was murdered, you'd expect to read something about it in the Times of India - these kinds of nasty rumors don't usually get ignored by the Indian Press! Or, in at least one of the critical biographies about Mahesh.
Those who were there knew he was poisoned.
> Such facts were unknown by any TMers I > knew when I first heard it back in the > 80's. > So, what are the facts? The coroner didn't say anything about a murder. According to Guru Dev's physician, the Swami died of natural causes. Nancy didn't mention it, John Lennon didn't mentione it - the only ones I've ever heard mention it are you and Steve Perino.
Also a recent Shankaracharya and Sri Swami Rama, one of Guru Dev's students...
> Those that you would mention it to were > typically aghast at the suggestion, > actually believing M. was a holy man or > a yogi LOL! > In fact, I never met anyone who knew anything about this rumor, until you posted it on the internet. I've talked to thousands of TMers and I've been reading newsgroups for eleven years.
Like I said, few if any in the west knew about it. Maybe Paul Mason, probably the current leading western authority, knows?
I know a lot of people still hold a lot of interest in Swami Brahmananda, while I do have a passing interest, it's just not that interesting of a subject to me any longer.
