Mike, I can't say 100% certanty that there is no relation. However, I probably would have heard about it as I am very close friends with a number of his direct disciples. Up until the very end of Maharishi's life, my understanding is that Vasudevanand had very little to do with Maharishi. That did change in the last few years when Maharishi asked him to be involved with the Brahmananda trust. But up until then, there was not a lot of connections except maybe some ceremonial ones here and there.
Vaj always likes to say that Vasudevanand was a "bought Shankararcharya". But there is little eveidence of that either. My sources tell me that, yes, Maharishi gave Vasudevanand some money, but it was very little. And I do know for a fact that one time after Deepak left the movement, the Shankaracharya came to bless one of Deepak's big courses in India. Maharishi asked Vasudevanand not to go, but Vasudevanand went anyway. If he was truly "bought", he never would have gone fearing Maharishi's donations would stop --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6...@...> wrote: > > Randy, and you know this how? I can't say they are related either, however, I > did hear this from the person that claims to have gotten directly from > Vasudeva's shishya. As I said earlier, I thought there might be a > mis-communication, but this friend swore by it and said in no way was it a > misunderstanding. I chose not to believe it, but in the light of what is said > here on FFL, I have to realize maybe my friend was right and I have been in > denial about it all along. Who knows? I have to take the Beatle's attitude, M > wasn't the God I thought he was, he's just a man, maybe a very special man, > but > a man very good at putting on a show. Still love him though! > > > > ________________________________ > From: randyanand <ra...@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 1:44:13 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Divindra and Sattyanand > > Â > The current shankaracharya of Jyotir Math is Swami Vasudevanand. > He is in no way related to Maharishi. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > > On Behalf Of Joe > > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 1:07 PM > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Divindra and Sattyanand > > > > > > > > > > > > Wow....that would explain plenty. But who knows. > > > > I wonder if he looks "lighter" than most Indians. There should be a photo of > > him online. > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Ã I hate to say this,Ã but when I was in India, at Jyotir Math, the > > > friend > > I was > > > with, swore to me the monk baby sitting the place, told him that the > > current > > > Shankaracharya, forget his name, was M's son! At the time, I laughed it > > off as a > > > missunderstanding, but in light of what I've read on FFL, I have to wonder > > if > > > it's not true. He, the current Shank, does resemble a younger M. What a > > Soap > > > Opera that would make! > > >
