> > According to V. Sundaresan, Swami Vasudevanand > > of Jyotirmath is "the sole representative of > > this lineage"... > > Peter: > What a mess! > Well, I guess you should have been there.
"I sat down directly in front of Maharishi who was sitting about fifteen feet away on his dais. To his left, and above him on his own dais was the present Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath, the spiritual "pope" of North India, Sri Swami Vishnudevananda. To his left, sitting on an even higher dais, was Guru Dev's successor (appointed by Guru Dev himself, in his will), Shri Swami Shantanand Saraswati Maharaj, retired Shankaracharya of Jyothirmath. These two sat under the gold and red umbrella of the Shankaracharya, on the throne-like chairs of their position. Surrounding them were about fifty of the most illustrious looking orange-clad swarmis I'd ever seen. This was the top of India's spiritual tradition in the flesh..." Read more: Subject: I sat down directly in front of Maharishi... From: Willytex (Lot 49) Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental, alt.meditation, alt.yoga Date: October 7, 2003 http://tinyurl.com/2wfofl2
