From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of emptybill Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 10:19 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] The End of the Rishi
Back in 1971 on the Humbolt TTC, MMY insisted that it was our duty to go and fight if called to join the conflict in Vietnam. A lot of people dismissed it, attributing this view to his Indian background and the fact that he was Kshatriya caste. I have since learned that in "Vedic parlance" the view is that all of the karma of a war goes to the "king" . in this case to the President and Congressional "rulers". At the Amherst SCI course, the month before that, in the presence of General Davis, someone asked about the atomic bomb. MMY's response was that we should make sure we have bigger bombs. With Buckminster Fuller on stage, someone asked about apartheid in S. Africa. MMY said people should respect and obey the law of the land.
