On May 26, 2011, at 9:41 PM, richardnelson108 wrote:
Thanks for giving me the post # on mahapatra.
I can't really comment on it much.
Some of it (about MMY's health) does match with what he told me.
I can only say that he had only positive things to say about MMY,
how much he loved him and how much teaching TM meant to him. He
was clearly moved by his time with him.
Oh, and by the way, regarding my research on the Guru Dev
"poisoning", I did not go to India to look into this at all. I
just happenned to be there and was introduced to that Supreme Court
judge and it came up in conversation, among many other topics.
Once it was brought up, I did drill him on it because I had heard
the same rumors you all have heard. The same thing with the people
I spoke to at the Shankaracahraya ashram. It was not the point of
my conversations, my trips or my interests. It was a small footnote
among many, many things that were discussed.
I have two sources on it: one a published interview with one of SBS's
students and a Shankaracharya, the other another a now deceased jivan-
mukta.
Q: Mahesh Yogi claims that he preaches yoga according to the
instruction of his Guru. The truth of the matter, however, is that
Guru Dev never asked anyone who is not a Brahmin by birth to go and
spread his teachings. What is your opinion?
Shankaracharya: This is true. [testimony he's not a lineal teacher in
SBS's line] In reality, preaching, initiating, guiding people engaged
in spiritual pursuits, is the duty of those who are born in a Brahmin
family. If he is a follower of Sanatan Dharma (the Hindu religion),
he should not do what he is doing. This is against the orders of his
Guru. [more testimony] Moreover, making others write puujya
(revered), calling himself Maharishi (a great seer) is totally
inappropriate. No assembly of saints has either conferred upon him a
title of Maharishi nor has announced him puujya. [faked name]
In the ashram he was doing the work of typing and writing and
translation. Then he became a sadhu. However, he has never practiced
yoga. [not a yogi]
It is said that Guru Dev was given poison. Who gave that poison we
don't know but we know that there was poison in his body. When Guru
Dev's body became unwell, then we wanted him to go to Kashi to rest.
But he (Mahesh) removed him from that trip forcibly and took him to
speak in Calcutta. There he died. [explanation as to why Mahesh was
seen as a suspect, and that he was directly involved in circumstances
surrounding the poisoning of SBS]
After that, this man spread his net. He went abroad. First to
Singapore. The expatriate Indians there, thinking that he is the
disciple of Shankaracharya, received him well and got him a ticket
for the United States. After going to America, he brought the Beatles
back here. It was rumored that he did inappropriate things with them
and that's why they left him and went away. [i.e. the earlier rumor
stage of Mahesh's molestation of young women]
He later opened many camps and pretended that he could teach people
to read minds and levitate. No one, however, succeeded in learning
the things he promised. He himself does not know or practice yoga. He
does not know anything about those things. [again, not an actual yogi
nor does he have any legit. training]
