Thanks for providing these sources
--- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > 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] >
