Bill Coop: > The real prize would be the deerskin. I think > I heard that it was inherited from Guru Dev... > Maybe so, especially considering that the skin was probably used as a 'bed' for MMY and Judith.
>From what I've read, MMY never went anywhere without the skin and someone to carry it for him. So, I would assume that MMY had Judith carry the skin up to patio on the roof of his house that night. I could be mistaken about this. Maybe they did it on the bare concrete floor. Apparently MMY didn't own a real bed or mattress in India. As for the GD skin, I've been told that the GD skin, as well as GD's sandals, are kept on the altar at the ashram owned by GD down in Allahabad. There have been some problems in the past with ritual items being stolen from the Jyotirmath by that other Swami, Svarupanand, so I guess security is not that great in the Upper Kashi. Go figure.
