--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mjackson74" <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > > I love it when the enlightened behave in an enlightened fashion. > > Seer quits Kumbh mela over land dispute >
I forgot, which Shank is our Shankara? Can't they just all get along? > By Mrigank Tiwari, TNN | Dec 28, 2012, 03.20 AM > > ISTALLAHABAD: With no response from the Uttar Pradesh government and mela > authorities to work out a solution in the dispute over land allotted to four > Shankaracharyas in Kumbh Mela area, Shankaracharya of Dwarika Swami > Swaroopanand Saraswati has decided to quit the mela and move to his ashram in > Madhya Pradesh. > > Swami Mukteshwaranand, spokesperson of the Shankacharya, told TOI on > Thursday: "Our stand is clear. Unless the mela authorities decide to allot > land in the same area to Shankaracharyas of all four 'peeths' including > Jyotish, Goverdhan, Shringeri and Dwarika, we are not going to take part in > Kumbh 2013. There has been no message from the mela authorities or the state > government and it seems they aren't interested in resolving the deadlock." > > He said the four peeths established by Adi Shankaracharya include Jyotish > Peeth in the north headed by Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati, Goverdhan Peet in > the east headed by Swami Nishchalanand Saraswati, Shringeri in the south > headed by Swami Bhartiya ji Maharaj and Sharda or Dwarika in the west headed > by Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati. He added the Jyotish Peeth in the north is > temporarily under the control of Swami Swaroopanand of Dwarika because of > dispute. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Star-studded Kumbh on cards this time > > > > : Rumblings over land allotment among seers notwithstanding, the best is > > yet to come to Kumbh Mela-2013. A number of celebrities, including > > Hollywood personalities like award-winning filmmaker, actor, TV director, > > visual artist and musician David Lynch, actor Richard Gere and spiritual > > guru Dalai Lama would be rubbing shoulders with bigwigs like former US > > presidential candidate John Hagelin, a number of Nobel laureates and > > spiritual gurus. > > > > Though Mela authorities were tight-lipped over the names of the celebrities > > likely to visit the Mela for security reasons, visit of some of the > > celebrities was confirmed by local sources. > > > > National spokesperson of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Trust Dr T C Pathak told > > TOI: "A number of Hollywood celebrities would apparently visit the Mela to > > pay obeisance to the upcoming 'samadhi' (memorial) of their spiritual guru, > > late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, at Sacha Baba ashram in Arail. They would be > > joined by more than a thousand delegates of the Maharishi movement drawn > > from 120 countries, who would camp at the sprawling 600-acre Sacha Baba > > ashram of their late guru." > > > > A number of celebrities have been associated with the Maharishi movement. > > Pathak said: "The occasion would be graced by international head of > > Maharishi movement Dr Tony Nader, who has assumed the high-sounding title > > of Raja Ram, head of the Global Country of World Peace. Giving him company > > and assistance would be his deputy Raja Harris and prime minister of the > > Maharishi Global Country of World Peace Dr Bevan Morris." > > > > Pathak refused to comment on the possibility of the visit of pop legend Sir > > Paul McCartney of the Beatles fame, but said that the group was closely > > associated with their spiritual guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the 60s.The > > entire group led by late George Harrison had come down to Rishikesh to meet > > Mahesh Yogi and stayed there for a couple of days. It was during the course > > of their stay that the group composed the song - "Anthem-Jai Guru Deva", > > which was played by the National Aeronautical Space Agency (NASA) of the US > > for astronauts during their space odyssey. > > > > Hagelin, a one-time US presidential candidate and a world-renowned quantum > > physicist, educator, public policy expert and leading proponent of peace, > > would be our guest, Dr Pathak said. > > > > The visit of American filmmaker David Lynch is definitely on the cards > > along with a host of other international celebrities from the field of > > science, politics and business at Mahesh Yogi ashram. Maharishi's devotees > > would play host to a large number of foreign tourists during Kumbh. More > > than a thousand delegates from 120 countries would also attend our camp at > > Kumbh Mela, informed Dr Pathak. > > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ > > >
