Dana Sawyer's comments: ------ Forwarded Message From: Dana Sawyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 12:21:06 -0400 To: Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: MMY Conspiracy theories
Rick, I don't know who wrote the comments on the first comment below but they are quite accurate about the gripe that exists within Swarupananda's camp. I'll make a couple of specific comments below. >--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The recognized Shankaracharya (the one most here seem to prefer) >> referred to MMY as an ashram clerk. The rumor was that this clerk >> managed to conspire with a cook to kill Gurudev. AFter the will >> wasproduced, this clerk was so powerful as to get the first guy on >> the list proclaimed Shankaracharya overthe protestations (if you >> believe what everyone here appears to) liaterally everyother disciple >> of Gurudev besides MMY and the cook. First, the person's point here seems to be that it is implausible that a "cook" and a "clerk" were so powerful that they could usurp the Shankaracaryaship. This is both true and false. Even throwing out the idea that Brahmananda was given poison, it is possible that Mahesh, as secretary, could have skewed the will and then had a less than lucid Brahmananda sign a different document then he thought he was signing. Beyond that it's important to recognize, for good or bad, that those who felt the document was a forgery formed the much larger and more influential group. They immediately took matters into their own hands and backed Krishnabodhashrama as the new Shankaracarya, so for them all that was lost was property, not the position. See? When the guy below says that, "possession is nine tenths of the law" he's correct with regards to the government. The Shantanada group had Brahmananda's will with his signature on it and that's all that the government filing office in Allahabad cared about. > >> > >The cook was Shantanand, I beleive, yes >who was first on the list, and >became Shankarachara -- so it was a bit more interesting, with a >thicker plot -- than your account suggests. yes, again. > > >And it appears from some testimony regarding the will, that GD was not >very lucid in his last days. Plausibly the effect of sudden poisons >introduced. Every testimony that I've heard, on either side of the dispute, holds that Brahmananda was barely able to communicate in his last days - whether there was poison involved or not. > > > hypothetically, if a signed "list" appeared, it would give >enough nominal clearance during the chaos of GD's passing, to enable a >new shankaracharaya to be rushed into GD's quarters. Which is what >happened. Then it became a game of "possession is 9/10s of the law". Exactly right. and in the subsequent court case (the first one), the only issue for the court was whether or not the person on the will, Shantananda, was acting in accord with the public trust that was established. The court, as a secular body, had not interest or concern for figuring out whether or not Shantananda should own the properties. > > >And GD's clerk or secretary would be the person to prepare such a >list. And could have had GD sign it, at GD's request, or in the >confusion of his non-lucidity, if that occurred. Mahesh DID prepare the documents and the rest is certainly possible, though I'm certain nothing will ever be proven one way or the other. In the meantime, it is a moot point. Vasudevananda cannot travel as the Shankaracarya or present himself as such. The war is over and Swarupananda owns the position; that's the fact of the matter and its time, for better or worse, simply to face it and move on - as Hindus themselves have. Dana ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
