--- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Buck" wrote: > > > > Yep,a bunch of people from Fairfield are going. Everyone > > who is important is going and anyone who wants to be. Is > > exciting. > > Are you going Buck ? > Anyway, there is a few things I don't understand. Because > according to the Naysayers, Buddhist's and Unstressers on > this forum the TMO is dead, finished and has been so for > quite a while already. So how is it possible for an > impotent org. to pull off such a huge project ?
The same way the Church of $cientology built all these new "temples" that have never been opened, even though completed -- you use them for fund- raising. My bet is that not a penny of the 10 million dollars that they claim was spent on this useless hunk of stone that will never do anything to help anyone on the planet came from the coffers of the TM movement. If their books were available for audit, I would wager that every penny came from money begged or extorted from TM followers around the world, during the *same* period in which MMY's Indian relatives were busy illegally selling off movement-owned real estate properties in India for a profit. Just for a moment, try to imagine what *else* that 10 million dollars could have been spent on. At current "retail" prices ($1500 a pop), that could have paid for 6,666 people to learn TM. At DLF prices ($600 a pop), it could have paid for 16,666 kids or soldiers or whatever to learn TM. Instead it's being spent on a bunch of buildings that will never do anyone on Earth a damned bit of good. If that's not the indication of a dead organization, I don't know what is. > > --- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > Yogi's memorial to open amid global attendance > > > > > > > > > ALLAHABAD: The disciples of late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi > > > from > > > across the world will converge on the Sangam for the unveiling of the > > > spiritual guru's "Samadhi Smarak" (memorial) on February 15. The > > > memorial will be inaugurated by Jyotishpeethadheeshwara Jagatguru > > > Shankaracharya Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati, of Badrikashram, Himalaya. > > > > > > The devotees of Maharishi include many famous personalities. Maharishi > > > Yogi , > > > who died on February 5, 2008 at his residence in Netherlands, was > > > cremated at his ashram at Arail, the opposite side of Sangam. It was > > > then announced that a huge memorial, having over 1000 Kalash (a circular > > > mound over the temple roof) with golden plating and executed by Indian > > > and German architects, would be built at the spot. > > > > > > Giving details, Raja Harris Kaplan, in charge of India for the global > > > country of world peace, and Dr Girish Chandra Varma told TOI that the > > > Smarak would be unveiled on February 15, i.e, Basant Panchmi. The > > > architect of the Samadhi is M/S Chhaganlal Rewashankar Sompura of > > > Gujarat, presently headed by Nipam Sompura, whose family has designed > > > many temples and buildings. Along with him, Dr Eike Hartmann from the > > > Institute of Vedic City Planning, Maharishi University of Management > > > > > ment> , Holland, has also put in tireless efforts in building the > > > memorial, said Dr Girish Chandra Varma. > > > > > > The memorial has been built at a cost of Rs 40 crore. "The Maharishi > > > Smarak will be a place of pilgrimage, the source of knowledge and > > > inspiration for future generations and along with Shankaracharya Swami > > > Vasudevanand Saraswati of Badrikashram, Himalaya, many other seers will > > > attend the function," said Harris. Along with them, Dr Tony Nadar, known > > > as Maharaja Nader Raam, the first sovereign ruler of Maharishi's global > > > country of world peace, and around 20 other Rajas, each for different > > > fields and in charge of different countries and eight ministers of the > > > Global Country of World Peace, will attend the function, he added. > > > > > > The outer diameter of the structure spans for 108 feet by 108 feet while > > > the height is 81 metres. The top of the structure would have 1008 > > > Kalash, all having gold plating. > > > > > > The smarak will be directly connected to the main road running besides > > > the Ganga while the main entrance will have gopurams (gateways) from > > > three directions. The road to the memorial will have 12 mandaps. Each of > > > these mandap would depict 12 areas of teaching taught by Maharishi. The > > > entire structure has been made from stone, wood and copper clamps. The > > > interiors have been furnished by marble. > > > > > > TOI visited the memorial and saw that it's nearing completion; mansions > > > have beautifully carved, the pillars made of marble and the dome has > > > beautiful carvings. The surroundings of the memorial are being decked up > > > for the big occasion. > > > > > > Although Harris did not confirm if celebrities like award-winning > > > filmmaker and musician David Lynch > > > would be > > > attending the Maha Kumbh, sources said they could come on the occasion. > > > > > > "It is not about any western (or eastern) celebrity coming to Kumbh, it > > > is that a Smarak of total vedic knowledge is being inaugurated, inspired > > > by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi > > > in the > > > holy tradition line of Sri Shankara. For over 50 years the Maharishi > > > propagated the actual experience and understanding of the Vedas, of > > > total knowledge, of atma and the self to millions of people," Harris > > > said. > > > > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Yogis-memorial-to-open\ > > > -amid-global-attendance/articleshow/18231165.cms > > > > > n-amid-global-attendance/articleshow/18231165.cms> > > > > > >
