--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In this picture can anyone give an in-depth and precise definition and > cultural/historical account of why Maharishi in this photo wears > white, and everyone else is the orange sadhu color? Thanks. OffWorld > > http://www.maharishi.it/images/Personaggi/GuruDev/GuruDev_india_250.jpg
********* http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/mws/mws_ch-39.html According to this site, people who are initiated into Sannyasa (as Guru Dev was at age 34) wear saffron/orange robes. Maharishi never did this, so he's wearing the white robe, traditional garb of the brahmachari: http://www.kriya.org/soulculture/vol_14_4/07-River-of-Compassion.htm "From this time onwards, he was known as Brahmachari Rabinarayan or Rabin Brahmachari. His dress was white in color, his food was the simple food of the Ashram. Most of his time was spent in meditation but he never neglected to help in Ashram activities." ------------------------ 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/
