Thanks a lot! I thought I knew most of these juicy scandals but you've given me some new names I can now investigate in depth. All in the interests of objective research of course. Re: " There was the Marshy, who reportedly murdered his master and stole his ring [and stole his sri yantra]": if only these allegations were true. What a fantastic movie that would make. Jane Campion would eat her heart out after picking on UG Krishnamurti in her latest TV series. Re "Swami Satchidananda favored Marlboros": smoking the world's favourite brand of cigs sounds like a low-level vice. Or is "Marlboros" US slang for gay cowboys?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > Seraphita: > > Yes, Tantra is not about sex... > > > Real 'tantra' is all about sex. This news should come > as no surprise. Yoga is all about sex and sexual > symbolism. If it's not. why are all the yoga gurus > indulging in it? Go figure. > > Tantra is a matter of placement and positioning. The > main charge is that some practitioners indulge in > sexual debauchery under the pretext of being on a > spiritual path. > > I've even heard rumors that Yogananda has a son who > is living in Glendale, CA. LoL! > > Yoga began as a sex cult in India - hatha yoga is all > about sex as a discipline. Hath Yoga is a branch of > Tantra which arose in India during the Gupta era and > it's adherents sought to fuse the male and female > aspects of the cosmos into a state of blissful pure > consciousness. The practices and rites of Tantra are > full of sexual symbolism and included lots of group > sex. Tantra is all about sexual organs and very > vigorous coitus. > > So, let's review: > > There was Barry's guru Rama, who had multiple sex > affairs and then offed himself wearing a dog collar. > > There was the Marshy, who reportedly murdered his > master, stole his ring, and then slept with his own > clerks on a deer-skin rug. > > And, don't forget the Donald at Ananda. > > You probably remember the case of Richard Baker, > who left two pair of shoes outside the door at the > San Francisco Zen Center. LoL! > > And, who can forget the drunkard Chogyam Trungpa > and his Regent the Osel Tendzin or the Lama Kalu? > > The Indian Swami Muktananda wore dark glasses and > molested young girls while wearing an orange bed > sheet and wool cap. > > Swami Satchidananda favored Marlboros and gave the > invocation at Woodstock. > > Then there was the Swami Rama convicted of rape, > who claimed to be a Shankaracharya from India. > > So, an ashram, won more than $2.5 million after > its longtime guru, Kripalu confessed to having > screwed with sixteen students and leaders. > > And, what's up with that John Friend guy? >
