Assuming that this is true, then it makes for a more interesting balance of power with respect to the capital holdings back in india.
As far as the "ladies'" program goes, that's a whole other ballgame. Is Mother Divine independent of the Movement hierarchy that puts King Tony at the top? Seems like any and all organizations that teach TM, at least outside of India, are going to be licensed under the auspices of the Maharishi Foundation, which it sounds like King Tony is the head of. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@...> wrote: > > This may have been covered here. Here's what I was told: > > > > Nand Kishore, Girish, and Maharishi's niece Kirti tried to depose King Tony. > Tony said let the Shankaracharya decide. So the 3 aforementioned and Bevan, > their opponent in this tussle, went to the Shankaracharya, who reviewed the > legal documents and heard their arguments. He sided with Bevan and upheld > King Tony. But now there's this rift, and reportedly Girish is refusing to > send more pundits to the US. > > > > In other news, Mother Divine is starting their own autonomous movement, for > the instruction of "ladies". Not sure of the relationship between that and > the regular movement, or whether the regular movement is happy about it. > > > > Some internal squabbling going on, for sure. > > > > This is all 2nd hand and probably contains inaccuracies and leaves out a lot > of juicy details. >
