On 11/2/2014 9:06 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
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Maharishi is a title he didn't deserve.
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/You sound prejudiced against Hindus.
The term "Maharishi" isn't a title - it's an honorific used in
Hinduism.//If he didn't deserve that, why don't you just refer to him as
Mr. Varma?
It looks like you too are showing some cognitive dissonance. /
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I call him Mahesh Prasad Varmint.
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/We just call you "Michael Jackson".//That pretty much says it all./
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*From:* "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
*To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
*Sent:* Sunday, November 2, 2014 9:53 PM
*Subject:* [FairfieldLife] The More Proper Pronunciation of Maharishi
Maharishi;
in Sanskrit it is more correctly said,
“Ma-ha-ri-shee”.
More properly this decidedly is Not pronounced, Mahahorsie
Ignorant Americans and many westerners not knowing any better use a
hard “s” which is too often flat or broad and wrong.
The Vedic is a softer “s”.
The Vedic 'r' is retroflex too, which is very unAmerican.
However, the seemingly affected version that one may hear around the
TM movement which sounds somewhat European is more correct.
Now, as like with bija mantras and properly adjusted pronunciation it
is also important how you use the mantra. Yet as with the proper
mantra but with improper pronunciation also no wonder people go crazy.
Care that you not mangle proper names in usage.
Jai Guru Dev,
-Buck
