Lawson, I'm a little curious: were there any politics involved in the choosing
of a successor for Guru Dev?
From: "lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 2, 2014 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The More Proper Pronunciation of Maharishi
Professor Anoop Chandola: "What about that 'maharishi' who is with the
Beatles? Is he legitimate?"
Swami Shantananda Saraswati, hand-picked successor to Swami Brahmanda Saraswati
(first Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath in 165 years): "Let me put it to you this
way: he would be my first choice as my successor, but they won't allow it due
to the caste laws."
You may think that MMY was a charlatan, but Gurudev's hand-picked successor did
not.
L
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote :
Maharishi is a title he didn't deserve. I call him Mahesh Prasad Varmint.
From: "dhamiltony2k5@... [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;inSanskrit it is more correctly said, “Ma-ha-ri-shee”.More properly
this decidedly is Not pronounced, Mahahorsie
IgnorantAmericans and many westerners not knowing any better use a hard “s”
which is too often flat or broad and wrong.TheVedic is a softer “s”.TheVedic
'r' is retroflex too, which is very unAmerican.However,the seemingly affected
version that one may hear around the TM movement which soundssomewhat 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. JaiGuru Dev,-Buck
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