Svāmī Brahmānanda Sarasvatī passed away in 1953, but he had not clearly indicated his successor. This immediately caused a problem, as he had initiated a number of disciples into Saṃnyāsa.
A few weeks after he passed away, a will was found, according to the terms of which, a disciple called Svāmī Śāntānanda Sarasvatī was named as the first choice for succeeding to the Jyotirmaṭha title. However, many followers of Brahmānanda Sarasvatī were satisfied neither with the credentials of Śāntānanda, nor with the validity/authenticity of the will. Perhaps, the doubts about the will were themselves based partly upon the perception that Śāntānanda was not a good choice for successor. http://indology.info/papers/sundaresan/ INDOLOGY - The Shankaracharya(s) of Jyotirmath - Vid... The Jyotirmaṭha Śaṅkarācārya Lineage in the 20th Century Vidyāśaṅkar Sundareśan View on indology.info Preview by Yahoo ________________________________ From: "Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, November 3, 2014 7:20 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The More Proper Pronunciation of Maharishi 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; 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
