Hi - I know of only the one brother. But I am concerned about the contention that there is a 'tradition' in India of not talking about saints - a bizarre claim.
--- In [email protected], "at_man_and_brahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FFL is wasted by all the eternal bullshit > between people exemplified by the thread > following my original posted question. > > I asked a direct and worthwhile question > about Maharishi's family that, of course, > was ignored in favor of people being > pointlessly hateful with each other. > > I'll ask my question again. It shows up at the > bottom of the information below. > > In Paul Mason's book, he writes: > > Rumours have also circulated about > another aspect of his 'private' life, > about the presence of members of > the family holding posts in his various > organisations. The following report is > said to have been carried by > The Illustrated Weekly of India : > > Among the yogi's relatives, his brother > J P Srivastava's sons, Anand and > Ajay Prakash, seem to be in charge > of accounts and administration. > The [Maharishi's] brother, reportedly, > is not given much importance in the > family hierarchy, for reasons that date > back to the illustrious younger sibling's > youth. Mahesh Yogi, apparently, had > early in life forsaken hearth and home > after being allegedly ill-treated by his brother.... > > The yogi, is reportedly, fondest of his > niece, Kirti, his sister Indira's daughter.... > She has two brothers, Praful and Pramod. > While Pramod has settled in West Germany > through the benevolence of his uncle > [the Maharishi], Praful operates from India, > say sources. The Maharishi's munificence > extends to more distant relatives as well. > Girish Varna, the son of one of the yogi's > paternal uncles, has comfortably settled > at NOIDA.... > > > and, in post 78157, Bob Brigante writes: > > posted on another list: > > Maharishi's Brother is said to be 97, > alive and kicking. He was recently seen > this past Oct 12th on victory day on the > broadcast from the globalcountry of World > peace. He told a friend privately that there > is a tradition in India not to talk about a > saints life- just aspire to be like him yourself. > > From an inspirational point of view, > we can guess at certain things about > Maharishi's life, but his real essence becomes > more and more familiar based on our > own enlightenment. > ___________________________________________ > > Is it the case that there are two known brothers, > one Maharishi's enemy and one a devotee? And, > are either of his listed nephews the one who runs the > controversial Raju clinic? > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Need Help? Get Help! Tools and Strategies for Healthy Drug-Free Living</a>. http://us.click.yahoo.com/wI.OUB/dbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
