--- In [email protected], "L B Shriver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I occasionally reflect on the fact that Fairfield, as a New World Kumbh Mela, would not > exist were it not for Maharishi—and, by extension, Guru Dev. > > While I concur that reverential regard for either of the two is not and should not be a > requirement for participation in this forum, today I feel inclined to make a few personal > remarks. > > Maharishi remains controversial; in the world at large, in the Movement, and on this list, > one finds a wide range of clinical evaluations and gut level emotional responses. When I > traveled in India, I also found a wide range of attitudes where Maharishi was concerned, > but only the highest respect for Brahmananda Saraswati. > > Brahmanandaji has never disappointed me. Even though his teachings on the status of > women were somewhat disappointing in the context of our perspective, they reflected his > tradition more than anything else. Personally, I believe his tradition was somewhat > corrupted in that area. (By the way, I offer these remarks not as an apologist for > Brahmanandaji, but to forestall the necessity of having to be reminded of it.) > > Brahmanadaji walked his talk. > > Whatever criticisms people have about Maharishi, without him it is unlikely that many of us > would ever have heard about Brahmanandaji. In the big picture, without knowing what > kinds of tools and resources were available to Guru Dev, I'm happy that Maharishi > undertook his mission, whatever his motives may have been. Despite elements of the > Movement that in the past I have found unappealing, and which I continue to find > unappealing, I continue to sense Guru Dev's presence there also. > > Whatever our complaints about our own lives or about the Movement, I think we can feel > some gratitude in knowing that a life like that of Guru Dev has touched our own > existence, however distantly. > > Jai Guru Dev, > > L B S >
I love Brahmananda Saraswati because he kicks ass, no apologies. Like an iron mountain that speaks, or a silent lion of God! Guru Dev is *the man*! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. http://us.click.yahoo.com/CQDrNC/ubOLAA/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/
