--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 1/2/06 12:51 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > >> on 1/2/06 9:28 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> Different cultures define "caring" in different ways. The TMO's > >>> founder is Hindu, and charity work isn't always the top of the list > >>> for Hindus, I guess due to the reincarnation/karma thing. > >> > >> Amma's a Hindu, and it's at the top of her list. Karunamayi is a > > Hindu. She > >> too sets up hospitals, schools, etc. Gandhi was a Hindu. The list > > goes on. > >> > > > > When you've got the answer to all of life's problems (i.e. TM), why > > waste your precious time setting up hospitals and stuff like that? > > So somebody's house has just been washed away by the tsunami, half their > family is dead, they're hungry, and their village is on the verge of a > cholera outbreak, we, in our compassion, should come to them and say "Here, > let me teach you how to meditate." Probably you'll say that someone should > tend to their physical needs, but it needn't be the TM teachers, because > they alone can teach TM. They alone can water the root; others can tend to > the leaves. In keeping with that philosophy, the TMO in India, which brings > more money into the country than any other "non-profit" there, didn't lift a > finger to help tsunami victims, while Amma plunged in from day one and has > now built thousands of homes, adopted orphans, served countless meals, > bought new boats for fisherman, etc. Many local villagers were traumatized > and unmotivated after the tsunami, but when they saw all Amma's western > devotees rebuilding their homes, they began to pitch in. Now it's a > collective effort involving thousands, and is contributing more than any > other to the reconstruction. I would argue that the spiritual contribution > is even more significant than the physical one. The demonstration of > spirituality in action has inspired the people and given them hope. > > I hope Maharishi's nephews are enjoying their mansions. >
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