--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As far as I know, Guru Dev lived in a mansion in his retirement > called the Jyotir Math, with servants and massive donors from the > Hindu community, as well as many volunteers (which included > Maharishi fro a decade or so).
On the other hand, he was never running a worldwide movement. So many people here are making unfavorable apples-to- oranges comparisons with other teachers and movements without taking into account the significant differences in goals, which in many cases require different means to accomplish. (Obviously core ethical principles shouldn't vary much, but beyond that core there's a lot of variation, e.g., whether loans are ethical.) > --- In [email protected], "Ingegerd" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This is my opinion too. His thinking was more in accordance with > > Guru Dev. Not quite - as I read the quotes from Guru Dev, but > > more etichal than what he shows these days. I think the influence > > of Guru Dev faded more and more as he became The Big Guru. > > Ingegerd > > > > --- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > It sounds like in the early-early days Guru Dev's teaching was > > > still fairly fresh in his awareness, but that the freshness > > > diminished as time passed, to the point where he now represents > > > a teaching quite alien to that of Guru Dev's. > > > That is the corrupting force of materialism, which he appears > > > not to have been a match for. > > > Just my opinion. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
