--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" > > <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > > > > www.dci.dk/en/mtrl/tm.html > > > > > > 'The allegation that Maharishi is a scientist likewise forms > > > part of the legend that TM has built up around him. He only > > > studied for one or at the most two semesters at the Allahabad > > > University, and never took any exams. He is in all respects > > > self-taught, which is rather obvious for any critical reader > > > of his writings. But precisely because his followers are not > > > critical, he gets away with a host of absurdities.' > > > > Looks like a 'christian' deprogramming site, all kinds of > > twists and turns.... > > A Christian site, yes, but 'deprogramming?' > Definitely not. See: > > http://www.dci.dk/en/mtrl/what.html > > Their stance is actually quite sane, given > the source. > > That said, what about the question itself? > Does *anyone* here know whether Maharishi > spent more than a couple of years in his > studies, whether he ever took exams, and > thus whether widespread claims of him being > a 'scientist' were ever true? > > I would suggest that if no one does, the > actual point brought up by this website is > a valid one, that he's gotten away with a > "host of absurdities" because almost no one > ever bothered to question what they were > told.
I'm not sure that, if nobody on this forum knows for sure whether MMY graduated from college, it means almost no one has ever bothered to question what they were told. Seems a bit of a stretch to me. I know I always questioned whether an undergrad degree in physics (even if he had had one) justified the claim that he was a "scientist." ------------------------ 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/
