--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is quite the insult in all the ways you enumerate.
I think it's also worth bearing in mind when considering how he think of US -- non-Indians or Westerners. I remember someone, possibly here, suggesting that given Maharishi's reverence for the caste system, and the fact that Westerners just don't fit into it anywhere, that he probably thinks of us as "Barbarians with cash." I suspect that's accurate...the only question is how long, in his estimation, the barbarians have been on two feet. :-) > --- Patrick Gillam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Peter wrote: > > > > > > I heard that MMY was once asked why Muslims, in > > > general, were always so angry. He replied by > > > saying that if it was your first time on two feet, > > > you'd be angry too. > > > > Wow. A Hindu has a low opinion of Muslims. Who'd > > a thunk it? > > > > What really impresses me are how many layers of > > cattiness -- heck, outright bitchiness -- are > > captured > > in this bit of apocrypha. There's the assumption > > that > > Muslims are always angry. There's the put-down that > > this is their first time as humans. There's the non > > sequitur that having a human body for the first time > > > > would engender anger. As anecdotes go, this one > > really packs a lot into a few lines! It's a work of > > art > > on its own. > > > > I'll repeat something I've posted here before. A > > friend > > of mine is a Presbyterian minister who's made a > > career > > of talking to people of other religions. He has > > organized > > summits of the world's religions. (See > > www.cpwr.org.) > > He has stated that if he had to entrust the peace of > > the > > world in any two religions, it would be Buddhism or > > Islam. This, from a Christian pastor. Kind of > > interesting. > > > > To read more of my friend's thinking, visit > > http://tinyurl.com/pjfmf. ------------------------ 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/
