--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Peter <drpetersutphen@> > 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. :-)
Reminds me of comedienne Rosanne Barr's description of herself: White trash with money. > > > --- Patrick Gillam <jpgillam@> 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/
