--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > An elitist superstition codified > > > > is no less of an elitist superstition. > > > > > > Note that he justifies his own non-Shankaracharya-hood > > > based on the Jyotish chart... > > > > I don't think I get your point, if you had one. > > > > Seems to me that to claim that caste is based > > on one's Jyotish chart (it's not...it's based > > on the caste of the birth parents) is a way to > > claim that one is *eligible* for a position open > > only to Brahmans simply because one can find an > > astrologer willing to say that the person is a > > "Brahman based on his chart." > > And yet, what if MMY *was* being considered for the position > until his chart was made? Justifying his lack of position > due to his chart certainly gives him an out that admitting > that his family name was recognized as "unworthy" by the > Jyotishi doesn't.
I honestly don't know which strikes me as more pathetic -- a man so insecure and vain as to still be hung up on events that happened over 50 years ago, still trying to justify them in his mind, or a follower of that insecure man who is hung up on the same thing. 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/