--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> > wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], 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. > > What the holy *crap* are you talking about? > > *You're* the guy claiming MMY is elitist. Nor is > there any suggestion in that talk that he's trying > to justify anything. You've just constructed a > whole new fantasy. >
*I* said that he justified his non-shankaracharyahood. Barry, who obviously didn't read the original post, thought I meant he justified it *explicitly*. 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/
