--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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." > > > > But all of this is just silly TB stuff. Who on > > earth really *gives a shit* whether Maharishi > > could have become Shankaracharya, other than a > > few TBs who would *like* to believe such fictions > > because the fantasy makes them feel more important? > > > > To me the most fascinating thing is that the people > > who do this -- the ones who try to construct some > > fantasy world in which Maharishi could have or > > should have been Shankaracharya -- are probably > > considered by Maharishi *himself* to be lower than > > Shudras because they're not even Indian. :-) > > > > > It's all almost as silly as naming some 5-year-old peasant boy the > Dalai Lama because he can recognize a shoe that the recently- > departed Dalai Lama once wore... >
Confidentially, I tend to agree. OTOH, were I ever to meet with the Dali Lama or MMY, I wouldn't say such things to their face. Besides, I *still* bounce on my bum, so who am I to mock other beliefs? 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/
