nablus108 wrote: >--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>--- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: >> >> >>>On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:24 PM, sparaig wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>--- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS >>>>> >>>>> >which > > >>>>>says he has instructed over 20 million people in meditation. >>>>> >>>>>Is that more than TM? >>>>> >>>>>He's also had 2.5 million people show up for a massive >>>>> >>>>> >meditation > > >>>>>session last February 17 in his hometown of Bangalore! >>>>> >>>>>Way to go Ravi! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>BTW, where is the independent Indian newspaper coverageof this >>>> >>>> >2.5 > > >>>>million person >>>>meditation. Even by Hindu standards, that's a HUGE gathering >>>> >>>> >of > > >>>>people. And, unless most of >>>>them are from Bangalore, that's a HUGE strain on the local >>>>infrastructure. How many broken >>>>sewer lines? How many new turds floating in the street's open >>>>sewers, etc? Where did the >>>>water come from? The food? The parking? The housing? >>>> >>>> >>>The WIE article has details. There's lot of stuff you don't see-- >>> >>> >like > > >>>him sending delegations volatile Kashmir, etc. >>> >>> >>> >>The WIE has details provided by him and his people. Where's the >> >> >independent articles? > > >This Ravi Shankar thing is mainly moodmaking; look into each others >eyes and tell them you love them, hold each others hands and form a >circle, blabla etcetc. The technique is far from what has been >described as TM+advanced technique; it's just a simple pranayama, and >Ravi is just a simple, but probably nice fellow that needs to do some >serious sadhana. > >In a talkshow I watched in India he was asked how it felt to be a >guru. He blushed intensely, denying he was a guru, the whole thing >got very comical. The fellow abviously wants to be a guru, but does >not have the credidentials. > > He may not have the credentials to be *saint* but he has the credentials to be a guru. Westerners have perverted the meaning of "guru" which means someone who has mastered something and teaches it. If you mastered a certain style of playing guitar and people wanted to learn from you then you are a genuine "guru" of that method. Westerners don't want gurus but "pop saints."
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