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> --- In [email protected], "peterklutz" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > In the ongoing battle at wikipedia certain editors > have taken to the > > practice of referring to MMY as simply Mahesh. > > > > Aside the fact that the only name MMY has been > known by for the last > > fifty or so years is MMY, I was under the > impression that he has > > actually been given this name in keeping with the > tradition he comes > > from. > > > > I.e. Mahesh was given the full name Maharishi > Mahesh Yogi when his > > peers/tradition over fifty years ago cognized him > to be (1) a yogi > > as well as (2) a great seer. > > I'm unaware of any evidence that the title was > bestowed > on him by any official or quasi-official body of his > peers, or under the auspices of his specific > tradition. > > FWIW, according to the editor of The Collected Works > of Ramana Maharshi, the title "Maharshi" (or > "Maharishi") > is traditionally given to "one who inaugurates a new > spiritual path." Ramana Maharshi's editor says > nothing > about his own master having received the title from > his > peers; it appears to have been bestowed informally > by > his students. > > As I understand it, the same is the case for > Maharishi. > Those who attended his early lectures in India began > calling him Maharishi, the newspaper accounts of the > lectures picked it up, and it stuck. > > I can't confirm this, but I've never heard anything > to > counter it either; and if Ramana's editor is correct > about what the title is given *for*, it would make > sense--since what MMY was teaching was in many > respects > starkly different from more traditional teaching, as > with Ramana. Plus which, those teachers who depart > from > traditional teaching are somewhat less likely to > receive > official titles from their peers. > > (Ramana Maharshi's followers customarily addressed > him, > in the third person, as Bhagavan, a designation of > literal > divinity, apparently with his consent. So there may > be > worse excesses than calling a teacher Great Seer.) > > In the context of a supposedly informational article > on TM, even if it contains criticisms, it would be > absurd to use "Mahesh" instead of "Maharishi." In > that > context, the use of "Mahesh" represents a personal > derogatory opinion and has no place in a factual > article. > > But perhaps it would mitigate the objections if "as > he > is called by his students" were inserted after the > first > use of "Maharishi" by itself. I was present when someone asked SSRS what we should call him. He laughed and said we could call him anything we wanted because it didn't matter. He thought the question was pretty funny. > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See > the new email design. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
