--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > > His own account is that the press gave him that title when they > described him for his library lectures as "a great Mahariahi from > the North". I think we can all agree that when the press gives > you a title you have the right to claim it as your name right?
As Marek wrote here last year: > A lot of titles and spiritual designations in India of different > "holy" personages are the result of virtually arbitrary choice that > sometimes receive popular acclaim. Ramana Maharishi's title of > Maharishi was bestowed upon him by one of his first disciples, > Ganapati Muni, who recognized in him the spiritual depths in which > he was constantly immersed. The title/name stuck. In our training > under Maharishi we learned to refer to Guru Dev as "His Divinity", > a title that Maharishi writes was conferred on Guru Dev when he was > Shankaracharya by his own disciples. That's the way they saw Guru > Dev. Many of us do, too. ------------------------ 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 <*> 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/
