Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Amma's Visit to FF

[Vaj]

On Jul 11, 2006, at 2:12 PM, Kenny H wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  One interesting comment Amma made to a friend of mine: ³Charging money for meditation is like a mother charging her baby for breast milk.² I find these comments made by one guru about the practices about other gurus to be curious. Why do they need to say anything about it all and instead just not charge for what they do and do things their way. It's kind of a self-aggrandizing/inflammatory/divisive comment (in my opinion). Given that the traditional comment would be that those who sells meditation would go to the Avachi Hell, I'd say this was much nicer, even kind. When I visited with sannyasis of the Shankaracharya order and naively mentioned that I learned meditation in the "Shanakaracharya tradition", they immediately asked "from who?" When I said it was TM and Maharishi's meditation several of the sannyasis got very angry at this, one was particularly loud and quietly escorted away. Not a nice scene! Last time I ever said that. They felt he was a "seller of the Vedas" and thus destined for the deepest hell. Not the "saint" some imagine... __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Religion and spirituality Buddha shakyamuni Maharishi mahesh yogi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___