--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 20, 2006, at 10:43 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" > > <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > >> > >> I don't think 'The Maharishi Song' was ever seriously intended for > >> release but there is no doubt that this transcript details the > >> contents of the John & Yoko's 'song' fairly accurately. > >> > >> > > > > "to see the master > > > >> walking on the petals who lived in a million dollar stecketo house > >> overlookin' the Himalayas." > >> > > > > Is this an accurate description of MMY's house in Rishikesh? > > > Another description: > > The ashram turned out to be more like a hotel than the spartan guru's > camp the Beatles expected. The sleeping quarters were in a complex of > picturesque some bungalows with four or five bedrooms in each. The > Beatles' rooms had four-poster beds and solid English furniture. Each > was equipped with a modern bath and toilet, and there was even an > electric fire for cold nights. Meals were eaten communally at long, > hand-carved tables under a vine-covered trellis next to the Ganges. > Food was served to them by a large staff of servants and prepared in > a completely modern kitchen by a trained chef. The Maharishi's house, > a short distance away from the rest of the compound, was a long, low, > modern building with its own kitchen and staff. There was even a > woman to give the girls a daily message. The most eyebrow-raising of > all the luxury accoutrements was the landing pad for the helicopter > used to ferry the Maharishi in and out of the compound on his > appointed rounds throughout India. This was the man whom George had > excused to Peter Brown as "not a modern man." > > www.geocities.com/white_album_2000/rishikesh.htm >
OK, so this was TM HQ at this point and MMY was already into the courting the wealthy thing. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/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/
