> In the years before the "house" in Rishikesh was built, 50 % of the > initiating fees from all over the world, went to India to build > the "house". With that in mind - I think the house should have been > worthy millions of Dollars - . So where did all the money go? > Ingegerd > > > > > > The house and ashram would have been built and completed before the Beatles > era began. Initiation's were few, teacher training courses small, and fees > very small and not always collected back then. The movement was not worth > millions before the Beatles came along. Also the Movement did have to lease the > land from the Indian government because it was built in a national forest. I > have no idea what the cost of the lease was but I hear it has since expired and > never renewed. I wish I had a photo of the place. M's house was a small > bungalow, maybe 1600 square ft. far from a mansion and nothing like what he lives > in today. I think in one of my earlier posts I may have said 16000 square > feet, if I did, I meant 1600.
50% of 1/2 month salary, which was the course fee, when I learned TM in 1962, went to India. It was not that many TM-Teachers, but the teaching was different, not much following-up by the teacher. I received the Mantra one day, and met the teacher the next day to check the Mantra. And that was it. So my teacher went around Scandinavia, and initiated thousands of people - it was really big courses because it was so new. I think other countries had the same experiences. Ingegerd > ------------------------ 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/
