--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 21, 2006, at 8:40 PM, Vaj wrote: > > > > > On Jul 21, 2006, at 7:29 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> On Jul 21, 2006, at 3:30 PM, Paul Mason wrote: > >>> > >>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > >> wrote: > >>>>>> I've never heard anything other than that. I never > >>>>> heard that Guru Dev himself gave MMY the technique. > >>>> > >>>> On 8th July 1971 in Amherst, U.S.A., Maharishi Mahesh Yogi made > >> the > >>>> following statement which contradicts the assumption that he never > >>>> claimed the TM technique came from Guru Dev Shankaracharya Swami > >>>> Brahmanand Saraswati. > >>>> > >>>> 'But the great impact of Guru Dev, in his lifetime, in bringing > >> out so > >>>> clearly and in such simple words, this technique of TM. And his, > >> his > >>>> blessing for, for this movement which came out much after he left > >> his > >>>> body. Because there was no, no occasion during his lifetime for, > >> for > >>>> any of his intimate blessed disciples to go out of his presence > >> and > >>>> that's why this any such movement to bless the world couldn't have > >>>> started during his time'. > >>> > >>> As has been repeated here before many times > >> > >> (Which must make it true...) > >> > >> , and also verified by > >>> Dana Sawyer in his research with SBS's sect the Dandis > >> > >> Documentation, please. On what basis was it "verified"? > > > > > > You'd have to ask Dana. He's talked to many of these guys. I have > > his article on the Dandis and it may mention it simply in passing, > > as what they do with householders. > > > > Keep in mind there are teachers in the Shank. tradition who will > > realize a certain student is ripe for non-dual meditation and teach > > them a method that isn't as dualistic as meditation with an object. > > > > > > Very interesting comment on Mahesh's lack of credibility that > validates much of what I've shared: > > > How do educated middle and upper middle class > >Indians view MMY and the TMO? How do other saints in India view MMY? > > Pandits who are on the MMY payroll speak highly of him. No one else > does. > That's my experience. In Banaras, where some of the most respected > pandits in India reside, his name is mud. He has a reputation for > catering to big money, movie stars, and that ilk. In the religious > community he is perceived as an uppity, low caste manipulator. Frankly, > outside of his own org I've never heard a positive comment about him > while > in India these past eleven trips. >
One reason he left India, I'm sure.BTW, how many of those most respected pandits ever sat next to Tate Wale Baba with their hand on his knee? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/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/
