--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 26, 2006, at 12:55 AM, jim_flanegin wrote: > > > *Mahesh* = Lord Shiva > > Lord Indra, also called *Bhogi*, the God of thunder and rain. > > Cool! > > > > > Perhaps you should just refer to Maharishi as His Holiness as you do > > the Dalai Lama, since you are using equivalent terms anyway. Or > > continue to refer to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as Lord Shiva or Lord > > Indra. Your choice... > > In the case of the Dalai Lama, this name is conferred based on > accomplishment and conferred by living Buddhas. It has a specific > meaning. > > In the case of Mahesh, "Maharishi" is an assumed name, as is "yogi". > These were never conferred by the Shankaracharya tradition he > originally came from, nor are they indicative of accomplishment. > Since SBS and current Shankaracharyas refer to him as "Mahesh", it is > probably respectful to the tradition to follow this tradition (rather > than the spin). > > -Mahavaj Yogi >
So the Shankaracharya who presiding over the celebration of Gurudev's birth in 1955 isn't a reliable spiritual authority? 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/
