sparaig, can you think of ANYONE better qualified than Acharya Shri Rajneesh (aka; Bhagwan & Osho) to demonstrate the guile behind the use of fancy names and titles by Indians then?
Mahatma Coat --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > > I sympathise with Vaj on this issue. > > > > There is something kinda creepy & oppressive about having to call > > someone a 'Maharishi' if one doesn't think he is one, or 'His > > Holiness', or even 'Yogi' (remember that MMY had to get someone else > > to put together the simple yogasana exercises that were introduced > > back in the mid-sixties). So one is left either to use the generally > > accepted 'The Maharishi' (regardless of why this term came to be used > > by the press back in the sixties). It is a bit unwieldy to use the > > name Balbrahmachari Shri Maheshji by which he is credited on an > > edition of 'Amrit Kana' (his compilation of Guru Dev's quotations). > > > > Personally, I think MMY created the problem himself when he > > appropriated such a grand sounding name. It was suggested that the > > probably reason he did this was;'the name Maharishi is something to > > replace "Swami," because in India things are such that if the > > name "Swami" is missing, then people would suspect something is > > wrong.' - Osho World Online Magazine, June 2004 (towards the end of > > section #48 of:- > > http://www.oshoworld.com/onlinemag/june2004/htm/glimpses.asp > > > > > > You're quoting Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh about the appropriateness of NAMES? > > What a maroon. > 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/
