--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], t3rinity <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 26, 2006, at 10:41 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > What tradition conferred the title "Maharshi" on > > > > > Ramana Maharshi? > > > > > > > > A saint, a muni IIRC. > > > > > > I asked what *tradition* conferred the title. > > > > No tradition or commitee. > > Hey, Michael, good to see you. Thanks for the info. > > So we don't know who may first have used the > title "Maharishi" for MMY, but apparently the > fact that it wasn't officially conferred by > representatives of a tradition doesn't somehow > make it bogus, as some have been claiming here.
M said that people started to call him like this in the early days in Kerala, and that newspapers picked it up. I don't think there is a commitee which can confer such titles afaik These are honorary names, they aren't fixed titles conferred by anyone. About any Sadhu is called Maharaj in India,or Saint, anybody can be called Swami, just as a gesture of reference. If a man with a high reputation, or of high caste and learning, uses such a term, it can be used by others as well.Who could confer the status of a Rishi to anyone? Rishis are sort of mythic figures. Same is true for Maharishi. Its more like an honorary statement made by some, and of course there could be others disagreeing. 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/
