--- In [email protected], t3rinity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> 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.
Really? That isn't what Osho suggests. He claims MMY could not use "Swami" and called himself "Maharishi" in an attempt to make up for it. 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. Makes sense to me. As I said in another post, the editor of Ramana Maharishi's "Collected Works" says in his introduction that the title "Maharshi" (or "Maharishi") is conferred on a teacher who inaugurates a new spiritual path. That would make sense as well in light of what you say, since if it's a new spiritual path, there wouldn't be any tradition or committee to confer it. 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/
