I really dug his book with the section on meeting Guru Dev. I visited his place in Honesdale PA once in the Summer between MIU years. Never got to meet him though. Did you know him?
--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Aug 6, 2006, at 3:03 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > Great story! It sounds like you had the MMY job with Guru Dev for a > > while, reading his mail, how interesting. Paul Marashall, who was an > > M initiator, told me that he asked MMY about non M initiators teaching > > monks and priests with the householder set of mantras. MMY told him > > "Just let them use those mantras and we'll pray that they will work!" > > Paul was a little tweaked that MMY didn't seem to be taking his own > > system's distinctions seriously. > > > Shows you how "real" it all is/was. A lot of spin, and we all "bought > it". > > Literally. > > Swami Rama's lineage comes from the same line as M.: dandi guru who > was a Shank., also a student of SBS and a Sri Vidya adept. They > insist mantra initiation must be 1) free and 2) personalized, not > canned. In fact in some cases, they change mantras based on > individual circumstances. > 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/
