--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- In India, isn't Swami Swaroopanand considered by the other > Shankaraychara Peethams to be the head of Jyotir Math shortly after > the passing of Guru Dev. Paul would know, which means the Shantanand > line has been in great question, and if I were them and saw how > successful Maharishi was, I don't think I would oppose him in his > activities. >
S. Shatananda was declared the Shankaracharya by the courts in 1953. It wasn't until he died AND S. Vishnudevananda died that a new lawsuit was brought. That one was successful at least partly becaause S. Vasudevananda was not a direct disciple of Gurudev's, unlike S. Shatananda and S. Vishnudevananda and S. Swaroopananda. The Shankaracharyas may not have seen S. Shantananda as the successor to Gurudev, but famous saints like Matanda Moi Ma received him, and her official biography mentions him by name to clarify that HE was the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath that she met with. MMY didn't become famous until many years after the first court case, so your speculation doesn't make much sense anyway. 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/
