I'd recommend that everybody read Steve's book. It's all about his adventures in India teaching TM and traveling to see various sites and saints. Well written by a fellow ru and thoroughly enjoyable.
--- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From Steve Briggs, who wrote India: Mirror of Truth > (http://www.kumarclub.com/) > > Hi Rick > > I was reading the thread about Maya Amma, but since > i don't seem to > have an active FFL account i can't add my bit. This > is what i remember: > > When i met Maya Amma in 1982 she was living in a hut > near the Kanya > Kumari temple; she was attended by a few male > devotees and surrounded > by a pack of dogs. She was very old and the > villagers said she liked to > ride drift wood out to sea for days at a time. > Fishermen from Kanya > Kumari would often see floating about. I never > heard anything about > her walking 'under the water.' The account that she > fed both dogs and > people without discriminating between the two is > accurate. I received > morsels of banana both before and after the dogs > several times along > with my friends. I understand about the guy who > didn't eat the prasad. > I hesitated but am glad i took it. I don't remember > Maya Amma saying > anything. Her eyes conveyed it all. When i was with > her she looked > younger and her eyes clearer then the photo in the > link. If you post > this i'm wondering if anyone knows when she passed > away or if she's > still living. When i returned to KK in 1996 there > was no sign of her so > i assumed she had departed. If she's still living > i'd definitely make > the effort to see her when in India. Having Maya > Amma's darshan is a > treasured memory! > > Steve > > > > > 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 > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
