Thanks for the link, great pictures.
--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/
