> Jeffrey" wrote: > > HOw could Maharishi be run out of India?
> Did he commit a crime? .."The Swiss government, according to some reports, had made things difficult for him, allegedly for not paying taxes in full and also for transferring large sums of his money in the accounts there to other countries. Valuable foreign exchange to the extent of Rs 15 crores [$1.3 million US] is estimated to be coming into India alone each year for the upkeep of his many organizations.... [A description of the luxurious compound and its guards. Further detail about the government raids.] Raids were simultaneously conducted at Jabalpur, where the Maharishi's associates and various organisations own a great deal of property..... This is not the first time that the revenue department has launched an offensive against TM adherents.... Late last year [1987], prosecution for tax evasion... was launched against the president of one of the trusts, a doctor by training, two accountants and the Maharishi's nephews, Anand and Ajay Srivastava.... Among the yogi's relatives, his brother J P Srivastava's sons, Anand and Ajay Prakash, seem to be in charge of accounts and administration. The [Maharishi's] brother, reportedly, is not given much importance in the family hierarchy, for reasons that date back to the illustrious younger sibling's youth. Mahesh Yogi, apparently, had early in life forsaken hearth and home after being allegedly ill- treated by his brother...." http://onwww.net/trancenet.org/news/molest.shtml > It > looks like he is doing alot of good there. .."He said all of this was being done to delude Westerners. Mahesh needs a Shankaracharya to continue spreading his net of deception. He said, as Shankaracharya, it is my clear and absolute duty to uphold the true teaching of Shree Shankara..." http://minet.org/TM-EX/Winter-92 > Besides the brahmastan > compound, I also saw pictures of his Vedic School. > Very impressive > looking Ashes and Powers: Myth, Rite and Miracle in an Indian God-Man's Cult D. A. Swallow Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 16, No. 1 (1982), pp. 123-158 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-749X(1982)16%3A1%3C123% 3AAAPMRA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7 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/
