--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> --- In [email protected], ffia1120 <no_reply@> wrote:
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> > --- In [email protected], "nablusos108"
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> > wrote:
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> > > "Dalai Lama is just a politician." Maharishi
> >
> > "Who is Maharishi Mahesh Yogi?" Dalai Lama
>
> Well said. Pretty much all over the world, if you
> show someone a photo of the Dalai Lama, they
> recognize it immediately. The degree of recognition
> may be hazy, like, "He's some kind of religious
> leader from somewhere in Asia," but they recognize
> him, and the "default" reaction you encounter is
> one of respect. He's done a remarkable job of being
> the world's most famous Buddhist.
>
> Whereas, if you showed most people in the world
> a photo of Maharishi, they wouldn't have any idea
> who it was. And for those who did, the recognition
> sequence would go sorta like, "Oh, the guy who used
> to be a groupie to the Beatles. Giggled a lot as I
> remember. Porked Mia Farrow. Wonder what he's doing
> now?"
>
What would most people in the world say if they were shown a picture
of Maharishi's teacher, His Divinity Brahmananda Saraswati, Guru
Dev, and what would that indicate?
