--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], ffia1120 <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "nablusos108" <nablusos108@> 
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > "Dalai Lama is just a politician." Maharishi
> > > 
> > > "Who is Maharishi Mahesh Yogi?" Dalai Lama
> > 
> > His loss.
> 
> No, not at all. Actually, he probably knows who
> Maharishi is, but billions of people on this
> planet do now, whereas they *do* know who the
> Dalai Lama is. You can pretty much assume that
> most people in China know who he is, because
> he's banned there; there's nothing like being
> banned to make you famous. :-)
> 
> The point is simply that every so often you might
> want to get a grip and realize that prety much the 
> only people who care about Maharishi are the ones 
> who bought his product and still practice it. That's
> very *few* people on this blue-green ball in black
> space. 
> 
> Maharishi is a minor spiritual teacher who achieved
> his 15 minutes of fame by piggybacking on the fame
> of others (and who still does) and using that fame
> to generate large sums of cash. As opposed to some
> people, like the Dalai Lama, who have achieved fame
> by not seeking it, and through dedicating his life
> to doing nice things for others.
>

The same would have been said of JC at the time of this death, you know. 

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