--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > 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?" >
This is true, the 14th Dali Lama, has aquired fame, in this incarnation...Richard Gere, and others have helped him. But then again, I think John Lennon's message of peace, is just as powerful; So, I would put the level of consciousness of the 14th Dali Lama, to that of someone like John Lennon. Maharishi on the other hand, although not famous in the same way; Because he could never appeal to the masses; Just as Guru Dev, could never appeal to the U.S. masses(of course his recognition at the time in India, seems unparalled. So, fame, although magical, has it's appeal, it's limitations, and it's dangers... Maharishi's state of consciousness from my experience, compared to the Dali Lama, or the Pope, or some other figurehead; There's just no comparison. For me Maharishi, in this lifetime, for me; Is the Buddha. R.G.
