--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > On Feb 3, 2007, at 1:09 AM, geezerfreak wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], new.morning <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> For example, MMY's st andard practice is to take no praise for > > > himself but > > >> directs all praise to the "Infinely Bestowed". The practical > > >> effect is > > >> no loss of merit to himself/TMO, yet same blessings (or more) > > >> bestowed > > >> upon the praiser. > > >> > > >> Jai Guru Dev > > > > > > Really? MMY takes no praise for himself? I haven't noticed that. I see > > > him inserting his (self given)name in front of virtually every > > > enterprise the TMO is involved with. It isn't Guru Dev Amrit Kalash > > > is it? > > > > Certainly not on the commercial side of things, but on the spiritual > > side of this, he constantly defers to GD. I always thought a comment > > I heard years ago, when they had just unveiled the lineage painting > > portrayed the truth of the matter. Someone on Purusha asked 'why are > > you not in the picture' and M. responded 'oh I could never be part of > > the lineage picture, the most I could be would be a doorkeeper'. In > > other words he could never be more than just an emissary for the > > tradition, leading people towards its. I found those remarks very > > honest. In fact often on listening to M. I got the impression I was > > listening to SBS, not M. A friend and I used to call it "channeling > > Guru Dev" because that's exactly what it sounded like. He would even > > look like SBS. > > > > MMY gave a lecture many years ago, explaining why he allowed "Maharishi" to be used in > the name "Maharishi International University." The explanation still holds, IMHO, and holds > for all things branded Maharishi: > > He told the people forming the university to name it as universities are traditionally named > in the West, and so they wanted to name it after him. At first he was hesitant, but then > realized that "maharishi" meant someone who could teach others to become rishis, and > that the purpose of the school would be to create maharishis, so it made sense. > Ahhh, OK I get it. So it was the people AROUND Maharishi who wanted this, not him. And then he gave in. Then these same people wanted to attach his photo to all these products and services as well, just in case there was any misunderstanding about "which Maharishi".
I bet a lot of the things that are goofy with the movement are because of people AROUND MMY, huh. If only he had some good people around him things would be different.
