--- In [email protected], "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> 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.
Why don't you ask Nat Goldhabber who came up with the name? 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". > Where is MMY's photo on any Maharishi Ayurveda product label? http://www.mapi.com/en/1-800-255-8332/index.html > 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. > What does the naming convention have to do with any of that?
