--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Most sources that I've seen say he just celebrated > > his 90th birthday, but Dr. Jay Coplin says > > he was born in 1912 and joined Gurudev when he was > > 28, a short time before or after he > > became Shankaracharya. > > http://members.aol.com/drcoplin/ > > > > > > This actually makes more sense: MMY hung around with > > Gurudev for 13 years starting in > > 1940/1941 until his death in 1953, For him to be 90 > > this year means he was only 23 or 24 > > when he joined the monastery which means he had NO > > life experiences out of college and yet > > managed to become the secretary to the > > Shankaracharya, managing the whole thing, > > according to most accounts, within a few short years > > of leaving college. > > Say what you want about about MMY, but he isn't some > dope. I'm sure he and many other 23-24 year olds are > more than capable of running an ashram or any other > type of organization. >
Sure, but there's reports that he worked in a factory for a while, and that MMY was being groomed for a GS life after school. There's only so much living that can be crammed into your first year of life after you graduate.
