--- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of sparaig > Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 12:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FairfieldLife] How old IS MMY? > > > > 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. > > He has given his birth info to Purusha to do Jyotish on. And I have friends > who have seen his passport. As I recall, 1917 is the correct date. >
OK. Was wondering if the Jan 12, 1912 date was a typo. His passport is the most reliable source of info, obviously, sans a birth certificate.
