On Mar 9, 2007, at 11:01 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
India may have a system that works for their homeless. If calling
yourself a holy man lets them eek out a living, it may be better than
what we have here. We treat our homeless really poorly and pretend
they don't exist. I can't believe how many are homeless in the DC
area.
Actually in India many criminals will don the robes of a sanyassi in
order to remain on the lam. No better way to hide from authorities
than to look like a holy man. I've heard yogis claim it's not safe to
be a sadhu these days because so many of them are outright criminals.
