> Or not. For all we know, the entire time he was > Shankaracharya, he may have been wishing he were > back in the forest by himself communing with God > and living on roots and berries.
I think it is likely that he felt like this often. --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > "Actually casual investigation will show that Guru Dev was very > > reluctant to take the post of Shankaracharya. It took twenty years > > (!) for him to take it. You are either trying to start a discussion, > > or haven't taken the time to challenge your assumptions with some > > research." > > > > This was my point. Before he was Shankaracharya he couldn't > > stand to be around people. When they were waving camphor and > > ghee lamps in front of him worshiping him as Shankaracharya > > he was OK with people. > > Or not. For all we know, the entire time he was > Shankaracharya, he may have been wishing he were > back in the forest by himself communing with God > and living on roots and berries. > > <snip> > > Here in DC we can't get our homeless people into shelters > > either, even when it is freezing cold. > > Or they prefer the cold to the dangerous squalor > of the shelters. >
