I read a great article once about how tough the life of a wandering sadhu is. The guy was describing how tormented they get by people demanding miracles and cures. If they can't produce them they get abused. He also complained that the double edged sword of being holy is that people ignore your own needs a lot so they often don't get fed because people figure they don't really need to eat. It seems like a tough gig.
--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. >
