--- In [email protected], "matrixmonitor"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> -bdlow: Vaj says Ramana is dead and the neo-Advaitins have created
a
> type of pseudo-religion. Vaj, for once, I agree with most of your
> statements; and in corroboration, I will offer up a profound
> statement of Adi Da: "Dead Gurus don't kick ass". (an interesting
> twist on the elder Bush's famous statement). The real question,
> though, is...: is the statement TRUE?
> No. Don't have time to go into this in detail, except to say
that
> I've had two extremely powerful "inner plane" experiences with
> Ramana; and in support of an opposing viewpoint, much
circumstantial
> evidence points to his being MORE powerful being "dead" than prior
to
> his physical death in 1950.
> For example, in the tape "Sage of Arunachala", the very last few
> frames, people are shown leaving Sri Ramanasramam in 1950 after he
> died. Then the narrator continues by saying that after a brief
> period had elapsed, people realized that his Presence was not only
> undiminished, but rather, He (and associated murtis like the
> Arunachala Hill and the Temple); became MORE powerful with time.
> The growing numbers of Neo-Advaitins tend to magnify his power,
> even though only a few of them are still devoted to Ramana.
> To conclude, Ramana is FAR more powerful than most living Gurus,
say
> Chogyal Namkhai Rinpoche.
> Also, Guru Dev (SBS) still "lives" every time a puja is done.
His
> Shakti is probably far more powerful now than in 1957.
>
Good points.
