--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "geezerfreak" > <geezerfreak@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "geezerfreak" > <geezerfreak@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" > <jflanegi@> > > > wrote: > > > > >> > > > > > > Why does Tom Anderson call himself Sudarsha? Why take a name > other > > > > > than our birth name? What's the importance to the individual > of > > > doing > > > > > so? > > > > > > > > > Dunno Jim. Why did Mahesh take the name "Maharishi". > > > > > > > That's easy- Because he is one. If you consider that Mahesh > means > > > Shiva, its actually something of a downgrade... > > > > > Uh-huh. Have another gulab jamin, Jim. > > > Would someone only be a Maharishi to you if you agreed with > everything they said/did? Or that you worshipped them? Is that your > criteria?
I would not have to agree with everything an "ideal" Maharishi said. But I would expect a level of honesty and integrity that we did not get with this particular self described "Maharishi".
