On Jun 7, 2007, at 10:45 AM, new.morning wrote:
--- In [email protected], "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe so, but that doesn't explain how the Varma family came > to know all about Guru Dev, if he was a relative unknown. It > may be true that Guru Dev was a unknown to the general public > but apparently he was very famous among sadhaks and devotees. Thats is my impression from MMY's talks and the "Real Thing" ? bio. That SBS was well know as a great saint -- of upanishdic stature -- many years prior to becoming S of JM. And there is that photo of a relatively young SBS in lotus, and I think quite a few others. That led me to obeleive that while SBS was off in caves and mountians most of the time, he ventured into the world periodically. Like for kums, as RW says. And perhaps other sadhu get-togethers.
Swami Rama, who learned Sri Vidya from SBS and where to go for further instruction, met him while he was still living in caves. The story is told in his book _Living with the Himalayalan Masters_. Willytex can probably post the chapter.
