--- In [email protected], t3rinity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
See http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/later.html#mad > The thread also mentions 'Madhusudana Saraswati' > who was an Advaitin, but also a great Bhakta. We recently had here > with Ron and Swami_G the discussion about Non Brahmins non being > admitted to the Dandi Swami orders. Well, that Non-Brahmins had access > to the 7 other orders finally, was due to the activity of Madhusudana > Sarsawati, who was also a great scholar, and this was also the birth > of the Naga Babas, the warrior sadhus. It was he who brought the issue > that many Sadhus where the victim of islamic faqirs to Akbar, who > suggested that Non-Brahmins should be admitted who could fight and > carry weapons. As a concession to the orthodox it was determined, that > three orders should be excluded from this innovation, among them the > Saraswati order. Madhusudana persuaded the Sadhu congregations to > follow Akhbars advice. > There was also an argument with Ron that Shivananda, > being a Saraswati, also initiated Non-Brahmins. I now have read that > this tradition has loosened in the south, so, yes Saraswatis in the > south can be Non Brahmins, but they can definitely not be Dandi Swamis. >
