Lawson wrote:
As I pointed out several times, making the
Shankaracharya lineage that MMY supported
the custodian of all the land and buildings
around the world that are being/have been
built under the auspices of the Swami
Brahamananda Trust makes MMY's choice for
shankaracharya and
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=12006132879728764
[...]
In order to preserve this supreme gift, Maharishi had founded the
Brahmanand Saraswati Trust. Dr Morris explained:
'This Trust, named for
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
snip
I worshiped Guru Dev in my believe days so it is very
refreshing to take another look at him from the
fascinating human
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
It is interesting that finding a suitable person wasn't a
problem at the other maths. Was that because they were
lesser in Shankara's intention and didn't need a superman
like Guru Dev?
Why would there be a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
That was really entertaining! Thanks for the new info.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coldbluiceman no_reply@ wrote:
sparaig wrote:
curtisdeltablues wrote:
That was really entertaining! Thanks for the new info. I find it
interesting that one of
Richard J. Williams wrote:
coldbluiceman wrote:
SBS did not build or establish anything!
Its a fact that swami Vasudevanada Saraswati
is sitting on the very seat that the
Shankarachayra sat on, wearing the
Shankarachayra's sandlals, and Vasudevanand
owns all the buildings and the
of the high court order. shankaracharya swami swaroopanand saraswati
has filed a suit, seeking relief that swami vasudevanand saraswati
be restrained by the court from proclaiming himself jagat guru
shankaracharya of jyotirmath badrikashram himalaya. the additional
civil judge (second),
Its a fact that swami Vasudevanada Saraswati
is sitting on the very seat that the
Shankarachayra sat on, wearing the
Shankarachayra's sandlals, and Vasudevanand
owns all the buildings and the property that
he inherited from the Shankaracharya.
coldbluiceman wrote:
Perhaps it is a
The war is over and Vasudevananda lost..
Curtis wrote:
It works on so many levels.
I don't know who is responding to my comments
but they clearly have too much of a personal
stake in this issue to see the facts clearly.
First, it's important for Americans to
understand that the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
The war is over and Vasudevananda lost..
Curtis wrote:
It works on so many levels.
I don't know who is responding to my comments
but they clearly have too much of a personal
stake in this issue
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willytex@
wrote:
The war is over and Vasudevananda lost..
Curtis wrote:
It works on so many levels.
I don't know who is responding to my comments
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
As I pointed out several times, making the Shankaracharya lineage that
MMY supported the custodian of all the land and buildings around the
world
that are being/have been built under the auspices of the Swami
judy stein wrote:
curtisdeltablues wrote:
judy stein wrote:
Vaj wrote:
snip
It isn't me who makes this stuff up;
it's been well known
in India that he was a leading
suspect for a long time.
Actually the rumor was started by some of Guru Dev's
disciples
coldbluiceman wrote:
judy stein wrote:
curtisdeltablues wrote:
judy stein wrote:
Vaj wrote:
snip
It isn't me who makes this stuff up;
it's been well known
in India that he was a leading
suspect for a long time.
Actually the rumor was started by
That was really entertaining! Thanks for the new info. I find it
interesting that one of the biggest brags about the specialness of
Guru Dev was the his seat was empty for years before he took it. Then
after his death we seem to have people who are special enough to be
the big Kahuna of the
curtisdeltablues wrote:
That was really entertaining!
Thanks for the new info.
I find it
interesting that one of the biggest brags about
the specialness of Guru Dev was the his seat was empty
for years before he took it.
Then after his death we seem to have people who are
special
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
That was really entertaining! Thanks for the new info. I find it
interesting that one of the biggest brags about the specialness of
Guru Dev was the his seat was empty for years before he took it. Then
after
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Here's an interesting article:
http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19981007/28050544.html
My favorite line:
It was also rattled by the unsavouryscenes witnessed during the Kumbh
Mela held
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
snip
Here's an interesting article:
http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19981007/28050544.html
My favorite line:
snip
I seem to recall that followers of Swami Swarooopananda once stormed
Gurudev's
residence and attempted to evict Swami Shantananda by force, but
were beaten
back with sticks.
Excellent! A scene right out of Mike Myers's movie!
And of course, at one point, Swami Swaroopananda DID
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
snip
Here's an interesting article:
http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19981007/28050544.html
My favorite line:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coldbluiceman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sparaig wrote:
curtisdeltablues wrote:
That was really entertaining! Thanks for the new info. I find it
interesting that one of the biggest brags about the specialness of
Guru Dev was the his seat
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coldbluiceman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sparaig wrote:
curtisdeltablues wrote:
That was really entertaining! Thanks for the new info. I find it
interesting that one of the biggest brags about the specialness of
Guru Dev was the his seat
coldbluiceman wrote:
SBS did not build or establish anything!
We've been over this before. The fact is that
the Swami Vasudevananda Saraswati is the only
succossor in the line of Swami Brahmananda
Saraswati. He was selected to be the
Shankaracharya by the previous Shankaracharya.
But,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coldbluiceman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
judy stein wrote:
curtisdeltablues wrote:
judy stein wrote:
snip
So, do we take the word of a person who died in relative
obscurity in Holland..in exile?
The mere facts that:
a). Prasad Varma Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That was really entertaining! Thanks for the new info.
Uh, Curtis, I gave you the URL to this material in
a follow-up post last week. If you'd read it, it
wouldn't be new info.
snip
I did not know that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
That was really entertaining! Thanks for the new info.
Uh, Curtis, I gave you the URL to this material in
a follow-up post last
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
I worshiped Guru Dev in my believe days so it is very
refreshing to take another look at him from the
fascinating human POV.
You mean this fascinating human POV? Swami Brahmanand
Saraswati
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
snip
I worshiped Guru Dev in my believe days so it is very
refreshing to take another look at him from the
fascinating human
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You're sounding like a junkie who
can't get through the day without a hit of the God drug,
Well, on a second thought, I really take this as a compliment. I was
surely overreacting at my first response, sorry. Its not
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sal. Do a Google search on Brahmananda Saraswati
-Maharishi (put a minus sign in front).
Judy, I think you should leave of the parentheses around -Maharishi,
otherwise you cite the Minus, which will make it not work.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
You're sounding like a junkie who
can't get through the day without a hit of the God drug,
Well, on a second thought, I really take this as a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Its not such a bad think to be a GOD junkie at all.
If one is a God junkie, I would think that one would
be proud to be a God junkie. For those of us who are
not, it seems an unnecessary drug dependence.
What is
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
Well, I'm fairly sure that you will pray for such a fallen
soul as mine, and that will enable you continue to feel
superior to such fallen souls.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Plenty there for everybody, no shortage really. It will be there
waiting for you, when you are ready. ;-)
Michael, since you clearly do not see it, the
superior thingie I'm referring to is here,
in your parting
What exactly was admirable about Adolf Hitler?
Kenneth Galbraith in his book Money made the point that
his economic policies were a lot better than that of other countries
during the Depression. He did the right thing, spend government money
on projects like an autobahn system, to create
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What exactly was admirable about Adolf Hitler?
Kenneth Galbraith in his book Money made the point that
his economic policies were a lot better than that of other countries
during the Depression. He did the right
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jun 27, 2008, at 8:30 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote:
First MMY as Hitler a mass murderer. Now the murderer of SBS. Vaj,
your spirituality is really shining through. Can't wait to see what
comes next.
It
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
--- In FairfieldLife
My point being, I can see how Indians--esp. if they knew your
connection to the TMO and the fact you were German, might intuit or
imagine such a thing. I do believe it is good to let go of the
(snip)
Nazi overtones in a German TM spokesman's statements.
You're being quite deceptive here, Vaj.
The overtures were the Rja asking everyone to chant Invincible
Germany
which harkens back to Hitler's rhetoric and terminology.
However, MMY's use of the term invincible is based on
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, geezerfreak [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
Can't tell you. That's what this scholar guy said. MMY
may not have gone to the mountains immediately, and he
did have some amount of influence
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
* defended the notion that for Satyuga with its peace and
love characterto arrive, unfortunate things will happen to
those who oppose it;
That seems to be directly from the Giitaa (IV 8):
paritraaNaaya saadhuunaaM
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
* defended the notion that for Satyuga with its peace and
love characterto arrive, unfortunate things will happen to
those who oppose it;
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
* defended the notion that for Satyuga with its peace and
love characterto
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, geezerfreak
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, geezerfreak
geezerfreak@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108
sandiego108@
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
*
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And that is *exactly* how those who believe in
avatars characterize them as acting. Krishna
thought he had the whole universe in his mouth.
Either he's got a very big mouth, or the dude's
a tad delusional. :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip I think it's fun every so often to examine the words
themselves, with no preconceptions as to whether the
character quoted as saying them was really holy or
not, or even sane. When you do that, an awful lot of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Jun 27, 2008, at 8:30 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote:
First MMY as Hitler a mass murderer. Now the murderer of SBS. Vaj,
your spirituality is
On Jun 28, 2008, at 1:55 AM, sparaig wrote:
As me old friend, Anoop Chandola points out, Swai Brahmananda
Saraswati was the most important spiritual leader in India during
the first half of the 20th Century.
You guys keep beating this tired drum over and over.
If that was really the case,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Judy doesn't *need* IMO's because what she
says *isn't* opinion. Like Jim, she just knows. :-)
Hence my words Don't know what exactly... and
...could have been... Yep, those phrases sure
do indicate I believe I'm
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
snip I think it's fun every so often to examine the words
themselves, with no preconceptions as to whether the
character quoted as saying them was
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The above is actually the explanation for an Avatar, that is God or
Beingness adopting human form. What you are saying is equivalent to
saying an Avatar would be megalomaniac.
No, it is equivalent to saying that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, geezerfreak [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Every depiction of God I've ever seen in scriptures
portrays a dude or dudes with ENORMOUS egos.
...Who really knows? Who will here proclaim it? Whence was
it produced? Whence is this creation? The gods came
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
The above is actually the explanation for an Avatar, that is
God or Beingness adopting human form. What you are saying is
equivalent to saying an
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And what about it? Are you claiming that YOU know
what wickedness is?
We could start a DVD (hi Def) tutorial for those wanting tips (and
place on Utube, other downloads).
24 hours in the life of ... -- fill in your
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 1:55 AM, sparaig wrote:
As me old friend, Anoop Chandola points out, Swai Brahmananda
Saraswati was the most important spiritual leader in India
during the first half of the 20th Century.
On Jun 28, 2008, at 11:16 AM, authfriend wrote:
You guys keep beating this tired drum over and over.
If that was really the case, how come nobody outside of
the TMO has ever heard of him?
Sal. Do a Google search on Brahmananda Saraswati
-Maharishi (put a minus sign in front). Or look
at Paul
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
---from http://www.srigurudev.net ; adapted from the Paul Mason book:
After Swami Brahmananda's death, people were left wondering who, if
anyone, would be appointed in his stead.
I don't think anyone *could*
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
You display PATTERNS, Michael, patterns that I don't
think you are aware of. I make a statement that YOU
consider offensive to what you believe, or that
you think is trying to convince you to believe some-
thing
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor
matrixmonitor@ wrote:
---from http://www.srigurudev.net ; adapted from the Paul Mason book:
After Swami Brahmananda's death, people were left wondering who, if
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor
matrixmonitor@ wrote:
---from http://www.srigurudev.net ; adapted from the Paul Mason
book:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 11:16 AM, authfriend wrote:
You guys keep beating this tired drum over and over.
If that was really the case, how come nobody outside of
the TMO has ever heard of him?
Sal. Do a Google
On Jun 28, 2008, at 11:47 AM, authfriend wrote:
There wouldn't have been any pages with references to
MMY if you'd done what I said (see above). I don't know
who Conny Larson is, but to eliminate hits with his
name in them, you'd do the same thing: -Conny Larson
This is what you'd type in the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Impressive.
I did a quick search on google to try to get a feel for non-TM related
info on Brahmananda Saraswati. Interestingly, an old post that
apparently came from FFL came up, which said in part:
From: Dana
Well, maybe if he'd started teaching in the U.S.
But he got his big start in India, remember. That's
what I'm saying he likely could never have done if he
hadn't been teaching in Guru Dev's name. It was the
reception he got in India as a follower of Guru Dev
that made him think it might be
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
Impressive.
I did a quick search on google to try to get a
feel for non-TM related
info on Brahmananda Saraswati. Interestingly, an old post that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 1:55 AM, sparaig wrote:
As me old friend, Anoop Chandola points out, Swai Brahmananda
Saraswati was the most important spiritual leader in India during
the first half of the 20th Century.
On Jun 28, 2008, at 1:23 PM, sparaig wrote:
You guys keep beating this tired drum over and over.
If that was really the case, how come nobody outside of
the TMO has ever heard of him?
LOL. Have you asked any older INdians about him? They'd all be in
their 60's and 70's now, of
course, to
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, maybe if he'd started teaching in the U.S.
But he got his big start in India, remember. That's
what I'm saying he likely could never have done if he
hadn't been teaching in Guru Dev's name. It was the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 1:23 PM, sparaig wrote:
You guys keep beating this tired drum over and over.
If that was really the case, how come nobody outside of
the TMO has ever heard of him?
LOL. Have you asked
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@
wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 1:23 PM, sparaig wrote:
You guys keep beating this tired drum over and over.
If that was really the case, how come
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@
wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 1:23 PM, sparaig wrote:
You guys keep beating this tired drum over and over.
If that was really the case, how come
On Jun 28, 2008, at 2:09 PM, do.rflex wrote:
Guru Dev was nationally recognized as a religious head in India as his
biographies abundantly illustrate. Even the president of India visited
him for darshan.
Presidents in anay country regularly visit spiritual leaders, or have
them visit
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@
wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 1:23 PM, sparaig wrote:
You guys keep beating
On Jun 28, 2008, at 2:21 PM, authfriend wrote:
Here's what Lawson said that she called this tired
drum:
Swai Brahmananda Saraswati was the most important
spiritual leader in India during the first half of the
20th Century.
He didn't go on world tours like Billy Graham, Sal.
From Paul Mason's
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 2:09 PM, do.rflex wrote:
Guru Dev was nationally recognized as a religious head in India as his
biographies abundantly illustrate. Even the president of India visited
him for darshan.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote:
My impression from travels in India, and talking to Indians in the
West is that he was far far from the recognition of a Ghandi, Nerhu or
even
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@
wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 2:09 PM, do.rflex wrote:
Guru Dev was nationally recognized as a religious head in India
as his
biographies abundantly
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote:
My impression from travels in India, and talking to Indians in the
West is
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 2:21 PM, authfriend wrote:
Here's what Lawson said that she called this tired
drum:
Swai Brahmananda Saraswati was the most important
spiritual leader in India during the first half of
On Jun 28, 2008, at 4:23 PM, authfriend wrote:
And there's nothing in that quote to support Lawson's silly claim,
Judy.
Um, oh, other than that an associate of the president
of India thought Guru Dev was a great spiritual leader
and expected his audience to agree, you mean?
What exactly
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Of course he COULD be, but s/he isn't by default. E.g. I know an
Avatar who is not a megalomaniac.
With all due respect, Michael, I think what you
mean to say is I know a person whom I *believe*
to be an avatar,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
Well, maybe if he'd started teaching in the U.S.
But he got his big start in India, remember. That's
what I'm saying he likely
If some guy can sit on his duff in a mountain retreat, and
do nothing of significance for 50 years except utter misogynistic
platitudes and defenses of worn-out charades (ie caste system)
every now and then, and be considered great for it, that's setting
the bar pretty low, isn't it?
This
On Jun 28, 2008, at 5:11 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
If some guy can sit on his duff in a mountain retreat, and
do nothing of significance for 50 years except utter misogynistic
platitudes and defenses of worn-out charades (ie caste system)
every now and then, and be considered great for it,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If some guy can sit on his duff in a mountain retreat, and
do nothing of significance for 50 years except utter misogynistic
platitudes and defenses of worn-out charades (ie caste system)
every now and then,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 1:23 PM, sparaig wrote:
You guys keep beating this tired drum over and over.
If that was really the case, how come nobody outside of
the TMO has ever heard of him?
LOL. Have you asked
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 2:09 PM, do.rflex wrote:
Guru Dev was nationally recognized as a religious head in India as his
biographies abundantly illustrate. Even the president of India visited
him for darshan.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I did a quick search on google to try to get a feel for non-TM related
info on Brahmananda Saraswati.
I sometimes search for Indian gurus in Google, who I know to be famous
and a following of thousands. Its very
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
Well, maybe if he'd started teaching in the U.S.
But
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
I make a statement that YOU
consider offensive to what you believe,
Wrong. I don't consider it offensive. Its more that I am puzzled
about its
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 2:09 PM, do.rflex wrote:
Guru Dev was nationally recognized as a religious head in India as his
biographies abundantly
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@
wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 2:09 PM, do.rflex wrote:
Guru Dev was nationally
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael t3rinity@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
I make a statement that YOU
consider offensive to what you believe,
Wrong.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@
wrote:
On Jun
The seat of Shankaracharya of Northern India had been vacant for 165
years before Guru Dev was appointed to it in 1941:
I don't think anyone knows what this means. Maybe it was a shitty job
and no one wanted to do it. Even Guru Dev didn't seem to want it too
much.
In the afternoon there
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jun 28, 2008, at 4:23 PM, authfriend wrote:
snip
What exactly made him important? What did
he actually *do*?
He was a spiritual leader, Sal. He led spiritually.
Oh, OK, got it. I take it all back in
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