Earth to Vaj...it is the year 2011. The past, despite your fondness for
wallowing in it, is gone.:-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
The Rivalry for Jyotir Math
by Dana Sawyer, 2001
High in the Garhwal Himalayas, near the border with Tibet,
Interesting from a historical/academic pov but doesn't detract in any way from
MMY's grand achievement in bringing TM.
True, MMY wasn't a Shankaracharya or even a Brahmin, but he occupied a special
niche in an ongoing pattern of expansion of Knowledge: The Monastic Gurus who
consolidated the
Vaj:
This will, published on June 8, 1953, stated that
Brahmananda had actually nominated four persons as
qualified for the position, and named them in order
of preference...
One thing is fer sure: Swami Svarupanand's name is NOT
in the will.
This [new] Will was written in December 1952
Vaj:
Even the present acarya of the disputed Kanchi
vidyapith, Swami Jayendra Saraswati, names
Swarupananda as the proper claimant...
There is not one shred of evidence that the Adi
Shankara founded a fifth matha to oversee all the
other four mathas. If he had done so, he would have
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Rivalry for Jyotir Math by Dana Sawyer 2001
Very intersting read. I believe that Chandola's family connections are
with those who still side with the Swami Shantananda Saraswati lineage,
so
