Not sure if someone has posted this site before. The following quote was taken from a website ( http://www.jyotish-yagya.com/ ) on its "staff" page. Seems likely that these are TMO-trained pandits, and if so, are remnants of a now discontinued program. ***
"This image was taken in early 2005 in front of the new Homa site with its traditional thatched roof. These dedicated gentlemen are highly trained Brahmins, able to maintain focus on a mantra all day long. Most of them were trained in groups by a prominent meditation movement which finally reached 10,000 starting from the age of 5 years old. In 1991, the yagya program which employed these men faltered and most of them were sent home. They had been taught to chant mantras but not to administer their own temples. Applicants to the Vedic Life Foundation staff of Brahmins are reviewed by a board of senior pandits. New pandits currently being hired are solely from this elite group of meditation practicing Brahmins trained in the 80's. Peer review maintains an extremely high level of competence in the Temple." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
