--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 3/26/05 7:54 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > On Mar 26, 2005, at 8:31 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > >> He did initiate some westerners into Brahmacharya with an elaborate > >> ceremony. > > > > OK, here's a fine point: did he personally initiate them or did he have > > a Brahmin perform the rite? Who performed the upanayama ceremony? > > He did it. I don't know if was an upanayama ceremony. It lasted about an > hour and was done privately for each man. He laid his hands on their heads > and did other stuff.
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