--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 5/30/05 12:49 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > So its a question of whether or not someone was perfect in keeping a > > vow made to themselves... > > I have heard him refer to his vows, or at least generally to the vows of a > Brahmachari, but we don't really know whether he took vows, and if he did, > whether he made them to himself or in a formal initiation with Guru Dev. > It's my understanding that Brahmacharya vows aren't binding for life, unlike > Sannyasi vows, so he didn't necessarily break them. I heard he once told > Jerry Jarvis that had he known he could have gotten enlightened as a > householder, he would have become one. Had he not been a public figure, he > might have switched from a Brahmachari's lifestyle and dress to a > householder's in a normal way, but given his circumstances he may have > decided that would have been too impractical from a pr standpoint.
I recall him saying on a tape that he was a householder, not a recluse. 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/
