its not loosing the ego its loosing any moral sense, learning to be a psychopath abusing the tradition of begging when you don't need the money
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <yifux...@...> wrote: > > from Jody's Guruphiliac: > > Thursday, August 06, 2009 > Sri Sri Rips Off A Rip-Off > > File under: Gurubusting > > Bangalore is being overrun by yuppie beggars taking courses at Sri Sri Ravi > Shankar's Art of Living ashram: > Men and women trying to camouflage their affluent breeding and chic clothes > are going about begging in south Bangalore. People at signals were startled > yesterday to find smart, English-speaking men and women seeking alms. The > beggars, with grime smeared on their faces, looked like characters out of a > college play. Motorists, shoppers, and pedestrians dropped small change into > their hands, but continued to gape. The beggars bought food with the money > they had earned from begging, and ate in public. > > MiD DAY discovered that they were disciples of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who runs > the Art of Living spiritual movement from his headquarters on Kanakapura. The > beggars, it turned out, were well-bred professionals told by their > instructors to go "lose the ego" by begging. "Our areas are frequented by > educated beggars from Sri Sri's ashram," said a resident of BTM Layout. > "Lose your ego by glorifying mine" is Sri Sri's credo. And don't think for a > second that these losers get to keep the cash they panhandled. >
