--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "randyanand" <ra...@...> wrote: > > Which Shankaracharya was that?
Svarupanand/Swarupanand/Swaroopanand, who claims the right to the Joytir Math seat over that of candidates named in Guru Dev's will and allied with Maharishi. Obviously it's been to Svarupanand's advantage to denigrate Maharishi. VERY complicated story. See the following links provided by Paul Mason on his Web site: 'The Rivalry for Jyotir Math' by Dana Sawyer http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/msg20687.html 'The Jyotirmath Sankaracharya Lineage in the 20th Century' by Vidyasankar Sundaresan http://indology.info/papers/sundaresan/ More background information on dispute:- http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/apr32005/203114200541.asp http://www.rishabhdara.com/sc/view.php?case=5468 > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vajradhatu108 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > In my understanding, a yogii/yoginii can do just about > > > anything without collecting kriyamaaNa-karma, or whatever. > > > Heck, even kill their relatives! > > > > > > **karmaashuklaakRSnaM** yoginaH... (YS IV 7). > > > > Of course if you believe this, the person in question > > would have to be an *actual* yogi, not a YINO. > > > > A Shankaracharya who knew Mahesh has stated that he never > > knew or studied yoga. Indeed his yoga asana course was > > designed by someone else! A close examination of his > > teachings also reveals no signs that he was trained as a yogi.
