On Jul 9, 2010, at 10:34 AM, randyanand wrote: > > Oh and by the way, many months ago we got into a discussion about the > Shankaracharya tradition. You stated it was part of the Vaishnava tradition. > I disagreed and said it was a Shaivite tradition. We went back and forth on > this and I finally realized who I was dealing with. You are not interested > in the facts about things, only your opinions. Well, for the record, I have > since been to india and visited the Shankaracharya ashram in Allahabad, the > Shankaracharya ashram in Kanchipuram and one of the heads of the Juna Akhara > of Naga Babas.
And hopefully this long-distance, undoubtedly very-expensive trip was made for a greater purpose than just showing Vaj to be "wrong." > They all confirmed that the Shankaracharya tradition is not asociated with > the Vaishnava tradition, it is in fact a Shaivite tradition. And, like, who gives a crap? These arcane, musty details of something that almost nobody else knows (or cares) anything about will get you exactly what, randy? > So here I can definitely cite my sources and say, sorry dude, you were wrong. > Although knowing you, you'll prpbably come back and say you never said that, > or twist your words so you will not appear wrong. > You are entitiled to your opinions Vaj. Just realize, that like all of us, > you sometime may be wrong. randy, just out of curiosity, do you actually have a life outside of wallowing in esoteric details that make you feel "special"? Sal