> > So, you're saying that spending thirteen years at > > the feet of Yoga Master doesn't count as training to > > be a 'Yogi'? Go figure. > > Vaj: > No, I'm saying spending 13 years at a desk or running > errands doesn't count as training as a yogi. > There must be hundreds of yogis who sat at desks and ran errands for their gurus while receiving training to be a yogi. For example, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, India's most famous Hatha Yogi, spent years running errands for his guru, Sri T. Krishnamacharya. Apparently Jois spent years sitting behind a desk at Indian public schools.
> This ain't Texas, home schooling doesn't count. > This is a smear against all Indians and Tibetans who have migrated to Texas. For a 'yogi' you sure are prejudiced against people based on residential status. Talk about a 'red herring'! Read more: 'From Tibet to Texas' http://www.rwilliams.us/archives/tibet.htm 'Guruji' A Portrait of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Through the Eyes of His Students By Guy Donahaye North Point Press, 2010 "Tibet to Texas' A Grass Roots History of the Karma Kagya Buddhism in the Lonestar State By Dewitte Lindsey Sunbelt Eaken, Austin, Texas 2003