Vaj's MO is to always keep the focus on Maharishi's relatively minor failings vs. having us notice the 400 pound gorilla in the room. OK, Maharishi had girlfriends and did other unethical things. Granted.
On the other hand, THE DALAI LAMA SOLD OUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF TIBET. First he lost the country to China, then ran away as his countrymen and fellow monks were systematically tortured, imprisoned, and slaughtered, on the pretext of "fighting for a free Tibet" (from a distance, of course). That was over FIFTY YEARS AGO.I don't see Tibet getting any freer in the meantime, do you? In fact just the reverse. By continually agitating for rebellion, all the Dalai Lama has done is bring increasing hardships to his former people and ensure that the Chinese continue to crack down HARD on the Tibetan region. >From a review of Tim Johnson's new book, Tragedy In Crimson (Nation Books >ISBN1568586019): "Tibet's exiled leader, the Dalai Lama, is a global moral figure but with a tragic dimension he captures worldwide fame and brings Hollywood figures to his side, but can do little to end six decades of repression against six million Tibetans living under Chinese rule." It is clear by now that Tibet will never be free. This is a monstrous and huge injustice by the Dalai Lama. However if Vaj can continue to turn our attention away from the millions slaughtered in Tibet as the result of the DL's misguided intentions and focus instead on how "TM doesn't work" and "Maharishi charges too much for meditation", he is accomplishing what he set out to do here on FFL and other forums. Don't look at poor, miserable, downright fucked Tibet. Instead focus all that misplaced anger and frustration on on MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI. Yeah, that's the ticket! Vaj is a fraud and a liar. The guy never learned, practiced or taught TM. He has learned though how to build a fantastically distracting story about Maharishi and TM, attempting to mask Tibet's destruction as a result of the egomaniacal intentions of his hero, the Dalai Lama. Sorry Vaj, but WE SEE RIGHT THROUGH YOU AND THAT KALI YUGA "MR. NICE GUY". Oh, and as Maharishi used to say, JAI GURU DEV.
