--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@...> wrote: > > 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.
That's an interesting analysis. Everyone knows that the 2 most fanatic critics of Maharishi and the TMO, Turq and Vaj are both so-called Buddhists, which is hardly a coincidence.
