> > > > > > > > > > > > > Who do you think was more revolutionary in their attempt to change > > > > the world? > > > > Maharishi or Yogananda? Yogananda certainly paved the way for > > > > Maharishi in the West.
Revolutionary? By some definitions I'd wager that Maharishi was more radical. By scope. > > Maharishi may have had the most scope by virtue of the change of technology > during his 50 years in the West. > > > > > Yogananda was in the West and America for about 3 decades. Maharishi for > > 5. Autobiography of a Yogi has probably sold more and influenced way more > > towards authentic spirituality and practicing mysticism than some number of > > meditators who may have learned TM in the culture. > > > > As I ask around here, mecca of TM, most people read Autobiography of a Yogi > > before they came to and started TM way back when. AOB has been a > > preferred book sale all along in the spiritual section. TM effectively > > disappeared from the 11980's. Yogananda numbers is possibly the more > > influential in culture of the two. > > > > > > > > > > > Interesting question. They both come from the same caste. > > > > > > But Yogananda had a guru-sishya relationship with which to receive > > > all the yogic wisdom he passed onto his students. > > > > > > Maharishi, despite the immense advertising efforts of his followers, > > > has been revealed for what he is. It's still broadcast on American > > > television weekly. He has no guru-sishya relationship. He molested > > > numerous women, while claiming to be a lifelong celibate. And he > > > never, ever trained as a yogi - even his yoga asana course was done > > > by someone else! What kind of yogi is that? > > > > > > Yogananda on the other hand was declared a Paramahamsa yogi by his > > > own master. > > > > > > Heck, even George Harrison left TM to follow Yogananda's teachings. > > > > > >
