Do you recall what the monks attitude or position on his attitude towards Christianity?
________________________________ From: curtisdeltablues <curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2012 7:37 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > Wow - wonder who's point of view is the true one? They both accurately express the two versions of his teaching, what sounds the best for PR and what he taught to people he trusted more with his candid opinion. But even as he tries to give positive marketing lip service to Christianity, he was expressing his view that Christianity's true goals should mirror the Hindu religion's emphasis on Self-realization. It does not, and him claiming it doesn't make it so. This contempt for the goals of Christianity was not a point missed by the meditating monks I knew. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: nablusoss1008 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2012 6:28 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: And so this is Christmas > > > Â > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > If MMY did have a negative view of Christianity it was because of what he > > saw as its emphasis on suffering, which was directly contrary to his > > message that life is bliss. In that sense he had a disagreement with the > > interpreters of Christianity down through the ages, not with the founder > > himself. In an interview with a Swiss journalist in Majorca on November 23, > > 1971, Maharishi said, "I love Christ very much." He also said in the same > > interview, "TM is a friend of Christianity because it takes awareness to > > the field that Christ wanted everyone to enjoy." Then he added,"No > > Christian should suffer; it is not necessary. It is not good to propagate > > suffering in the name of Christ." He also used to refer to Christ as "Lord > > Christ." > > Maharishi on Christianity: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIWqJ8tJ8JU >