--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba wrote: > > May his soul rest in peace. > > According to what I have been told by Vedic experts, > Makar Sankranti (January 14th) is the day of the sun > going into Makara (Capricorn), and dying that day and > beyond, coming months during the sun gaining strength > time of the year, is protecting from rebirth. That is > the day of auspicious death. According to this belief, > Triguna will be coming back in some reincarnated form.
Cool. So according to these "experts," the 10,251,000 people who die every year during this period avoid reincarnation just by dying at the right time. Bummer for all those who thought they had to do some sort of spiritual sadhana to achieve that, eh? :-) > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > > > There is a sign up in Bagambhrini Dome saying how > > > > auspicious it is that he passed on the first day of > > > > silence in the new year. > > > > > > OK, commenting not to be nasty or insulting or anything > > > like that, just to see whether you understand the nature > > > of the world you live in, you DO understand, do you not, > > > that they would have said the same thing if Paul McCartney > > > had died on this day, or David Lynch? > > > > > > It's not about "auspiciousness." It's about the TMO trying > > > to co-opt *everything* related to a famous TMer to make it > > > All About Us. > > > > > > Triguna died. The Maharishi-invented "days of silence" > > > started. There is no relationship between the two events. > > > When someone tries to create one, I think it is justified > > > to ask "Why?" > > > > There IS a relationship only insofar as two things happened on the same > > day. Other than that it would be a stretch, in my opinion, to believe that > > he waited to die or was ordained to die on the same day as the first day of > > silence (whatever that is) and that that would be somehow auspicious. I > > also agree that the question "why" is not asked often enough. It seems > > there are a lot of 'faithful' at FFL; not that it is a bad thing but I > > prefer faith tempered with a healthy dose of questioning. > > > > > >
