While I can't say I'm an "expert" in Vedic "culture" my guess would be that since Mahesh was not from a "twice-born" caste he could NOT become a swami and therefore could not wear the saffron robes...but he could and did become a brahmacharin and thus wore white.
It's a caste thing. On 9/12/05 8:57 PM, "off_world_beings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In this picture can anyone give an in-depth and precise definition and > cultural/historical account of why Maharishi in this photo wears > white, and everyone else is the orange sadhu color? Thanks. OffWorld > > http://www.maharishi.it/images/Personaggi/GuruDev/GuruDev_india_250.jpg ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
