Except for the ones who behave like sudras. ;-)
On 02/12/2014 11:20 AM, Share Long wrote:
noozguru, I guess that means that everyone in the FFLounge is a
brahmin (-:
On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 1:00 PM, Bhairitu
<noozg...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
The levels of the caste system seem to play out in nature BUT people
are not locked into any particular caste. It has more to do with
dharma. I've heard Indians lecture that anyone who pursues
intellectual achievement is a brahmin.
On 02/12/2014 04:48 AM, Michael Jackson wrote:
and exactly what does that mean given the fact that the caste system
was a bullshit deal set up by the brahmins to ensure their continued
domination in their society?
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On Wed, 2/12/14, jr_...@yahoo.com <mailto:jr_...@yahoo.com>
<jr_...@yahoo.com> <mailto:jr_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: VERY interesting take on the vedas
by an Indian writer
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 5:44 AM
Lawson,
Compared
to the general American public, TMers can be considered as
brahmins, or twice born, since all of us have gone through
the initiation to the meditation tradition of Gurudev.
But there are those TMers who have relinquished this
title by words and actions.
Also,
by reason, those who have earned to become a brahmin should
be considered as such. But not all persons born to the
brahmin caste are qualified to be considered as one if they
don't act accordingly. IMO, that's where the
present caste system in India has failed to
recognize..
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>, <LEnglish5@...>
<mailto:LEnglish5@...>
wrote:
Maharishi's
take on these things was often exactly what he heard from
Gurudev. I've read comments from famous gurus/spiritual
leaders in India who knew Gurudev and then heard Maharishi
speak, and they basiclly said he did a good job of
channeling his guru.
And
really, that is all he ever claimed he was doing for most of
the history of the TM organization.
He
made it clear where he changed things: he chose to use
"householder" mantras, and he simplified things as
much as he possibly could with respect to teaching TM, and
may have simplified the practice itself. But he never
explained in detail the changes or what Gurudev taught him
exactly.
But,
my friend Anoop Chandola had a chance to meet the successor
to Gurudev named in the will, and asked the question:
"What about this Maharishi who is with the Beatles? Is
he legitimate?"
The
answer was: "Let me put it this way: he would be my
first as my successor, but they won't allow it due to
the caste laws."
So...
whatever Maharishi said about such things, it was probably
similar to what Gurudev said.
L
