TM'ers are sheltered and don't know even the basics of Indian tradition
especially how one becomes a swami or an acharya. From what I know of
MMY he was never an acharya so it would be considered inappropriate for
him to be in the holy tradition or a "guru dev" himself. I've never
even read if he was ever given a swami title which can be granted at an
earlier stage. It also depends on how the Shankara tradition hands out
titles.
On 12/03/2014 10:37 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
Did you have the tradition painting at your puja? I just had the GD
portrait.
Come to think of it, we had a massive holy tradition painting
/without/ Maharishi in it at both academies I lived in. And I remember
thinking the one with him in it was a bit rubbish when I first saw it.
Like they'd added him in that pose to associate him with the others
but in a fake devotional way rather than the "I'm just as good as
them" way that they - and undoubtably he - liked to be thought of.
Or is my memory bad and he's always been there?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <LEnglish5@...> wrote :
Well, we all know what the original painting that Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi commissioned to show his position within the Shankaran tradition
looks like:
http://www.meru.ch/uploads/images/Vedic+Tradition.jpg
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http://www.meru.ch/uploads/images/Vedic+Tradition.jpg
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Here's the version used by students of Thom Knoles when they teach
"Vedic Meditation":
There will be no levitating. Expect no unicorns.
<http://www.popsugar.com.au/fitness/photo-gallery/36184832/image/36202196/levitating-Expect-unicorns>
image
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There will be no levitating. Expect no unicorns.
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My second meeting with Matt was another one-on-one. Matt warned me
that there would be a ceremony to start, during which I would be given
a mantra...
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And here's the version used by devotees of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
http://bawandinesh.name/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/guru-parampara1.jpg
image
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No violation of copyright obviously, even though the original painting
was commissioned BY Maharishi and was his own design, from what I
understand.
