--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > For #4, clearly M. gives an intro path and then talks on big "E" > > but never gives the full path, esp. regarding the finer techniques > > for realization, which are simply missing. > > Unless the techniques he teaches are in themselves a > full path, of course. > > <snip> > > #6 does not really apply in the sense conveyed but should be > > adjusted to the situation at hand. Put it this way, M. has > > an "entourage". Who are the entourage and how does one get to be in > > the group of sees him? Who are those who get satsang and is this a > > traditional satsang or a westernized version? > > > > #7 In this case perhaps translated 'does the guru give satsang in > > a way which is foreign to the culture'. If one considers satsang > > as free or by donation in traditional Indian culture are those who > > are granted satsang with M. made to pay (either with money or > > their complete lives)? In other words, has he distorted the manner > > in which students come to see and "hang" with their teacher? > > Clearly this is "yes" as most people never get to ever meet M. in > > person, let alone talk to him. Those who do, pay a price. > > Clearly it would be impossible for most TMers to meet > and hang with MMY in the manner that's traditional in > Indian culture. > > Part of the problem with evaluating MMY according to the > standard criteria is that he is not a standard guru > (isn't a guru at all, for that matter, except in the most > generic sense of the term). For many of the criteria, > it's apples and oranges. > > > #8 The recent description in a book with excepts posted here gives > > the following description: > > > > "One late night, after the guests had gone and our work was > > finished, we relaxed with Maharishi in his spacious and silky suite > > inside the old monastery." and the place itself is described as an > > "impenetriable fortress". > > > > Not your typical monks digs... > > The description ain't all that recent. From what I've read, > he doesn't live in the monastery building any longer; he has > his own Stapathyavedically correct quarters that were built > for him. But even a "spacious and silky suite" doesn't really > amount to "opulence," nor does "impenetrability." > > No, not your typical monk's digs, but then how many > typical monks run global corporations, and could they > even do so in typical monk's digs? >
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