--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 2, 2006, at 5:58 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Jan 2, 2006, at 11:23 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > >> > >>> on 1/2/06 9:28 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> > >>>> Different cultures define "caring" in different ways. The TMO's > >>>> founder is Hindu, and charity work isn't always the top of the > > list > >>>> for Hindus, I guess due to the reincarnation/karma thing. > >>> > >>> Amma's a Hindu, and it's at the top of her list. Karunamayi is a > >>> Hindu. She > >>> too sets up hospitals, schools, etc. Gandhi was a Hindu. The > > list > >>> goes on. > >> > >> Even Swami Rama, who was involved in severe sexual manipulation of > >> his female students, created hospitals, ashrams and methods to > > take > >> his students to full enlightenment--well beyond mere mantra > > meditation. > >> > > > > And MMY is credited (along with Deepak Chopra!!!) doing more than > > anyone else in bringing Ayurveda to the West. And let's not forget > > that one of his students started the modern craze to look > > scientifically at meditation effects. > > He certainly helped, but really research had been going on long > before that.
True, but look at the pre-Wallace publication in Nature, and the post- Wallace publication in Nature. A HUGE upswing in published reports resulted from Kieth's doctoral thesis being published in one of th emost important general science journals. No-one had had research on meditation published at that level before, and it legitimatized the field. > > I'm not sure who popularized Ayurveda the most. There were a lot of > people doing it at the same time. For example the best seller _Diet > and Nutrition_ from Sw. Rama's fold I believe was long before the > MAPI craze. > I'm only going by what is said in the New Age and Ayurvedic circles, both here and in India. Also, the Indian newspapers say that MMY and Chopra are the ones responsible, so... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
