--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, m2smart4u2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > From: Michael Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 22:00:01 -0500 > > > To: Michael Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Conversation: Purusha's descent from Heavenly Mountain unto Earth > > > Subject: Purusha's descent from Heavenly Mountain unto Earth > > > > > <snip> > > This strikes me as a strange group for the West. Unlike Thailand > or > > India, we have no tradition here of directly supporting monks. And > > unlike the traditional monks like the Benedictines, aligned and > > supported by the Catholic church, these guys have to beg regularly > to > > support their lifestyles, living in poverty, and for what? It > seems > > like a very strange thing to put oneself through...building > castles in > > the air. > > They are not living in poverty though. The accomodations are very > high class, I imagine the food also is expensive organic food. They > may not have alot of cash, but compared to alot of America, they > live quite nicely and the lifestyle is not too rough. > I would not equate poverty with lack of cash entirely.
It was certainly not poverty in NC -- multi-room suites in a luxury resort type setting, working a couple hours a day. But that was with kaplan support. Typically MMY takes 50% off the top of all mov't projects, so out of the $1000 each purusha has to bring in each month about $500 will go to MMY and $500 to support the purusha. That will mean a drastic decline in quality of living conditions, ie. moldy livingston manor or a relatively nice place in lower cost of living India. ------------------------ 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/
