--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, defenders_of_bhakti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock <jedi_spock@> wrote: > > > > > > Someone called Gerbil accused Maharishi of taking our own > teachings and giving it back to us.?? His teachings got better and > better over time.?? > > It's called the Pizza effect. I realized it, when I saw a modern > middle class Indian woman circumbulating the Mothers shrine at Ramana > Ashram, with a copy of 'Power of Now' under her arm, while the pundits > were conducting a Shri Chakra puja. 'The Power of Now' and Deepak > Chopra Books are prominently displayed in all bookstores I had seen in > India, as well as with all street vendors. > > "Lack of confidence in one's own culture, combined with the blind > acceptance of all things new and foreign, has resulted in what social > scientists term the "pizza-effect". The pizza, originally the simple > unleavened bread of Italy, accompanied early emigrants to America, > where it became embellished with cheese, anchovies and pepperoni, > totally transformed from the original. > > Year later, the pizza made its triumphant return to Italy, where the > new product was eagerly accepted and given pride of place in Italian > cuisine. > > In similar fashion, traditional Lankan culture has become obscured and > misunderstood when it is analyzed and dissected using the prism of > modem thought. Nevertheless, this puzzling by-product of essentially > Western thinking is proudly reintroduced and naively accepted as > though it were the original genuine Lankan culture itself." > > http://kataragama.org/news/eclipse.htm > > Basically Indian teachings are getting westernized, and then > reimported to India, were an eager upcoming Middle Class is just > waiting for it. > > [ As an aside about 'Power of Now', just for curiosities sake: Its > basically a copy of a Barry Long book, of whom 'Eckhart' (really > Ulrich) Tolle was a disciple, who was published in the 80's and quite > unsuccesful. Tolle basically rewrote it, its full of Barry Long > teachings. Also the title 'Power of Now' was the theme Tolle had got > by the group: He theme at the time was 'Power' AND 'Now'. I heard that > Tolle copies Long even up to the style of sweaters he wears. All in > all it reminds me of the stories of Chopra and SSRS ] >
MMY is very mainstream Hindu compared to some organizations. I sat in on a Nichiren meeting last night at the invitation of my Japanese teacher. Very superficial interpretation of things, IMHO, but nice people. ------------------------ 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/
