--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > An elitist superstition codified > > > > > is no less of an elitist superstition. > > > > > > > > Note that he justifies his own non-Shankaracharya-hood > > > > based on the Jyotish chart... > > > > > > I don't think I get your point, if you had one. > > > > > > Seems to me that to claim that caste is based > > > on one's Jyotish chart (it's not...it's based > > > on the caste of the birth parents) is a way to > > > claim that one is *eligible* for a position open > > > only to Brahmans simply because one can find an > > > astrologer willing to say that the person is a > > > "Brahman based on his chart." > > > > And yet, what if MMY *was* being considered for the position > > until his chart was made? Justifying his lack of position > > due to his chart certainly gives him an out that admitting > > that his family name was recognized as "unworthy" by the > > Jyotishi doesn't. > > I honestly don't know which strikes me as more > pathetic -- a man so insecure and vain as to still > be hung up on events that happened over 50 years > ago, still trying to justify them in his mind, or > a follower of that insecure man who is hung up > on the same thing.
P.S.: Just imagine what Barry would have said if MMY had attempted to claim he *was* qualified to be Shankaracharya. But damn, he didn't, so Barry has to find a way to dump on him for *not* doing so. 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/
