--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> 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. >
All it really shows is that Barry hadn't read the original post, since it was MY interpretation that MMY had just justified his non- shankaracharyahood based on the rumor I'd heard that once the jyotish started to read his chart, he put two and two together and realized someone with that family name from that part of India was low-caste by Indian law. ------------------------ 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/
