--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:24 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > >> > > >> The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which > > >> says he has instructed over 20 million people in meditation. > > >> > > >> Is that more than TM? > > >> > > >> He's also had 2.5 million people show up for a massive meditation > > >> session last February 17 in his hometown of Bangalore! > > >> > > >> Way to go Ravi! > > >> > > > > > > > > > BTW, where is the independent Indian newspaper coverageof this 2.5 > > > million person > > > meditation. Even by Hindu standards, that's a HUGE gathering of > > > people. And, unless most of > > > them are from Bangalore, that's a HUGE strain on the local > > > infrastructure. How many broken > > > sewer lines? How many new turds floating in the street's open > > > sewers, etc? Where did the > > > water come from? The food? The parking? The housing? > > > > The WIE article has details. There's lot of stuff you don't see-- like > > him sending delegations volatile Kashmir, etc. > > > > The WIE has details provided by him and his people. Where's the independent articles? > This Ravi Shankar thing is mainly moodmaking; look into each others eyes and tell them you love them, hold each others hands and form a circle, blabla etcetc. The technique is far from what has been described as TM+advanced technique; it's just a simple pranayama, and Ravi is just a simple, but probably nice fellow that needs to do some serious sadhana. In a talkshow I watched in India he was asked how it felt to be a guru. He blushed intensely, denying he was a guru, the whole thing got very comical. The fellow abviously wants to be a guru, but does not have the credidentials.
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