--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nablus108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> 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. >
Sounds like he's very popular though, which means he gives people something they want. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/jDk17A/gOaOAA/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/
