--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 21, 2006, at 7:41 PM, Vaj wrote: > > > > > On Jun 21, 2006, at 7:29 PM, new.morning wrote: > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > >>> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>>>> He's also had 2.5 million people show up for a massive > >> meditation > >>>>>>>> session last February 17 in his hometown of Bangalore! > >>>>>>>> > >> > >> > >> > >>> A few hundred thousand people (according to the reports Icould find) > >> is not 2.5 million. > >>> SOunds like SSRS has taken a page from MMY's PR manual. > >> > >> Following is a pre-event announcement. 2 lakh = 200,000. > >> > >> This event has drawn international attention and over 2 lakh people > >> are expected to take part in Mahakriya supervised by Sri Sri Ravi > >> Shankar. > >> http://www.newindpress.com/2006/artofliving/index.asp > >> > >> > >> The Aol sites reports: > >> > >> Watching the crowds, crossing one million every day for 3 days, > >> > >> (did any come for more than one day?) > >> > >> http://www.silverjubilee.org/index.htm > > > > > > Thanks, beautiful website for the event. Quite incredible. This is > > what I like to see in a worldwide movement! > > > It sounds like it may have also been the largest mantra initiation in > history: > > "Around 9.45 pm a pin drop silence descended as Sri Sri administered > the meditation technique to the assembly." > > http://www.silverjubilee.org/day1.htm > > Wow--that is incredible.
Just for the record, this was a *huge* spectacle, with lots of entertainment--music, singing, chanting, dancing--and speeches by prominent persons. Something for everybody, a great big party. At one point on the third evening he had the whole crowd doing the breathing techniques. That must have been a sight to behold. > > It seems clear to me after all this that M.'s earlier press > conference remarks was most likely referring to SSRS, not > independents. He was giving his blessing to SSRS...and boy did the > disciple follow through! > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
