--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > In the years before the "house" in Rishikesh was built, 50 % of > the > > initiating fees from all over the world, went to India to build > > the "house". With that in mind - I think the house should have > been > > worthy millions of Dollars - . So where did all the money go? > > Ingegerd > > > > > > > > > > > > The house and ashram would have been built and completed before > the Beatles > > era began. Initiation's were few, teacher training courses small, > and fees > > very small and not always collected back then. The movement was > not worth > > millions before the Beatles came along. Also the Movement did have > to lease the > > land from the Indian government because it was built in a > national forest. I > > have no idea what the cost of the lease was but I hear it has > since expired and > > never renewed. I wish I had a photo of the place. M's house was a > small > > bungalow, maybe 1600 square ft. far from a mansion and nothing > like what he lives > > in today. I think in one of my earlier posts I may have said > 16000 square > > feet, if I did, I meant 1600. > > 50% of 1/2 month salary, which was the course fee, when I learned TM > in 1962, went to India. It was not that many TM-Teachers, but the > teaching was different, not much following-up by the teacher. I > received the Mantra one day, and met the teacher the next day to > check the Mantra. And that was it. So my teacher went around > Scandinavia, and initiated thousands of people - it was really big > courses because it was so new. I think other countries had the same > experiences. > Ingegerd > > >
Traditionally, 50% of the initiation fee has been earmarked for "national" (and internationl) use. Sounds like that hasn't changed since 1962, though perhaps the recerts have a new way of handling the money. ------------------------ 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/
