--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 13, 2006, at 10:49 AM, jim_flanegin wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > >> I wonder if anyone has ever tried to get the CIA reports on > >> > > Mahesh > > > >> via the Freedom of Information Act? That would be interesting to > >> > > see. > > > >> > >> > > Interesting point- Prompted by your remark, I was searching both the > > Department of State and CIA websites just now for references to TM, > > Maharishi, and the Dalai Lama. Not much on TM- A couple of > > references on the State Dept. website regarding relgious freedom in > > Austria and the Netherlands. > > > Isn't this the religious party M. backs? If so, no wonder the CIA has > their eyes on him! Perhaps the TMO is just a front org for milking > the cash-laden untouchables of the west. > > http://www.proxsa.org/politics/hindutva/partha.html >
Don't think so. The ABP disbanded, but I don't think it joined one of the major parties.Think it merged with another minor party some time ago. http://www.allstates-flag.com/fotw/flags/in%7D.html#abp Ajeya Bharat Party Ajeya Bharat Party has been founded with the pure and pious intention to establish life in happiness, peace, unprecedented prosperity, equality, health, invincibility, and wholeness for all time to come. As an aside, Vasudevananda is with the VHP though it is not affiliated with any specific part and has support from at least some of the BJP. Swaroopananda is anti-VHP and his association with the BJP appears to go up and down Incidentally, Swaroopananda was a close friend of one of the Gandhis, which could explain a lot of the political maneuvering in his favor over Swaroopananda. Here's a fun little news item: Hindu News Today's Headlines Six hurt as followers of two seers clash 2005-02-09 Published by The Hindu Gathered by Press Trust of India ALLAHABAD,FEBRUARY 9: At least six people were injured in a clash between followers of two seers at the Magh Mela area near here, police said on wednesday. Trouble erupted last night when devotees of Dwarka Sharda Peeth Shankaracharya Swaroopananda Saraswati barged into the camp of Jyotishpeeth Badrikashram Pontiff Vasudevananda Saraswati to serve a court order to the latter, Circle Officer Rajesh Yadav, told PTI here. The followers of both camps came to blows and the situation was brought under control only after a police party reached the site and used mild force to quell the mob. Police lodged an FIR on behalf of Swami Vasudevananda accusing Swami Sswaroopananda and his followers of creating disturbance at his camp and assaulting his devotees, Yadav said. Tension has been brewing for some time between the two seers over the issue of control of the Jyotishpeeth Badrikashram, which is at present controlled by Swami Vasudevananda.
