Sounds weird but if they do yajnas for all sentient beings every day then that will be cool. He is focusing on the Rudram Chamakam Namakam for his pundits too. I guess limiting what they have to learn. Imagine when these pundits get so bored they can't stand chanting any more.
Chanting machines. Spiritual slavery it sounds like. I think it's misguided. But then, I don't think worshipping God is all there is to life unless you consider living life the best worship. I don't think any amount of yajnas can change the basic moral character of many sentient beings. Nor can any mystical mumbo jumbo prevent exploitation and slavery and injustice of the small and individuated against the huge, the institutional, the exploitative, the rich or the powerful. The small must always have a speaker for them and the Movement is not a place for redress of grievances or for justice or honor in transaction. May these pundits have good lives, fulfilling their own desires in the process of them being used, and become liberated in the process. May Shree guide them. At any rate this article brings up the fact of huge mambo becoming the real focus of the Movement. ----- Original Message ----- From: "TurquoiseB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 4:17 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Veda Park in Deutschland > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <no_reply@> wrote: >> > >> > (Visit page >> > http://excellenceinaction.globalgoodnews.com/06-aug/india3.html for >> > further information on the peace-creating power of groups of Vedic >> > Pandits.) >> >> Wow. I spent the day editing product announcements. >> >> Pundits as product. What a concept. > > I'm a little surprised that no one else has commented > on this particular Web page. It seems to me that there > are several interesting things about it. > > First, it seems clear that the future of the TM move- > ment is spelled out here. There has been a shift in > the marketing paragidm. They are no longer positioning > themselves as providers of a meditation product for > individual consumers; they are now positioning themselves > as providers of Indian boys who will chant and meditate > for you so that you don't have to. I find that interesting. > > I also find the primary photo on the web page pretty > interesting. Maharishi's photo is at the top, but the > photo of the person who is really *providing* the new > product (pundits) is of Girish Varma. It seems to me > that this advertisement could actually be seen as the > first official acknowledgement that the reins of > power within the movement -- at least the *financial* > power -- are being shifted in his direction. This is, > after all, the first publication I've ever seen in > the TM movement that makes it crystal clear that when > you send in your check or make your wire transfer, the > money goes directly to Girish Varma. > > Interesting. > > > > > > 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 > > >
