--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You seem to be forgetting that Shantinand was eventually declared by a later > version of the same committee to be unqualified so he stepped down.
After 20+ years of service. He nominated Vishndevananda in his place who was also on the will that SBS allegedly made. When Vishnudevananda died, he nominated Vasudevananda, who was never a direct disciple of Gurudev. A new court hearing challenged him since wasn't a direct disciple, and Swarupananda was given a better standing by court fiat. Shatananda was declared "unqualified" because he was a cook, basically. The fact that he was Gurudev's oldest disciple didn't matter to the scholars. > > "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Peter wrote: > > What is the point of this thread? > > > Does it have to have a point, Peter? Some people just feel better when > they have someone to talk to. Is that alright with you, if I talk with > some of the TMers on this list? > > > You seem to be trying to make some point about MMY that I'm not > > getting. > > > The point is that the Swami Shankaracharya told some fibs to Robert > Kropinsky, so I'd like to set the record straight. So, I thought I'd > bring the subject up again for discussion. Do you have any comments to > make concerning the Mahesh Yogi being the clerk of Jyotirmath? > > The name Mahesh doesn't appear on any of the Trust's literature and > there's no mention of a Mahesh Yogi being in the will as an > administrator. If you accept any of the above scenarios - the poison > rumor - the clerk rumor - I just don't see how a clerk is going to be > sitting on the bed at the point of the demise of a Shankaracharya, or > even in the same room with one, for that matter. > > That is, unless you want to suggest that the Mahesh Yogi was much more > than a mere clerk, much more than a secretary, which would contradict > the statement by the Swami Swaroopanand in the Kropinsky interview to > the effect that Mahesh Yogi was a part-time, low-level, paper pusher > of low caste. > > If so, how did the Mahesh Yogi become so powerful that he could > outsmart the Indian press and a whole committee of pundits down in > Kashi and get Swami Shantinand on the Gaddi? Go figure. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
