--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Q: It's 1979 - who's missing from this picture? > > A: Swami Shantinand. > > Q: Why is he excluded? > > A. The other three (the Shankaracharya of Sringeri, the Shankaracharya of > Puri, and the > Shankaracharya of Dwarka) did not invite him. > > Q: So whom did they invite? > > A: Swami Swaroopanand. > > Q: Why did they invite him? > > A. Obviously they consider him the legitimate Shankarcharya of Jyotir Math. > > Q: So you mean Swami Shantinand doesn't really count? > > A: Obviously not in the eyes of the Shankaracharya of Sringri, the > Shankaracharya of Puri, and the Shankaracharya of Dwarka. > > Q: But does it really matter what they think? > > A: In the eyes of the Shankarcharya tradition, what do you think? >
Politics, ain't it wonderful?
