[FairfieldLife] Re: Gandharva Veda, per a previous Sankaracharya

2009-06-04 Thread Randy Meltzer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On Jun 4, 2009, at 2:59 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > >> &

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy - on Mahesh

2009-06-04 Thread Randy Meltzer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Randy Meltzer" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: Hey Vaj, I forgot to mention in my previous post that I had a meeting with Shankaracharya Swaroopananda who as you may know is the other

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy - on Mahesh

2009-06-04 Thread Randy Meltzer
saint (which is the common expression for any of > these types of people in India) is not justified? > > > > I think many of us here have some issues with some of the things he has > done, or the way he ran his organization etc., but still there is > nothing wrong with show

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy - on Mahesh

2009-06-04 Thread Randy Meltzer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jun 4, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Jun 4, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: > >> > &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy - on Mahesh

2009-06-04 Thread Randy Meltzer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jun 4, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: > > > So Vaj, if you don't consider him a maharishi or a yogi, what are > > you doing on this forum? Do you feel its your job to somehow > > bri

[FairfieldLife] To Vaj- on Maharishi

2009-06-04 Thread Randy Meltzer
So Vaj, if you don't consider him a maharishi or a yogi, what are you doing on this forum? Do you feel its your job to somehow bring the light of knowledge to all us ignorant Tmers? Why do you waste so much of your time on this...? And no matter what you think of him, show some respect. He d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gandharva Veda, per a previous Sankaracharya

2009-06-04 Thread Randy Meltzer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: >Hey vaj, Why do you insist on calling Maharishi, Mahesh? For whatever reason he went by that name (and I have read all the various stories of whether the name was conferred officially or people just started calling him that, or whatever the reaso

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was "What is Enlightenment?" - MMY

2009-06-02 Thread Randy Meltzer
uch time with his endless claims of insider > knowledge. Vaj is a hack parading as an american nath-guru and advanced > dzogchenpa. Mostly he just makes this stuff up. Hey emptybill, thanks for this > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On

[FairfieldLife] To Vaj- Gandharva Veda

2009-06-02 Thread Randy Meltzer
Hey Vaj, Your take and mine are obviously different on the whole shankaracharya/vaishnavite thing and it made me wonder what your take on Gandharva veda is. That is to say, in your opinion, was what MMY was promoting as Gandharva Veda, actually Gandharva Veda music? Just wondering what you hav

[FairfieldLife] For Rick

2009-06-01 Thread Randy Meltzer
Hi Rick, I just returned from Seattle today and Amma happen to be there so I thought I would go and see her. I have seen her before but not in many years. My experience with her was the same as every other time I have seen her, which is, this is also very nice, but frankly I don't see the big

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was "What is Enlightenment?" - MMY

2009-06-01 Thread Randy Meltzer
Both ashrams seemed very traditional ashram like. Not at all TM like. I plan on visiting Kanchipuram in the fall. > > On Jun 1, 2009, at 12:36 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: > > >> > >> Depends on a number of things really Lurk. A big one for me is 'what > >> d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was "What is Enlightenment?" - MMY

2009-06-01 Thread Randy Meltzer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On May 31, 2009, at 9:26 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: > > > "Randy Meltzer" wrote: > > > >> Any comments Vaj? > >> > > > > I have noticed sometimes at this point the call

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was "What is Enlightenment?" - MMY

2009-06-01 Thread Randy Meltzer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On May 31, 2009, at 9:26 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: > > > "Randy Meltzer" wrote: > > > >> Any comments Vaj? > >> > > > > I have noticed sometimes at this point the call

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was "What is Enlightenment?" - MMY

2009-05-31 Thread Randy Meltzer
rhaps you are right and I am wrong. I guess my 16 trips there taught me nothing. > > On May 31, 2009, at 7:20 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" > > wrote: > >> Hey empty bill > > > > Thanks for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was "What is Enlightenment?" - MMY

2009-05-31 Thread Randy Meltzer
way, as far as Bhaja Govindam is concerned, Govinda was the name > of Shankara's guru, who was also a direct disciple of the famous advaita > teacher Gaudapada. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On May 31, 2009, at 2:08

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was "What is Enlightenment?" - MMY

2009-05-31 Thread Randy Meltzer
than Vaj. I am open to someone else who is knowledgable to comment on this. Vaj thinks he knows something about this, but I don't believe he does. > > On May 31, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Randy Meltzer wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was "What is Enlightenment?" - MMY

2009-05-31 Thread Randy Meltzer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: >Vaj, What makes you think that the shankaracharya tradition is a "vaishnavite" group? The shankaracharya order has always been a shiva tradition, not a Vishnu tradition (vaishnavites are vishnu/krishna followers). Its obvious even from the name.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was "What is Enlightenment?" - MMY

2009-05-30 Thread Randy Meltzer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: >Hey Vaj, I would like to respond to your comment in this post about the "bought" shankaracharyas. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I am assumming that you mean that the Shantinand-VishnuDevand-Vasudevananda line has been somehow manipulate

[FairfieldLife] What were the lawsuits against MMY?

2009-05-29 Thread Randy Meltzer
I have heard in a variety of places including this forum that Maharishi could not enter the US and India after a certan point because if he did he would have been served with legal papers. Does anyone know the details of these cases and why he would have been served?

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy

2009-02-17 Thread Randy Meltzer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Feb 17, 2009, at 6:26 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: > > >> What post or posts are you referring to Randy? > > > > I am referring to any and all posts where you seem to indicate that > > TM has no valid

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Vaj

2009-02-17 Thread Randy Meltzer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Feb 17, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: > > > As a reader of this forum, I notice that Vaj is a frequent > > contributor. > > So Vaj, what are you trying to accomplish? > > Fine you don

[FairfieldLife] To Vaj

2009-02-17 Thread Randy Meltzer
As a reader of this forum, I notice that Vaj is a frequent contributor. So Vaj, what are you trying to accomplish? Fine you don't like TM, Maharishi or the TM movement. WE GET IT! Do you have to keep trying to prove your point over and over ad naseum? Don't you realize that those of us who are

[FairfieldLife] Re: An interesting meeting in 1959

2008-12-06 Thread Randy Meltzer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > I recognize Charlie and Maharishi. I'm guessing the woman on the left > is Charlie's wife. Who is the Indian woman? > Everyone called her Mataji. She