--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> In this picture can anyone give an in-depth and precise definition
and
> cultural/historical account of why Maharishi in this photo wears
> white, and everyone else is the orange sadhu color? Thanks. OffWorld
>
In the same way as other's describe; Maharishi is not born of a
brahman family; but is Kyastra; warrior caste;
And perhaps he stood out, even in the early days;
With Guru Dev; that he would be the one to go out;
And be the destoyer of ignorance;
Which his name: Mahesh also is a derivative of Shiv
I'm not so sure it's a caste thing at all. The link below says that
when one becomes a shankaracharya, he removes his sacred thread and
becomes a sanyasi (in Guru Dev's case, he had already become a
sanyasi long before becoming Shankaracharya) and thus does not
belong to any caste or varna, so
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I'm not so sure it's a caste thing at all. The link below says
that
> when one becomes a shankaracharya, he removes his sacred thread
and
> becomes a sanyasi (in Guru Dev's case, he had already become a
> sanyasi lon
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > I'm not so sure it's a caste thing at all. The link below says
> that
> > when one becomes a shankaracharya, he removes his sacred t
All true;
But I still believe that Maharishi's wearing white;
Is symbolic of purity, an essence of the Yogi, Shiva;
His task, that Guru Dev, originally realized;
"Be the destroyer of ignorance, on this earth,
to every corner"
And why Maharishi is above all else;
A 'Destroyer of Ignorance' an
