AW: Mouni Sadhu - Let us not be misguided.

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Dear Vicki,

I very much appreciate Mouni Sadhu's book - remember I had recommended

it to you a long time ago on this list, when you did not know it yet.

I think it's a wonderful book of great depth, one of my favorites for

more than thirty years, and I am very glad to know that it has been

reprinted in a small edition recently.

However, in saying that there has never been a Master who has run an

organization, Mouni Sadhu is sadly misguided himself. I will not

speak of my own Guru, Paramahansa Yogananda. But let us remember that

King Janaka, one of the illumined rishis, ran a whole country; that

Sri Krishna, though a great avatar, performed the duties of a noble

ruler and also as the commander-in-chief in the dreadful battle of

Kurukshetra; and that the whole swami order was completely

reorganized in all of India by Swami Shankara.

I love the wonderful quotes that you are posting here and elsewhere,

but part of this quote is completely amiss.

Kindest regards,

Michael

PS. I would be thankful if you could consider posting my reply on the other two lists, too.

Thank you very much.

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----Von: viorica weissman

[viorica (AT) zahav (DOT) net.il]Gesendet: Tuesday, March 26, 2002

20:32An: NamoRamana; ; NDSBetreff:

Mouni Sadhu - Let us not be misguided.

You ask : 'What about the numerous initiatory societies existing

in the modern world ?'

Let us not be misguided. If you want to give me a glass of water,

you must have water to give. Unless leaders of such organizations

are true Masters - perfect men - their teachings and books can be

little better than the mental speculation of a layman.

The teaching must be supported by the lives of the techers and give

us an unmistakable example of true realizarion. Your own Self will never

accept anything less . And until now I have never seen a Master

running an organization or a business. Think it over and the answer

will come of itself.

In Days of Great Peace , Mouni Sadhu

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