Guest guest Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 RamanaMaharshi, Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs> wrote: > Here are some considered thoughts on Western Advaita Teachers and the distinction that needs to be > made between them and Jnanis . > > The Advaita [still proliferating]Teachers of the Western World, who are often gifted > communicators with attractive personalities, are by no means Sages. I am personally friendly with > many of them, and I am sure they are too honest ever to make such a claim and would all agree > with this thesis. Their vasanas [inborn accumalated habits and tendencies] are still observably > active, <snip> > *I would exclude Ramesh S.Balsekar ,a longstanding devotee of Sri Ramana, Maharshi , and direct > pupil of Nisagadatta Maharaj from this overview as my forthcoming book 'The Wisdom of Balsekar'an > anthology of his written works , approved by him, with a foreward by Wayne Liquorman will > illustrate.It is not being released by Watkins Publishing until the Summer. > > ===== > alan jeez Alan...considering that you are nearly in a position to be in some sort of competitive relationship with these guys, I hope you don't mind that I take your criticism with a grain of salt. Good luck with the book. Of course, I can't help feeling that Sri Ramana himself would not applaud your efforts at making the goal so unreachable and placing him on so lofty a seat. namaste, Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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