Guest guest Posted January 17, 2001 Report Share Posted January 17, 2001 Dear Rob, I just realized a possible interpretation error. When you'd mentioned Ranjit Maharaj, I assumed Nisargadatta had a brother named Ranjit since it happens to be a very popular Indian Name. To my knowledge Sri Ranjit Maharaj the Guru is not Nisargadatta's biological brother. They may be called brothers in the sense that they were both disciples of Siddharameshwar. I may be wrong about this but I've talked to people who met Ranjit Maharaj and they'd never mentioned Nisargadatta and Ranjit were brothers. Best regards, Hur Nisargadatta , " Rob Sacks " <editor@r...> wrote: > But according to a biography of Sri Ranjit Maharaj, > Nisargadatta's younger brother, which somebody > posted on HinduNet.org, Ranjit lived with that same > guru as a disciple from 1924 to 1936. > > It seems very strange to me that Nisargadatta didn't > meet his brother's guru until a friend introduced > him, even though his brother had been living at the > guru's house for about seven years at that point. > > Can anybody shed some light on this? > > Thanks, > > Rob > (Rob Sacks, http://www.realization.org) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2001 Report Share Posted January 17, 2001 Hi Hur, I think you're right. Somebody I trust told me in an email that they are brothers, and I believed it. But I haven't seen that in writing anywhere else. I think he must have jumped to a wrong conclusion from seeing them described as " brother gurus " which, I assume, has to do with their having had the same authority in their lineage. Thanks for the help. Regards, Rob - " Hur " <Hur1 <Nisargadatta > Wednesday, January 17, 2001 3:57 AM Oh brother! > Dear Rob, > > I just realized a possible interpretation error. When you'd > mentioned Ranjit Maharaj, I assumed Nisargadatta had a brother named > Ranjit since it happens to be a very popular Indian Name. To my > knowledge Sri Ranjit Maharaj the Guru is not Nisargadatta's > biological brother. They may be called brothers in the sense that > they were both disciples of Siddharameshwar. I may be wrong about > this but I've talked to people who met Ranjit Maharaj and they'd > never mentioned Nisargadatta and Ranjit were brothers. > > Best regards, > > Hur > > > Nisargadatta , " Rob Sacks " <editor@r...> wrote: > > > But according to a biography of Sri Ranjit Maharaj, > > Nisargadatta's younger brother, which somebody > > posted on HinduNet.org, Ranjit lived with that same > > guru as a disciple from 1924 to 1936. > > > > It seems very strange to me that Nisargadatta didn't > > meet his brother's guru until a friend introduced > > him, even though his brother had been living at the > > guru's house for about seven years at that point. > > > > Can anybody shed some light on this? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rob > > (Rob Sacks, http://www.realization.org) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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