Franz Rickinger
2023-08-16 09:40:16 UTC
NO One...has accepted the validity...of the "Will"...
Mr. Perino - You are again attempting to mislead. There have been manyscholars, pundits, saints and sages in India who accepted the validity of
Guru Dev's will, including some of India's most revered saints such as Sri
Sri Anandamayi, Swami Chidanandji, Swami Prakashanandji, Swami
Chinmayanandandji and His Holiness, the Dalai Lama of Tibet.
You have presented nothing here but rhetoric to prove your point. There is
no mention of a 'pundit committee' in any of the seven major media outlets,
concerning anything to do with the validity of Guru Dev's will. And, you
haven't cited one single individual on the so-called 'committee' who ever
even made a public statement to this effect, except for the Swami
Swaroopanada, who thinks that Guru Dev was murdered. Get real!
Where is your evidence, Sir?
Therefore, your claim has no basis and is without merit. According to
reports in the Indian Press, Swami Shantanand was accepted as the
Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath.
The senior Shankaracharya of Jyotish Peeth, Swami Shantanand Saraswati Ji
Maharaj, died in Allahabad on Friday night at his Alopi Bagh Ashram. He was
90. The "jalsamadhi" of the Shankaracharya will be performed on Sunday at
Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. The body has been
kept in the ashram to enable the public to pay their respects. Senior
leaders of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, including Mr. Ashok Singhal,
dharmacharyas and disciples of the Shankaracharya are arriving here to
participate in the last rites of the Shankaracharya.
The Shankaracharya was born in Achati village of Basti district. He was the
third son of Pandit Lal Bihari Tiwari. After taking to "Vairagya" at 20, he
went to Geeta Press, Gorakhpur, and there he stayed from 1933 to 1939. After
that, he went to the ashram of Uria Baba in Vrindaban where he remained for
14 years and studied. In 1951, he took "sanyas" from Shankaracharya Swami
Brahmanand Saraswati of Jyotish Peeth.
PASSED ON: Senior, retired, Shankaracharya of Jyotir Peeth, Swami Shantanand
Saraswati Ji Maharaj, age ninety, on December 7, 1997, in Allahabad, India.
Senior leaders of the VHP participated in final rites. Swami became
Shankaracharya in 1953 after the death of his guru, Brahmanand Saraswati.
Swami Basudevanand Saraswati is his successor.
http://www.hinduismtoday.com/1998/3/1998-3-22.html
1. According to Vidyasankar Sundaresan, Santananda passed away in late 1997,
and Vasudevananda Sarasvati is the current representative of this lineage.
Vasudevananda Sarasvati was present during the appointment of a
Mahamandalesvara of the important Maharnirvani Akhada in 1995, according to
Hinduism Today. On February Santananda stepped down from the seat, in the
year 1985, in favor of his disciple, Swami Vishnudevananda Sarasvati.
However, Vishnudevananda Sarasvati passed away in 1990, when Santananda
Sarasvati was still alive. Following this, another disciple, Swami
Vasudevananda Sarasvati, was named as the successor.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgadkw/position/shank-jyot-ascii.html
2. In an interview with Robert Kropinsky the Swami Swaroopanand has stated
that Guru Dev left a will which clearly specified the names of those
individuals who were to assume the title and responsibilities of
Shankaracharya after Guru Dev's death. The will specifed that Swami
Shantanand was to succeed to the seat of the Shankaracharya of the North.
http://minet.org/Documents/shank-5
3. A Kumbh Darshan Peace Fair was organised in Haridwar which was
inaugurated by Swami Satmitranand, Swami Prakashanand and B.K. Dadi
Chandramani. The Raj Yoga Shivir there was inaugurated by Jagat Guru
Shankaracharya Shri Vishnu Devannand Saraswati and was visited by
Mahamandleshwar, Swami Harprakashanand of Prachin Avdhoot Ashram, Swami Uma
Bharti of Omeshwar Dham, Ved Bharti and Swami Kashikanand were also present.
http://www.brahmakumaris.org/history/
4. A Seminar was held in Vrindavan in which renowned scholars are taken part
in this seminar and the conversense is done on Bhagwat. Many renowned
scholars are invited every year in vrindavan seminar and a plenty of
conversion is done on Bhagwat. Many Scholars have participate in this
seminar Rashtriya Sant Morari Bapu, Swami Vamdevji Maharaj, Badrinath
Peethadhish Shankaracharya Shantananda Sarsawatiji, Gurusharnanandaji
Maharaj, Gausevi Sant Bharmachariji Maharaj, Shankaracharya Vasudevanandaji
Maharaj, Jagat Guru Devnarayana Acharyaji maharaj, jagat Guru
Sudarshancharyaji maharaj.
http://www.acharyapeeth.com/performence.htm
5. Highlights in the Life of H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji Maharaj
(Muniji). On the holy banks of the Triveni Sangam - the confluence of the
Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati -- we had a special yagna, pinddaan and tarpan
(special vedic rituals) and aarti on behalf of the departed souls. This
beautiful ceremony was graced by the holy presence of H.H. Pujya Shri
Shankaracharyaji Vasudevanandji Maharaj from Jyotirmath, H.H.
Mahamandaleshwar Pujya Swami Gurusharananandji Maharaj, H.H. Pujya Swami
Chidanand Saraswatiji (Muniji), H.H. Pujya Sant Shri Rameshbhai Oza
(Bhaishri), H.H. Pujya Brahmachari Brahmaswarupji, Professor Prema Pandurang
and many other great saints and distinguished guests. Special puja offered
into the waters of the Sangam by H.H. Sri Shankaracharyaji Vasudevanandji
Maharaj, Jyotirmath and the other revered saints.
http://www.solvit.com.au/parmarth/updates/jan2001/
6. Jadadguru Sri Shankaracharya Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati Maharaj,
Jyotirmatha, Badarikashram, Himalayas: "The Ganga and Yamuna, both rivers
are symbols of knowledge and love respectively. Similarly, unless you take
both influences, cold and hot, or Ganga and Yamuna, you cannot have proper
tattva jnana (knowledge of the primal elements). On this occasion, if you
observe silence and have a bath in sheetoshan jala (cold and hot water), it
will lead to a boost in your physical energy and improve your power to
think. When you utilize this energy and power to improve your behavior and
perform public service, you will do it with renewed vigor and inspiration
and finally emerge victorious and highly successful in life."
http://www.hinduismtoday.com/1996/4/1996-4-03.html
7. Prominent among the sants present at the Lucknow function were the
Shankaracharya of Jyotishpeeth, Swami Vasudevanand, Swami Chinmayanand and
almost the entire VHP top brass, including Ashok Singhal, Praveen Kumar
Togadia, Giriraj Kishore and Shrees Chand Dixit.
http://www.indianexpress.com/ie20020122/top3.html
8. Meanwhile, Sangh Parivar leaders like VHP Chief Ashok Singhal, Parishad's
Assistant Secretary Rajendra Singh Pankaj, RSS Chief K S Sudarshan, Swami
Vasudevanand, Shankaracharya of Jyotirpeeth and Mahant Nritya Gopaldas, a
well-known Ayodhya sant held a secret meeting at Gorakpur temple, 200 km
from Faizabad on December 4 and 5.
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec06/ired.asp
9. Invitations were sent in good time to all Sankaracharyas and to
well-known Mahatmas and Mahamandaleswaras to grace the installation. The
auspicious occasion of Adi Sanka訃acharyaji's janam tithi (birthday) fell on
May 12th, so that the installation ceremonies could be spread over some days
before and after May 10th, within the happy orbit of Mataji's birthday
celebrations. By 6 am. Mataji Herself and everyone else were ready on the
road side to receive His holiness Jagatguru Sri Sri 1008 Swami Santananda
Saraswati of Jyotir Math, who was the chief guest. He arrived promptly at
6.10 by car and at once boarded the limousine car together with Mataji. The
proce貞sion started at 6.15, led by the Ashram jeep, driven by Br.
Sevananda. Followed the two bands. Next came Ashram Brahmacharis in rows of
three, carrying tall flags. Thereafter two by two, ashramites and devotees
including Dr. Triguna Sen, Sri Kania, Col. Shukla, Dr. Gopal Das Gupta, and
others.
http://www.anandamayi.org/sadhana/mlt.html
10. The Second World Hindu Conference was held on 25th, 26th and 27th
January 1979 at Prayag. It was inaugurated by the Excellency Shri Dalai
Lama, the great religious leader of Buddhists and was presided over by Shri
Bhagawat Singh, Maharana of Mewar. This was attended by more than a lakh of
representatives from India and abroad.
H.H. The Dalai Lama was accorded a rousing reception by Jagatguru
Shankaracharya Shri Shantanandji. This in itself was a historical event,
because it was a symbol of the unity and identity of Sanatana Hinduism and
Buddhism. Such was the origin and spread of great idea, which today stands
as a mighty Ashwatha Vriksha, Symbolic of Hinduism and the great Hindu
Society.
http://www.vhp.org/englishsite/a-origin_growth/idea.htm
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There are some facts brought to light by the final decision of the Supreme Court of Allahabad. (-> https://indiankanoon.org/doc/37475462/):
Swami Brahmanda Saraswati had been at Calcutta those days of nearer coming mahasamadhi , not at Badrinath or Jothir Math.
He had problems with breathing already since a half year ago. Thus it's not not far fetched that he might had been advised to go to the sea and to breathe that air.
Furthermore, sickness of height can happend from 2500 m upwards. (s. Prof. Dr.med. Mees, "Höhentrekking an Höhenbergsteigen", Bruckmann-Verlag). Badrinath lays at a height of about 3100m. Shankara died at Kedarnath which lays at a height of 3400m. Shankara is said to have come from the South and thus by heritage he might not have been suitable for the heights of the Himalyas. That might be the reason why he has died there at young age. (I know this problem from my own experience; At a height of about 2900 m I once got that sickness of height. All of sudden, when skying there came a string pressure in the brain and then suddenly a very strange blissfullness. I addition my eyes suddenl gave me wrong eitems of information. I had been skyying downwards on that glacier and then my eyes told me that in the direction in which I knew for sure taht it was the directiondownwards my yes told me "in tht direction it goes uphill". From Alpenverein's magazine "Alpinwelt" I knew that that was sickness of height of the middle strong sort. I knew I have to get down to at low-enough height, preferably under 2500m as soon as possible. That was rather difficult with closed eyes but happily succeed by using a mathematical methode for finding a "Minimum" and the knowedge about the special from of that glaciere in which that method of the "deepest descent" would actually convert to the local minimum at the lake of that galcier.
It's well-known that those Tibetians use to get very serve "asthma" at the low height of the sea. Many of thjose who had fled togetheter with the Dalai Lama then died because of asthma. (It has to do with the Tibetian's special parts of the DNA). Vice-versa non-tibetians (may be those native people from Peru and so on also have a speciality in their DNA and thus have no problems living at a height of 4000m) can get that sort of sickness of height that has to do with "breathing" (In my case it had been that other sort of sickness of height that has to do with the brain) and insetad they have no problems on the leven of the sea or belower (see the "death lake" in Israel).
Swami Brahmanda Saraswati had come from a long family tradition and those hadn't been living in those regions of height. (-> "Roots of TM", Paul Mason)
Mr. Mahesh had lived with Swami Brahmanda Saraswati for those 13 years and even late Shankaracharya Swaroopananda couldn't but state that Mr. Mahesh had been his private secretarian for many years ( -> David Sieveking's movie "David wants to fly").
About Mr. Mahesh's way of life after Swami Brahmanda Saraswati's Mahasamadhi there is the biography of Paul Mason.
In additon, it's interesting what Judith Boruques has written in her book "Robes of Silk, feet of Clay".
Follwing the advice if an elderly Sadhu Mr. Mahesh hat went to the South of India to get rid of that thought "Rhameswaram" (Paul Mason has brought to light many interesting facts about Mr. Mahesh's those about two years at Uttar Kashi.). Mr. Mahesh came back when he had been searching for a suitable place to build that "academy" for training TM-teachers. (To build it in India and not in the USA had been "caused" by Charles Lutes/USA.)
Obviously, he hadn't got rid of that thought "Rhameswaram" but vice-versa he had got rid of the idea that "a Sadhu-way-of life" would be the right thing for him:
When that academy at Rishiskesh had been built, he started of taking a friendgirl and had started to make money. (Before he had already gained the experience that it was possible (by means of teaching TM) for him to make money rather easily and without personal conflicts in regard of his general spirtual interests.
Thus he had obviously decided for a householderway of life.
It's a custom among many Sadhus to draw beautiful paintings into their face and to dress like some hero of the Ramayana (dress as Hanuman) with lots of body palinting or some such persons, etc (About the possibilites of body-painting see for instance the artist Johannes Stoetter; he does very amazing things) and then to sit at some temple for gathering donations (they are scarcely anything else but a special sort of burglars) durning the day and in the evening they use to go home to their wife and children. Likewise Mr. Mahesh kept on dressing himself as a "sadhu" and he kept on posing to be a Sadhu; but in reality he had decided to be a professional teacher of meditation and had the intention to make money and had friendgirl(s).
The rumour ist that when he had died, he left 150 000 000€ to his brother in India.
Thanks for some interesting items of information. (especially "ColdBluICE", 24.01.2003, 13:42:27)
Adios
Franz Rickinger, Munich/Germany