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The whole world has heard of the Maharishi Mahesh. Is he part of your order?

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"The whole world has heard of the Maharishi Mahesh. Is he part of your order"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1968 Conversations and Morning Walks

He's not guru. But he's advertised his name like that (laughs). A guru is different thing.
Radio Interview -- March 12, 1968, San Francisco:

Interviewer: The whole world has heard of the Maharishi Mahesh. Is he part of your order?

Prabhupāda: No. I have heard so much in the paper.

Interviewer: He is the world's most famous guru at the present time.

Prabhupāda: He's not guru. But he's advertised his name like that (laughs). A guru is different thing. But people are, in your country, in the western part of the country, of the world, people are after some spiritual information. So anyone who comes professing as spiritualist, he is welcome, and if he flatters, then it is very convenient to get followers. So we don't follow exactly in that way. We follow exactly the principles of Vedic ways of life. So in that way, sex life for a sannyāsī is strictly prohibited.

Page Title:The whole world has heard of the Maharishi Mahesh. Is he part of your order?
Compiler:Rishab
Created:26 of Apr, 2011
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1