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why he wore a loincloth
? Why did he?
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why he wore a loincloth
bansy wrote: I often wonder if some of the ideas Brahma Baba (Dada Lekhraj) had were gotten from Mahatma Gandhi himself since Gandhi's life came just a few years before Dada Lekhraj's.
Sister Bansy wrote:Gandhi himself decided to wear as little as not to make the poorer ones feel that if he did not have any clothes, so as they should not feel downtrodden, and they should spin their own cotton to make their own clothes.
ex-l wrote:This Gandhi ethos seems to me to be much more prevalant in Veerendra Dev Dixit, which I think is great.
The Brahma Kumari Sindhi World University sanskars, (e.g. dodgy money, status, golden thrones, property acquisition and comfortable travel) seems to have come to the fore much more than handspun loincloths, 108 patched dhotis approach and washing out your own latrine.
proy wrote: I have spent sleepless nights wondering what the logo on my new badge will be, and thinking will I get a silver or a gold ring and will it be one of the old and much sought after designs. This is a terrible state of affairs. What a sorry state to be in.
bansy wrote:Good old days. Here is a nice archived movie of Mahatma Gandhi (much better than the Richard Attenborough one) : Gandhi video You'll realise how simple and intelligent he really was. Why he wore a loincloth and knew the people and the nation. How he sought for nuclear weapons disarmament. I often wonder if some of the ideas Brahma Baba (Dada Lekhraj) had were gotten from Mahatma Gandhi himself since Gandhi's life came just a few years before Dada Lekhraj's.
proy wrote:When I first started to post on this site in April 2006 I was a BK. I wore white clothes had and a badge then. It was not a very big badge, I was only a "young" BK in the "Knowledge", but it said "Om Shanti on it and had a nice dangly bit with red rays coming out of a fake diamond in the middle. Now I have become an ex-BK. I got a nice email from the Admin of this site congratulating me on my new status as an ex-BK - but no badge. How awful. Where is my ex-BK badge?
Yudhishtira wrote:I must say that the badges that proy speaks of are not up to much; the "fake" diamonds have fallen off both the ones I bought in India last year ... terrible workmanship... terrible ...I now have rays coming out of a fake gold dent!!
ex-l wrote:Its a sign ... in the old days you could not by them, you had to earn them.
alladin wrote:I also heard many comments such as "No need to be jealous or perceive an unfair treatment; Dadi gave the ring to such and such a soul to keep her/he alive spiritually". Otherwise the soul would die or loose motivation and be less performing in sewa. It was a symbol of recognition and allowed even an insane person to have power over others. Appointed by SS. Green light to get away with anything.
I am trying to sound funny whilst I relate true facts and how I felt about them. In case I sound bitter and scornful, I apologize. Related topic: I still see double foreign Sisters wearing sarees at selected occasions (whatever the criteria and purpose I am not sure and they would consider me impolite and arrogant if I asked WHY?!). Very impressive, although a bit out of fashon and disserviceable, these days. Part of the Carnival show.