Talk:Ma Yoga Laxmi

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Laxmi and subsequently many other people spread the story that she was the first sannyasin to be initiated,

but that was actually Ma Anand Madhu in 1970. [1]

[1] Max Brecher : A Passage to America, 2nd ed, p 376 --Rudra (talk) 19:19, 8 March 2015 (UTC)


Hmmm. Some clarification is needed. Laxmi was indeed among the first group to be initiated, with Madhu (and Dharm Jyoti and Chinmaya and Chaitanya Bharti usw), and that was in 1970 (not 1971 as on the article page). It hardly matters who was first in that group, so perhaps if she was making a big deal about that, she should get criticized. Otherwise ...

What is Max actually saying about her and her claim? I only have the first edition, maybe i could find it if i knew what else went with it. -- doofus-9 (talk) 07:52, 12 March 2015 (UTC)


The next time Rajneesh arrived at Bombay's Victoria Terminus, Laxmi was on the platform to greet him with about 100 people. She was dressed in orange. He called her to him and said, "This is beautiful. This is the way existence wants it to happen. Today, my neo-sannyas begins."

Max Brecher : A Passage to America, 2nd ed, p 37

you could say that this really was the moment Laxmi took sannyas. but it really is just splitting hair and of no consequence. --Rudra (talk) 18:35, 12 March 2015 (UTC)


It was at Kulu Manali in January 1970 that he had initiated his first disciple. Not Ma Yoga Laxmi - as I had been led to believe by her and other sannyasins – but Ma Anand Madhu. He did so with some secret trepidation.
The day I started initiating, my only fear was, "Will I be able to some day change my followers into my friends?" The night before I could not sleep. Again and again I thought, "How am I going to manage it? A follower is not supposed to be a friend." I said to myself that night in Kulu-Manali in the Himalayas, "Don't be serious. You can manage anything, although you don't know the A-B-C of managerial science."

Max Brecher : A Passage to America, 2nd ed, p 376 --Rudra (talk) 18:35, 12 March 2015 (UTC)