--- In [email protected], "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "sandiego108" <sandiego108@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "danfriedman2002"
> > <danfriedman2002@> wrote:
> > >
> > > TM requires practice for the development of full benefits.
Going
> > > from 'boat to boat' will not get the seeker to the other shore.
> > >
> > It certainly lengthens the process. Kind of like what was
expressed
> > just about TM, that doing the technique once a day for a month
isn't
> > equivalent in benefit to doing the technique twice a day for
half a
> > month-- The twice a day is more beneficial. Building up that
> > consistent momentum is key.
>
>
> Some people say that having taken one guru you should not make
> another. But this doctrine is not of the shaastra, this is [just]
> minds imagination. The guru is gone to for happiness. Up until when
> bhagavaad (God) is gained - up until then you can go and change
guru.
>
> So then we haven't seen any guru-bhakta (devotee) fearful of
shifting,
> always studying in the very same "class" of the very same guru.
> Actually, to transfer "class" and to transfer guru is natural. It
is
> not disrespectful to the former guru, actually respect has been
done
> the guru, but in future you get the promise of discipleship of
fresh
> gurus.
>
> Vyasa's son Shukadeva ji acquired knowledge from his own father,
then
> he gained knowledge from Shankara ji and also gained knowledge from
> Narada ji. In the end he took instruction from Janaka ji.
>
> Therefore, 'Having taken one guru, another you should not' - this
is
> all rubbish talk and is obstructive to the welfare. You should not
> ruin your life with this kind of empty words.
>
> Many lives have been caused to live in births, now then be alert to
> attain the human birth. Understanding the method of upaasanaa
> (worship) from higher and higher gurus, having been doing actions
> according to Veda shaastra, be doing chanting and puja of Bhagavan,
> then it is certain you will cross the sea of saMsaara (worldly
existence).
>
>
> ~~ Swami Brahmananda Saraswati - Guru Dev [Shri Shankaracharya
> UpadeshAmrita kaNa 69 of 108]
> http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/upadesh.htm
>
This discussion is about frequently changing techniques, not gurus.
As your example above implies, there was just one instruction
provided: "In the end he [Shukadeva] took instruction from Janaka
ji..."
