on 3/6/06 4:18 PM, Patrick Gillam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- Rick Archer wrote: >> >> Amma is adamant that money should not be >> charged for meditation instruction - even >> in a corporate setting. > > Do you know the rationale, Rick?
Never heard it explained. Amma's not reticent about raising money. It's pretty low-key but evident in the book store and other booths at her events. Her humanitarian efforts consume millions and that money has to come from somewhere, but she just seems to be really firm about not charging for meditation instruction. > > An aside about the attitude toward paying for education: > In the wider Waldorf world, the ideal is that teachers give > from a soul impulse to teach, and that parents donate > what they can to support the teachers. Both sides give > their gifts *as* gifts. But while some pioneer schools > have actually implemented such idealistic visions, most > work under a fee-for-service model, despite the > difficulties such an arrangement invokes. (Teachers > need to earn more, and parents need to pay less. > Instead of an atmosphere of mutual giving, the stage > is set for friction.) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
