--- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guru Dev speaks about who and who cannot become gurus, and the > following are translated extracts of satsang number 74 of 108, > included in a collection of his teachings entitled 'Shri > Shankaracharya UpadeshAmrita' > > 'There is no mention of women being gurus anywhere in the > shastras. Women cannot be a guru. Gargim, Chudala, Sulabha etc. > were women who had become yogis and possessed of self-knowledge. > But it is not met with anywhere that they made their own > disciples.' > > '...But not everyone can be a guru. Actually, only brahmans to > be in the position of guru. In addition to brahmans, kshatriyas, > vaishya, shudras can become shishya (disciples), but not guru. > Women also have no right to be made a guru.' > > 'Nowadays kaayastha, vaishya, teli (oilman), and also kalavar > (seller of spirits) are taking to wearing the colours of the > sadhu (holy man) and are eagerly wishing to make shishya > (disciples) of their own. Actually both this kind of guru and > shishya (disciple) are to get their downfall. Actually this > speech we are saying coincides with the shastras, it is not > something of my own that I have made up.' > > Jai Guru Dev > Paul
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