FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
"Paul Mason"
<premanandpaul@...> 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
You
agree with Guru Dev that women and those of
lower caste should not be
gurus, Paul?
