--- In [email protected], "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Comment below: > ** > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" > > <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > > > > 'Some people say that having taken a guru you should not make > > another. > > > But this doctrine is not of the shaastra, this is [just] mind's > > > imagination. The guru is gone to for [ones own] happiness. Up until > > > when bhagavad (God, Vishnu, Shiva) is gained, up until then you can > > go > > > and change guru. So then we haven't seen any guru-bhakt (follower) > > > always studying in the same 'class' of a guru out of fear. Actually > > it > > > is natural to transfer 'class' and to transfer guru. It is not > > > disrespectful to the former guru, actually the guru's > > dignity/respect > > > has been done, but you will go beyond that study if you get the > > > discipline of new gurus.' > > > [exerpt of 'Shri Shankaracharya UpadeshAmrita' kaNa 69 of 108] > > > translation - Paul Mason © 2006 > > > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/upadesh.htm#changeguru > > > > And you're posting this excerpt because...? > > > **End** > > Since everyone on this forum has dealt with the issue of where they > (and others they may disagree with) stand regarding their > relationship with Maharishi, whether as their guru, or teacher, or > former-guru, or charlatan, or whatever; and since virtually > everyone (if not everyone) acknowledges that Guru Dev is an > umimpeachable authority on this and other subjects which this forum > is expressly dedicated to, it is patently obvious why Paul has > posted this.
Gee, we just had a discussion about Guru Dev's views on who could and could not be a guru, and most here seemed to agree Guru Dev wasn't unimpeachable on that point at all. In any case, Paul seems to be very sensitive about folks assuming what his motivations are, so I thought it better to ask. Of course, he rarely posts anything from either Guru Dev or MMY that is not designed to make MMY look bad by comparison. Kind of a shame to use Guru Dev for that purpose, I think. As Alex pointed out, though, the quote doesn't appear to be relevant to this group, since MMY is not the kind of personal guru that Guru Dev was referring to. I'm sure Paul knows this, so it remains unclear to me, at any rate, why he posted the quote. > And thanks to him again. > 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/
