--- In [email protected], gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > This is very important. Guru is in no way synonymous with "only" > or "absolute". Guru, if I remember my Sanskrit properly, is one who > leads (you) from darkness (ignorance). It might take many teachers to > do this, to help you, depending upon how you and the teacher mesh. > Some teachers have abundant things to teach, but you might not have > any of those things to learn, or only one or two of them that are > necessary to you as an individual (and no one can escape his or her > individual requirements). Some simpleton of a teacher might actually > have the one important thing you need in order for some other > teacher's teaching to come to fruition. > > It's really arrogant to assume you (whoever "you" is) are so > enlightened to know which teacher is the greatest teacher who is just > right for you. > > So, shopping around,
which SBS clearly did. >while this has negative connotations, might be > what you have to do. It seems to me that a good teacher is one who > recognizes 'your' needs and 'his/her' abilities as well as > limitations in regard to 'your' needs. If s/he isn't too self > centred, if s/he is really a good teacher, then s/he is going to do > his/her best to make sure you meet the teachers 'you' need. > 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/
