--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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, 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. > > This is a really personalized thing ... not like TM mantras given out > by age and/or sex because the course fee is more important than 'you' > and the teacher hasn't been trained in the first place to have any > idea what 'your' needs might be. >
This is one of many traditional ways to select mantras, IIRC. Why single it out as bad, or are you saying that all traditional ways to select mantras are wrong? 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/
