Our movement is supposed to spread on the whole planet. This means hundreds of millions of new devotees in need of finding a spiritual master. How to solve this problem?
Interesting read. I can understand your point of view and totally agree that we should make our expectations of gurus realistic.
But I don't know if it is the best idea to have gurus that are less serious than the ones we have now due to an increased risk of gurus falling down after initating disciples.
Although a disciple's reaction to their guru falling down would be a reflection on that particular disciple, it can still be painful and inconvenient for senior devotees.
My point is that by adjusting the expectations, we could actually get more serious devotees as gurus, not the opposite. If the guru is expected to walk on water, honest people will not take the job, because they know they can't, and, paradoxically, we end up with less qualified people.
Exalted Paramahamsas. Either walking on planet or on goloka or any other universe preaching glories of the lord
Interesting read. I can understand your point of view and totally agree that we should make our expectations of gurus realistic.
But I don't know if it is the best idea to have gurus that are less serious than the ones we have now due to an increased risk of gurus falling down after initating disciples.
Although a disciple's reaction to their guru falling down would be a reflection on that particular disciple, it can still be painful and inconvenient for senior devotees.
My point is that by adjusting the expectations, we could actually get more serious devotees as gurus, not the opposite. If the guru is expected to walk on water, honest people will not take the job, because they know they can't, and, paradoxically, we end up with less qualified people.