Guest guest Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 Although I've done my share of castigating "false" or fallen teachers in the past, I've cooled it in recent years. I'm always genuinely ambivalent about it, feeling the need on the one hand to honor factual truths, but at the same time not wanting to insult a devotee of said teacher. Sooo, with that in mind: What appears to be idle gossip is one thing. ANY teacher, no matter how pure, is going to have things said about him/her at some point, human nature being what it is. But matters like being charged with felonies, getting kicked out of a country, having a sangha go completely out of control indulging in every possible form of excess ..... well, I would say that's a little different. That doesn't mean one couldn't have benefitted from certain positive experiences with the teacher. But I think the spiritual community can only evolve by having some degree of critical analysis and some standards of behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 , jerry weinstein <gwein1111> wrote: > Although I've done my share of castigating "false" or fallen teachers in the past, I've cooled it in recent years. I'm always genuinely ambivalent about it, feeling the need on the one hand to honor factual truths, but at the same time not wanting to insult a devotee of said teacher. > > Sooo, with that in mind: What appears to be idle gossip is one thing. ANY teacher, no matter how pure, is going to have things said about him/her at some point, human nature being what it is. But matters like being charged with felonies, getting kicked out of a country, having a sangha go completely out of control indulging in every possible form of excess ..... well, I would say that's a little different. > > That doesn't mean one couldn't have benefitted from certain positive experiences with the teacher. But I think the spiritual community can only evolve by having some degree of critical analysis and some standards of behavior. > the teacher can be evaluated by his/her students. true spiritual development is indicated by natural increase of student's humility and compassion. it is easily observable fact that followers of false teachers lack those developements; on the contrary. hypocrites, conscious or not, the self infatuated and the misled, attract people with similar tendencies... true love is not all hugs and kisses and soft speech. imitations of what people associate with "spirituality" are easy. but inner value is entirely different. respectfully, yosy jay ramana! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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