Guest guest Posted July 29, 2002 Report Share Posted July 29, 2002 I live in the U.S. I have heard about Dhyan Yog centers. Its website is dyc.org. There is one Anandi ma who does shaktipat diksha for $225.Does any one have any information about her. There is one thing I can't understand, why do such great gurus charge a fee for transfering their energy? I can understand that material things like shawls, rudraksha-mala do incur cost to sadhanas. But what is the cost of pure and divine energy? It is actually so valuable and priceless. Also does anyone have information as to when and where in the U.S does gurdev have his ashram or shibir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2002 Report Share Posted July 29, 2002 if it was free then the Gurus would be so flooded with requests that it would take them several lifetimes to attend to each one as it does take time to perform the pujas. Atleast that is what I feel is the reason behind the fees. Any other thoughts ? - hema484 Monday, July 29, 2002 12:19 PM About Shaktipat Diksha. I live in the U.S. I have heard about Dhyan Yog centers. Its website is dyc.org. There is one Anandi ma who does shaktipat diksha for $225.Does any one have any information about her.There is one thing I can't understand, why do such great gurus charge a fee for transfering their energy? I can understand that material things like shawls, rudraksha-mala do incur cost to sadhanas. But what is the cost of pure and divine energy? It is actually so valuable and priceless.Also does anyone have information as to when and where in the U.S does gurdev have his ashram or shibir. Jay GurudevYour use of is subject to the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2002 Report Share Posted July 29, 2002 > why do such great gurus charge a fee for transfering their energy? Ammachi isn't a Tantric guru, but gives her shaktipat (hugs) for free, sitting hours a day receiving tons of people. She gives mantra initiation for ishtadevata worship/liberation, but not continous initiation for Tantric purposes. Anyways, my reason for posting: Dear members, I was wondering if it's possible to order sadhana articles without taking disksha from guruji. In other words, if you follow a different guru, but want to try some Tantric sadhanas. I was also wondering what the turn-around time was on orders for those who are ordering from the U.S. I would very much be interested in a sadhana camp if one were held in the U.S. (east coast). Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2002 Report Share Posted July 29, 2002 hi tom, > > Dear members, > > "I was wondering if it's possible to order sadhana articles without > taking disksha from guruji. In other words, if you follow a > different guru, but want to try some Tantric sadhanas." Sure - you my even chant more than the required amount mentioned if you please. less is not advisable. > > "I was also wondering what the turn-around time was on orders for > those who are ordering from the U.S." May even be upto month I am afraid they send by ordinary mail, alternately, you can call and try asking if you pay the courier charges will it be sooner > > "I would very much be interested in a sadhana camp if one were held in > the U.S. (east coast)." I guess there isn't one in the offing. But you can keep checking the web site > good wishes anu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2002 Report Share Posted July 30, 2002 >Its website > is dyc.org. There is one Anandi ma who does shaktipat diksha for > $225.Does any one have any information about her. > There is one thing I can't understand, why do such great gurus charge > a fee for transfering their energy? its difficult to know who is a great Guru and who is not, one comes across and the divine personality mostly by ones own good karmas or due to previous associations, but one thing is that one has to observe the person before we accept him as a Guru, for that atleast we should try be as virtuous as possible then only correct judgement can be made about a Guru, the trust and respect for a Guru is a slow continious process, it requires one to be in constant touch with him even before we accept him and alao after we accept him, i personally feel its required even before we accept him as a Guru becos one cannot make proper judgement ,if one does not try to comprehend the whole thing... this anandi ma is different from mata amritanadamayi, lot of people say that latter is realised, i never ventured and do not know. when BADE Gurudev(Dr Narain dutt shrimaliji) was taking money for diksha, i first could not digest the fact,later i learned that its a way of screening people and besides to avoid lot of crowd, and besides this is a full time effort and if one has to do constructive things one has to have money so there is no way out, i was convinced, but the thing that i offered him money with out resisting was only due to the fact that i fell in love with his personality/character i really didnt care to give away anything, after that thing happened. anyways, i feel that its easy to get decieved, better internalise the Guru in your self before you make big offerings,during this process if one requires to spend some money spend it, becos it is equally essential to thoroughly understand a particular person before rejecting him as a Guru. jai gurudev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 , "Tomgull" <tomgull@e...> wrote: > > why do such great gurus charge a fee for transfering their energy? > > Ammachi isn't a Tantric guru, but gives her shaktipat (hugs) for > free, sitting hours a day receiving tons of people. She gives > mantra initiation for ishtadevata worship/liberation, but not > continous initiation for Tantric purposes. > > Anyways, my reason for posting: > > Dear members, > > Tom, I have been thinking about your questions. I guess it is perfectly Ok to perform any sadhana. There is no restriction mentioned in the magazine that people who perform the sadhana be disciples of guruji. Only in some specific sadhanas it is clearly mentioned that the person be guru dikshit, and do guru poojan by dainik vidhi etc. otherwise, it is understood that they are open for all. At the same time I suggest two things, one asking permission (if he is no more mentally) from your own guru to perform the specific sadhana you are interested in. And two, in showing reverence to the source where you from where you got the sadhana, may be it is a good idea to mentally pray to swami nikhileshwarand for permission and guidance, some kind of a thanks giving. These things work with me and I have never met guruji. So they should for you as you do not seem to be a starter. Apart from that, I guess there never is a sadhana camp in US. I guess there have been some in London. Usually disciples get together and invite guruji (or now one of his sons) over to have a small-scale sadhana camp. They make arrangements for their stay, food travel etc as well as for a hall depending on the estimated number of people attending. But if you travel to India, you can try attending one there. The details are always available on the web site. Good wishes jai gurudev anu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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