Vedr.: yoga? ... and then back to atheism :o)

January 25, 2006

> Anyway, I was connecting my points to SAC proposal to GBC regarding Guru

> reform. But this idea seems usefull also in other teacher/leadership

> fields. Is teacher to be appointed from above, or is he to be elected from

> below? Right now in ISKCON Gurus are appointed, but other teachers are

> elected. Will it remain, or change?

This seems like a very reasonable and intelligent request: where are the

guidelines for someone presenting themselves as a bonafide teacher/guide in

ISKCON? And the courses that DG and now this Atmayoga are presenting ...

well, it remains to be seen what Atmayoga is, but there is no doubt that the

courses DG presents are not bonafide for various reasons. Is it the same

with AY? Who decides? Where is the governing body that monitors what we

present to the world as a bonafide ISKCON program? It requires more than the

usual line that is tossed out: "Such-and-such guru has done this course",

and we're all meant to fall over ourselves to do the same

> Prabhupada: Let him go away. Don't care for him. Let all the fools go

> away. There is Bengali proverb, "Instead of maintaining some bad cows, let

> the cowshed be vacant." We shall prefer the cowshed vacant, no cow, than

> keeping all bad cows who does not give any milk, create disturbance.

> Devotee (8): In our temple...

> Prabhupada: We are giving chance, but we don't want bad cows. We haven't

> got to agree with their views. They must agree with our views, then they

> can live. Otherwise let them go away. This is position.

> >>> Ref. VedaBase => Morning Walk -- November 1, 1975, Nairobi

> =====================

>

> Now, this seems very clear, from late 1975, long after Srila Prabhupada

> started observing, that not everybody will be able to live in the temple

That's one guidelines, but it doesn't mean that just because someone can't

live in the temple, then we don't give shelter. Certainly there needs to be

outreach centres and bridge preaching. Most won't "join" as they did twenty

years or so ago. But the fact is that there is monitoring required for what

is being preached under ISKCON's name.

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