Guest guest Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 So the boy shaved up because a devotee (in this case Dhira Govinda Prabhu) encouraged him to shave up, and he had a previous history of association with devotees--growing up around them, in fact. So that is a nice ending. I will also note that, as far as the ethics of the modern counseling profession are concerned, it is generally considered unethical for a therapist to push someone in such a direction (to shave up or join or not join a particular religion). So the encouragement to do so had to at least take place outside of the setting of a client / therapist relationship. On Fri, 12 May 2006 08:06 +0200, Tattvavit (das) ACBSP (BBT) < Tattvavit.ACBSP (AT) pamho (DOT) net> wrote: > > Dear Devotees, > > PAMHO. > > I am in New Simhachalam (Germany) for the Nrsimha-caturdasi festival, > where > I was able to speak with two of the devotees we are discussing. > > Ajamila Prabhu wrote: > > We know the ritviks are recruiting on some small scale, so I don't see > > whats the point in posting such info here as to suggest they merit our > > valuable time. > > Today I met the teenager I told you about. He said that D G pushed him to > shave up and join a temple rather than waiting an indefinitely long time. > > Basu Ghosh Prabhu forwarded this accurate assessment: > > > We know that the notion to join an ashram never occurs to > > > the vast majority of people who go to a therapist, yet it frequently > > > occurs to people who associate regularly with devotees. It is most > > > likely that the boy has had sufficient contact with devotees in the > > > past, and that because the course was taken in the association of > > > devotees. That additional association was what he needed to inpsire > him > > > to join the ashrama. > > Yes. This teenager also said that although he grew up around devotees, he > had become bored by their association; during the course, in the > association > of young devotees like himself from Germany and Austria, however, he began > to want more sat-sanga. > > As for D G's course, this teenager said that the contents of it impressed > him at the time, but now the course seems to him less valuable than he > first > thought. > > Babhru Prabhu wrote: > > what specifically in DG's course does Parivadhi prabhu see as > > violating "KC moral principles"? > > Today I sat with Parivadi Prabhu on a bus going to Passau for a big > harinama, and he said that he meant mixing between the sexes. It seems > that > he took this as an effect of the course because, after taking the course, > one married woman he knows approached him in a parking lot with open arms > and hugged him. "This is unclean," he said with a special German sort of > disdain. He elaborated a bit on this theme and said that Srila > Prabhupada's > movement is not meant to accommodate such open displays of physical > intimacy, but nowadays we are seeing this. > > I should add that this festival here is wonderful. Please see > >simhachalam.de< for photos of Sri Sri Prahlad-Nrsimha dressed in outfits > made of (1) turmeric, (2) butter, (3) leaves, and (4) pavitras. > > --ys, td > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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