Guest guest Posted May 11, 1999 Report Share Posted May 11, 1999 "COM: Jatukarnya (das) CI (Cintamani Intl, Oslo - N)" wrote: > > That is my understanding too. Afterwards the responsibility lies with the > > prospective disciple. I think this is where the system has sometimes > > fallen apart. Not enough consumer education. > > And what if a qualified guru gets the foot down from the GBC, because some > of the members of the GBC don't see that he / she is qualified? > > It could be enough that a group of devotees think that the GBC made the > wrong decision putting the foot down, and then another group develops, which > would be called deviators, even if maybe most of the GBC members agree about > the qualification of the prospective guru. > > I am not convinced that the present system is very good. I think the motive of the GBC is good: protect devotees from bogus gurus. But--- this method hasn't worked too well. Unfortunately, the current method tries to protect by using bureacratic as a substitute for careful training of bhaktas. We need some bureaucracy. But a better method would be to reduce the bureaucracy and increase the training -- or "consumer education" as Madhusudani prabhu calls it. ys hkdd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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