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> So, this is the wrong message. To list someone as an advanced devotee is

> understandable. But why list them as "gurus"? What is the relevance?

> What is the value of this approach? And more important: Has anyone

> considered the hazards of this approach?

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Just as they get criticized as gurus, so they get advertised as gurus.

The two sides of the same coin -- the institutionalized guru-post.

 

 

ys mnd

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"COM: Mahanidhi (das) (S)" wrote:

 

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> [...]

> >

> > So, this is the wrong message. To list someone as an advanced devotee is

> > understandable. But why list them as "gurus"? What is the relevance?

> > What is the value of this approach? And more important: Has anyone

> > considered the hazards of this approach?

> [...]

>

> Just as they get criticized as gurus, so they get advertised as gurus.

> The two sides of the same coin -- the institutionalized guru-post.

>

> ys mnd

 

hkdd:

 

Exactly.

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