Quote from the 'Guru and Institution' conference, + my response...

[Guest guest]

Hare Krishna.

 

>· I quite simply feel that there should be no title of "guru" or

>· "initiating spiritual master" which, by the way, the GBC uses extensively

>· in their resolutions and laws....still, in some temples, such as the one

>· I'm visiting now, they have four (4!!!) levels of seats for those who

>· speak, give class, etc. with the largest reserved for "initiating

>· spiritual masters" the next for sannyasis, the next for I'm not sure

>· cause I've been given either of the two bottom ones at various

>· times....perhaps Prabhupada's disciples and then everyone else.

 

Perhaps the Vyasasana at this temple could be mounted atop a hydraulic jack.

This would save a lot of storage space, plus it would allow for an even

finer gradation -- a couple of extra pumps on the jack could be offered to

those within a particular category who were seen to be little more

advanced...

 

Hare Krishna --

 

your servant, Balarama Dasa