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

[Guest guest]

This is a good suggestion . It could be raised or lowered during the class

depending on whether the speaker was speaking according to the parampara or

speculating .

YSYS

 

 

> 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