Guest guest Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 GURU RATINGS!! I was absolutely stunned recently to see that we now have Guru Ratings on the net! (http://www.globalserve.net/~Sarlo/RatingsR.htm) Your Guru’s position on the charts can depend on how many devotees / students / disciples / fans they have and how many organizations they run worldwide. The political and financial clout can also help get a better rating and DVD and book sales figures are equally important. Modern Gurus seem to call out, “come to me and I will save you!†without letting the students ever come to know that none can save us except ourselves. Lord Krishna also known as Yogeshwar, the Lord (master teacher) of Yoga would be an utter failure in such a rating. He says in the Bhagavad Gita, “Of thousands of people only one desires me and of the thousands who desire me only one attains me!†to put that in figures only ONE out of 10,00,000 get to him! Such an abysmal failure as a Guru indeed! Pujya Swamiji Yogamaharishi Dr Swami Gitananda Giri used to say, “ I don’t want to create followers, I want to create leaders who can lead themselves and others towards Moksha!â€. He would further extol his students to work on becoming a Guru to themselves by finding the inner Guru spirit- the Guru Sakshat. Swamiji would kick off anyone trying to cling on to his feet saying, “It is not my duty to carry you - you need to carry yourselfâ€. The Dharma (sacred and righteous duty) of a Guru is to help the student find themselves. When the student does so (Moksha – liberation -Kaivalya) none exists. If we understand the role of the Guru in these terms, the most successful Guru by these lofty standards is the one left with no disciples anymore as they have all attained Moksha! What a far cry from the modern Guru ratings! Yogacharya Dr.Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani Chairman : Yoganjali Natyalayam and ICYER Hon General Secretary, Pondicherry Yogasana Association 25, 2nd Cross,Iyyanar Nagar, Pondicherry, South India-605 013 Tel: +91-413 - 2622902 / +91-413 -3203314/+91-413 -2241561 Mobile: 9842311433 Website: www.icyer.com www.geocities.com/yognat2001/anandahttp://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=yognat2001 & p=r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009  Divine Ananda Well put! Eric Doornekamp Lotus Yoga Centre New Zealand - Yogacharya Dr.Ananda Bhavanani Sunday, September 13, 2009 4:02 PM GURU RATINGS!! GURU RATINGS!! I was absolutely stunned recently to see that we now have Guru Ratings on the net! (http://www.globalserve.net/~Sarlo/RatingsR.htm) Your Guru’s position on the charts can depend on how many devotees / students / disciples / fans they have and how many organizations they run worldwide. The political and financial clout can also help get a better rating and DVD and book sales figures are equally important. Modern Gurus seem to call out, “come to me and I will save you!†without letting the students ever come to know that none can save us except ourselves. Lord Krishna also known as Yogeshwar, the Lord (master teacher) of Yoga would be an utter failure in such a rating. He says in the Bhagavad Gita, “Of thousands of people only one desires me and of the thousands who desire me only one attains me!†to put that in figures only ONE out of 10,00,000 get to him! Such an abysmal failure as a Guru indeed! Pujya Swamiji Yogamaharishi Dr Swami Gitananda Giri used to say, “ I don’t want to create followers, I want to create leaders who can lead themselves and others towards Moksha!â€. He would further extol his students to work on becoming a Guru to themselves by finding the inner Guru spirit- the Guru Sakshat. Swamiji would kick off anyone trying to cling on to his feet saying, “It is not my duty to carry you - you need to carry yourselfâ€. The Dharma (sacred and righteous duty) of a Guru is to help the student find themselves. When the student does so (Moksha – liberation -Kaivalya) none exists. If we understand the role of the Guru in these terms, the most successful Guru by these lofty standards is the one left with no disciples anymore as they have all attained Moksha! What a far cry from the modern Guru ratings! Yogacharya Dr.Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani Chairman : Yoganjali Natyalayam and ICYER Hon General Secretary, Pondicherry Yogasana Association 25, 2nd Cross,Iyyanar Nagar, Pondicherry, South India-605 013 Tel: +91-413 - 2622902 / +91-413 -3203314/+91-413 -2241561 Mobile: 9842311433 Website: www.icyer.com www.geocities.com/yognat2001/anandahttp://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=yognat2001 & p=r__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4420 (20090912) __________The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.http://www.eset.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Namaste. Thank you for your words of wisdom. You are perfectly right. Your are echoing Swamiji’s words. They still ring in my ears. These are the words which motivated me on my voyage of Self discovery. I consider myself singularly fortunate to have learnt under the great man himself. You are more than fortunate as you were born to him and he groomed you to succeed him in this noble role you are doing. May Rishiculture Ashtanga Yoga flourish under your stewardship! Love, Sri Bala On Behalf Of Yogacharya Dr.Ananda Bhavanani Sunday, 13 September 2009 2:03 PM GURU RATINGS!! GURU RATINGS!! I was absolutely stunned recently to see that we now have Guru Ratings on the net! (http://www.globalserve.net/~Sarlo/RatingsR.htm) Your Guru’s position on the charts can depend on how many devotees / students / disciples / fans they have and how many organizations they run worldwide. The political and financial clout can also help get a better rating and DVD and book sales figures are equally important. Modern Gurus seem to call out, “come to me and I will save you!†without letting the students ever come to know that none can save us except ourselves. Lord Krishna also known as Yogeshwar, the Lord (master teacher) of Yoga would be an utter failure in such a rating. He says in the Bhagavad Gita, “Of thousands of people only one desires me and of the thousands who desire me only one attains me!†to put that in figures only ONE out of 10,00,000 get to him! Such an abysmal failure as a Guru indeed! Pujya Swamiji Yogamaharishi Dr Swami Gitananda Giri used to say, “ I don’t want to create followers, I want to create leaders who can lead themselves and others towards Moksha!â€. He would further extol his students to work on becoming a Guru to themselves by finding the inner Guru spirit- the Guru Sakshat. Swamiji would kick off anyone trying to cling on to his feet saying, “It is not my duty to carry you - you need to carry yourselfâ€. The Dharma (sacred and righteous duty) of a Guru is to help the student find themselves. When the student does so (Moksha – liberation -Kaivalya) none exists. If we understand the role of the Guru in these terms, the most successful Guru by these lofty standards is the one left with no disciples anymore as they have all attained Moksha! What a far cry from the modern Guru ratings! Yogacharya Dr.Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani Chairman : Yoganjali Natyalayam and ICYER Hon General Secretary, Pondicherry Yogasana Association 25, 2nd Cross,Iyyanar Nagar, Pondicherry, South India-605 013 Tel: +91-413 - 2622902 / +91-413 -3203314/+91-413 -2241561 Mobile: 9842311433 Website: www.icyer.com www.geocities.com/yognat2001/ananda http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=yognat2001 & p=r __________ NOD32 4419 (20090912) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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