Why Women Can Be Śikṣā, but Not Dīkṣā Gurus?
It is not based on spiritual values. No one should fool themselves on this. It is based purely on social values, modern social values, that the women should be dīkṣā-gurus.
It is not based on spiritual values. No one should fool themselves on this. It is based purely on social values, modern social values, that the women should be dīkṣā-gurus.
Institution is necessary because you are dealing with neophytes, the evil is the neophytes themselves. It is not that the system itself is the problem, it is the system how it is used by the neophyte mentality. If the institution is used for one’s own purpose, that’s the evil.
He wasn’t doing it for business. They were invited over for spiritual discussions, but that’s what he fed them so that they would be comfortable in the environment and be happy to sit around.