To Bala: Why Ashram Talks are Internal

[Guest guest]

Bala wrote:

 

"I do see that Amma is very careful in seeing that Her

words are correctly interpreted and as accurate as

possible. Even with Her careful supervision, I do

see that sometimes when there is an outpouring of

various points from Her in malayalam, some gets lost

in the translation."

 

OM NAMAH SHIVAYA, BALA

 

There is no question that Amma is very careful about

the accuracy of Her teaching viz. translation. The

purpose behind Her frequent interruption of Big Swami

is to get the English as close to Her Malayalam as

possible. Some newbies perhaps believe this is Abbott

and Costello shtick.

 

Bala said:

 

"Also I guess Her teachings for the brahmacharies can

be quite intense as opposed to the directives given to

householders-though I think even those given

to householders in the "Awaken children " series etc

are intense enough!"

 

Thank you Bala for this observation. I have heard that

there is a school of thought that a Guru's (from all

traditions) communicate more intensely to His/Her

Direct Disciples and brhamacharinis/Brahmacharis.

When a soul has given up the world and chosen to live

and travel full time with a Guru, the Teacher can take

more liberties with Him/Her. The Disciplining of the

Guru may be more severe and individualized. If such an

instruction targetted specifically toward an

individual Disciple (taking into account his/her

unique Vasanas and point of spiritual development) are

put out for mass public consumption the "true" meaning

may be distorted or diluted. When Amma answers a

question for one of us on the question line would it

be appropriate to put Her answer on Amrita TV?

Everything Balaji has a proper time and a proper place

with a proper recipient based on his/her singular need

base. That is my two pesos for today.

 

Om Namah Shivaya,

 

GeorgeSon