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Originally Posted by BustoRhymes
Well, all gurus are not created equally. See the documentaries Kumare vs Tony Robbins: I am Not Your Guru. I'd criticize both types for different reasons, though Kumare less so, which you'll understand only if you've seen his documentary.
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Originally Posted by BustoRhymes
I strongly suspect the instructor is actually a guy from Jersey faking an Indian accent to fit the mold.
Lol I just watched Kumare and now get the reference.
I do want to say this:
As with all religions in the world, the people in his documentary were staring themselves blind at the message and the words. His hocus pocus language as you will. They listen to him and perceive his teaching to be the truth and the light, and occupy their minds with whatever it is he is saying. Religions are spiritual teachings, they can be used to achieve enlightenment, presence, peace, whatever you want to call it. But all the words are merely pointers, in different languages, but all pointing to the same thing. Yet people tend to miss this completely, and keep trying to understand on a conceptual level the pointers and the signposts, and then start arguing over this teaching is right and the other is wrong... and our God is the only God and yours is not.
The ending was especially funny because at the unveiling you see people storming out of the room, which just shows how much they worship the messenger and attach their egos to it strongly.
In Thailand, I've spoken to two "real" Buddhist Monks inside temples, and asked them if the Buddha teaches letting go of desire to end all suffering, then why do all the temples desire to not put tattoos of the Buddha on your body? They said it is disrespectful, which makes no sense at all for a true Buddha, since this is nothing more than judgement. A desire to change the things as they are, in stead of letting it be. So even they didn't get it. Anyone can be a Buddhist, but not many of them are a Buddha.
It's not because a person is leading the way, that he knows how to get there. That doesn't mean that the teaching does not work.
One very silly thing though was that near the end Vikram was acting entirely like a motivational speaker and lifting people up through saying they are more special than they realize, and that they can do X and Y to achieve the things they want in their life. This can make them feel good, but it's unlikely this message would ever lead someone to enlightenment. He ended up teaching self-improvement. It's just because he was not spiritually awakened himself that he did not know where to lead his messages to.
Last edited by Syndr0m; 05-27-2017 at 05:31 AM.