Pink Panther wrote:I see BKs, and Lekhraj Kirpalani in particular ...
Which is pretty much the criticisms of him at the time (from the court proceedings and papers).
Basically, as sexist as it sounds today ( and giving a little leeway for the time and place) they said his level of teachings was "sufficient enough for women", who at the time were heavily cloistered (hidden from the world and the world from them), and uneducated.
He taught from the Bhagavad Gita, presumably as the pundits did ... reading a little and expounding upon it before going off on his own ... although he was specifically criticised for dropping it out of his hand. A great disrespect.
What I only found out recently was that the "greater than god" epithet is/was not specific to the Om Mandli/BKWSU ... it was a commonplace praise in some schools of Hinduism or communities. The idea being that the "guru was greater than god" because he led the seeker to god.
I am sorry to burst anyone's bubble but it all smack of a sort of immature vanity and selfishness, *their* guru Lekhraj Kirpalani had to be better than anyone else guru and, hence, they borrowed all the typical praises for him.
My question would be ... did Lekhraj Kirpalani not "get it" from his masters or was he not able to teach it to his followers, or both?
I think his religousity has been grossly overstated too.