Namaste,
When one gets a college degree and starts working, he runs into many work related problems. Some he can solve right away and others may need some additional knowledge/effort. So, he talks to his more experienced co-workers, or reads some books/technical journals on the subject and comes up with the solution. One does not go running back to college every day to deal with the day to day issues arising at work. After the training (college education) is over, he thinks, he reads and talks it out to find solutions.If you are worried that the Himalayan Academy would not accept a particular situation that you are in, I would strongly suggest that you contact the monks.
After religious training has been imparted and one runs into situations, he should be able to find the right path with some intuition. Are the monks there to run your every day life? Should one be running to the temple every day and detail every little thing that one encounters and ask for their advice? I think NOT. There are rules dictated by the shashtras for spiritual advancement, and then there are culture/ethnicity/geographical location based suggestions provided by the Guru for one's conduct in every day life. These are mere suggestions and have to be tailored to an individual's station in life. Many times we confuse the two and turn on our Guru for giving us questionable advice. Guru guides us in our spiritual life and makes suggestions about the mundane. We have to deal with the mundane in the best possible way, keeping in mind the suggestions provided, but not be bound by them. One's head is a valuable asset and it should be used and not completely rested in favor of advice on the mundane in life.
Maybe, it is the dedication that some may have for the Guru, that they don't want to deviate at all from the suggestions. But then they should not turn around and analyze the suggestions and start critiquing the Guru either. Either find your own way, or follow every suggestion - the choice is yours, but please, don't disgrace the Guru by treating him as an ordinary person and saying unflattering things about him. That type of conduct says more about your consciousness than about the Guru's.
Pranam.
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