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Monky Unregistered User (3/15/02 12:40 pm) Reply	Mother Goddess take over? Because of the second WW, very few man disciples ended up following Yogananda. Also, it seem his 'strong' leadership style didn't go along too well with most men. Women ended up around him and were left in important positions after his departure. They reflected a bit P.Y. attitude in dealing with men and also, since many monks left the work in the early fifties, most likely they were seen by the women as traitors,etc. reinforcing the idea monks were worthless. And so it happened that a bunch of scared women left behind had to become 'men' to defend P.Y.'s work and ....started acting like men. DO NOT BE FOOLED into thinking that because women are in charge they behave any different, (if so it is only for marginal effects) than men or than any patriarcal organization. One example is that Nuns are supposed stay put, shut up into the ashram and monks to do the preaching. It was only after years of ltrs. addressed to SRF that they allowed a nun or two to have on "show" at Convocation. The real problem is that BALANCE is missing, both men and women should share power and serve as directors. If the next president is a man it might rebalance a bit the situation because monks will be mostly around him and in position of power. Another ESSENTIAL thing is that they must have at lest one third of HOUSEHOLDER directors. The way lay disciple issues are neglected is awful to say the least! Also, householders have a BALANCING effect on the dream like, unflexbile stance monatics tend to express. The mess that happened with building the Master Plan, where the whole M.W.neighborhood rebelled,wouldn't have happened! The Catholic church is making a good case now with his pedophile priests, it shows that 'isolated' individuals, no matter how good their intentions are, tend to go astray. The Golden middle path advocated by Yogananda and Buddha have been forgotten for total control by escapists monastics.
soulcircle Registered User (5/8/02 11:11 pm) Reply	Re: Deva Some of you must know, but for any that don't...Bro. Deva has started in April '02 as the minister-in-charge at the Temple in Richmond, CA. He will be spending on average, one long weekend (Thurs.-Sun, usually the 3rd Sun. of the month) at Richmond, CA. That is all the time he will be in Richmond. Two monks who have been minister in charge at Ricmond prior to '97 are no longer monks. They are Miles Hyde and Jim Rapp, formerly Bri. Miles and Bro. Arjunananda, respectively.
gardendiva Registered User (5/10/02 3:27 pm) Reply	Re: Deva Devananda spoke a year or so ago at Richmond, and that was the only time I heard him speak until he was up a few weeks ago. I was impressed by his approachability and down to earth attitude. I have been out of the loop as far as SRF goes, for some time. Since I got married 15 years ago (my husband is not a member, but enjoys the Sunday lectures) my involvement in the organization has been peripheral. I haven't attended a convocation for many, many years. Consequently, a lot of information I get regarding the monastics comes from friends living in So. Cal. (I lived in Phoenix and attended the temple there for 9 years.) It's disheartening to hear that the powers that be within the organization would attempt to quash the sincere efforts of one of their monastics, simply because it doesn't fit in some general plan. Too often I have felt alienated by the emphasis on the teachings alone for my spiritual evolvement. I feel that someone like Devananda and his approach are sorely needed by many (if not most) of SRF members. After his talk, my husband and I were both feeling that perhaps the presence of this monk would be very beneficial for Richmond temple.
soulcircle Registered User (5/11/02 12:29 am) Reply	Re: Deva Thank you gardendiva! Brother Jayananda has this spring '02 received the assignment with another monk to share the responsiblility of assistant minister to minister-in-charge Brother Devananda. Assistant ministers at Richmond come either with the minister for the third Sunday weekend, or as frequently for the first Sunday weekend. They come only one weekend a month and the assistants may miss a month now and then.
soulcircle Registered User (5/17/02 12:04 pm) Reply	three monks / ex spiritual life committee Hello Walri, The assignments that began in April '02 and involves a weekend visit to richmond temple, once a month on the average. All three are mentioned elsewhere in here, as being assigned responsibility for the defunct monk's spiritual live committee. Devananda "minister-in-charge" of richmond temple Atmananda and Jayananda assistant ministers

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