Guru yoga
Definitions
Guru: spiritual teacher with more than 2-3 disciples.
Types
- in a lineage:
- proof of lineage: 3 generations of practitioners
- without lineage:
- using millions of people to correct the teachings: Mahatma Gandhi, Moses
- using a public ethos and proof of solving each question
Lineage
The existence of 3 generations is required to be alive and with a provable ability to communicate to all disciples to ensure that Guru Yoga is not abused: a disciple, his guru, and the guru of his guru. That means the disciple also has the right to communicate with all other disciples to the extent that the other disciples what to communicate back. Even in the realm of geometry, 2 points determine a line. Conversely, the word lineage should be used only when there are 2 generations of gurus active. Otherwise, the word "legacy" is more fitting than "lineage". A school that has no lineage cannot apply Guru Yoga properly. Guru Yoga has an ethos that is at least meeting the standard of Challengeable Ethos.
Example 1: When the disciple considers that his guru is not respecting the ethos of the lineage, he should be able to contact the guru of his guru to ensure alignment with the lineage.
Example 2: When the grand-guru teaches something, he should be able to gauge the effects in 1 generation away from the initial teaching.
Example 3: A disciple has the duty to defend the ethos of the lineage and to keep it Challengeable.