The Guru & Disciple Q & A

For more than ten years I taught a course to new students of bhakti-yoga titled 'The Guru and Disciple Course.' I noticed that some questions kept on coming up in the classes so I wrote a book to help students go a little deeper into the subject.

It was quite an exhaustive volume at 430 pages, and it delved into the history and culture of the guru-disciple relationship, the esoteric aspects, the psychology, and the modern-day sensibilities of arranging one's life to accommodate a guru.

The questions kept coming, and were sometimes challenging, humorous, suspicious, deep or thought provoking. So in this book - small by comparison to the last - I've chosen 164 questions along with my answers. They are all real questions and I answered them either verbally or through correspondence. I hope you like them.

If you teach this subject, as I do, you'll know it can make for great discussions. I hope this book will give you much food for thought.