John:
>it is the responsibility of the devotees, if we want Him to continue to be a
>Transmitter of our True Nature (the Source) here.  Many of our karmas (and
>of the world) are burned away in His body, so it may suffer severely from
>time to time, or even frequently (this is true also of other Gurus in the
>Great Traditions).

Gag me with a fleshy polyp!! :(

Cheers,
Kirt