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