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How to navigate spiritual gatekeeping in Hindu study groups

My meditation group used to feel like this beautiful community exploring Vedantic teachings together, but over the past year it's become dominated by one person who corrects everyone's Sanskrit pronunciation and makes comments about 'authentic' practice, and the rest of us have gotten quiet and careful instead of curious and open.

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The pursuit of correctness has strangled the spirit of inquiry, leaving seekers afraid to seek.

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