[sykanaxer]

Hi Aloka-D,

Unfortunately this isn't the case for many Vajrayana/Tibetan Buddhist organisations in the west. This has happened in the west! Maybe the personal approach to the Teacher has made the difference?

A Google search will usually reveal the prices for evening meditation groups, teachings, empowerments, courses and accomodation on the websites for specific centres. Indeed it will ty. If one chose to approach requesting teachings that way then obviously one will need to pay the price on the menu, as it were.

I was suggesting a slightly different approach to that!
I have found the approach I suggested to elicit a different price structure!
I will have to admit that such an approach does I suspect elicit a different relationship with the teacher to a fixed price menu course.
It may be a relationship that some would rather avoid by making it a financial (services paid for) transaction.
I don't know as I have not experienced it from 'Google fixed price perspective'