On the spiritual path, we need teachers we can trust, and who will guide us correctly and not leads us into deeper confusion. So what is the main criteria for a qualified teacher? How can we tell whether the teacher is a trustworthy, good person and not someone who is interested in their personal gain? [...]
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How do you know if a teacher is trustworthy and genuine? This is a question I have reflected on quite a lot in the last few months. I thought this would be a good theme to conclude the series of posts on the essence of Buddhism that I have been writing over the last few [...]
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Posted in Western Buddhism on Dec 27th, 2009
I was looking at some other Buddhist blogs on the internet yesterday, just to see what is out there, and if I might be interested in connecting with others there. I noticed on some blogs there are very passionate discussions about how Buddhism needs to be adapted to the modern world and how to get [...]
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