Lama Tsultrim Allione, Rob Preece, and Acharya Gaylon Ferguson discuss their individual relationships with nonmaterial realized beings and the purpose of including them in your practice.
Our Teachers Are Not Gods
Longtime practitioner and psychotherapist Rob Preece says even though as students we may be devoted to our teachers, we can’t afford to idealize them anymore.
What does it mean to be devoted to one’s guru?
Chakrasamvara, Eastern Tibet, 18th century, Karma (Kagyu) and other Buddhist lineagesCollection Rubin Museum of Art | HAR#432 | himalayanart.org
Buddhadharma ask three teachers about a complex issue at the heart of tantra practice: guru devotion.