Crazywisdom wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 6:23 pm
Virgo wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 5:56 pm
Crazywisdom wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 1:12 pm
It's not going to happen with a lama. If it happens it won't last long.
Right, well I am not going to try to condition people with Dharma anymore. They have the internet now, they can search. All these topics have been discussed in various places already many times, including open topics concerning Dzogchen. I don't need to come on the internet and get into arguments with people over these things. People need to use their fingertips, that is the day and age we live in.
Virgo
Who needs to? People need the research Buddhism on the internet? Teachers are better. Don't believe everything you read on the internet, especially from "experts."
I agree with this. Of course understanding terminology and so e background is very helpful, but this tradition is really built in experience.
Like we all say, a teacher really is indespensible. And when some teachers suggest (or really tell their students) not to read certain things, it is because the more intellectual one gets about "the view" and all that, the further one strays from authentic experience.
One teacher I know is really good at challenging what we think we understand. He will give us a simple question, something that one truly needs to investigate. Often times this shows that when one thinks they understand something, a single question can make it all crumble. We need to be careful with what we "think" we understand.