Qualities of a Spiritual Teacher
Qualities to look for in a spiritual mentor and how to cultivate a healthy relationship with them.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron What it means to see the guru as the Buddha
More about why we can get confused with Tantra teachings and teachers and loose faith.
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Confusion within tantra
Continuing to share about teachers who use their power inappropriately and why that could happen.
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How to tell if a Buddhist teacher has the right qual...
Venerable Thubten Chodron responds to some distressed students who were following a teacher who abused…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Reliance on a spiritual teacher
What it means to properly rely on a spiritual mentor and benefit of reliance on…
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Relying on a spiritual guide
How to develop a proper relationship with a spiritual guide and how to use that…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Relying on the teacher
What it means to rely on our spiritual mentors and the many benefits of doing…
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Why we need a teacher
The reasons we need a spiritual mentor and the importance of cultivating our own motivations…
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Qualities of the student
The qualities of a good disciple as well as the benefits and ways of serving…
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The benefits of having a teacher
How we benefit from the great kindness of our teachers and how to cultivate the…
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Finding our spiritual guide
Why we need a spiritual mentor, the qualities to look for, and how to go…
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Reformatting the hard disk of the mind
An interview concerning a new type of relationship between Buddhist teacher and student in the…
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Qualities of teacher and student
The need for cultivating a relationship with a qualified spiritual teacher and the importance of…
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