[soonahonsefalh]

It is relavent in that it is a realized master's observation...

In Tibetan Buddhism one is told to regard all Tibetan teachers as 'realised' and 'Buddhas'. I never noticed much actual evidence of them being any different to anyone else, apart from the textual and ritual knowledge . However one is told it again and again, and since one is also told devotion (and Guru Yoga) to teachers, lineages etc is essential,one actually starts believing it in the end.

I'm not saying I found anything nasty about the teachers in any way... but what I did see was a number of different Tibetan men always with texts in front of them which they had been repeating since they were tiny children, receiving a lot adulation. (and who all had almost identical word-for-word answers to any questions after their "teachings"). Sure some of them had some insight in one-to-one conversations, but not always, and not exclusively.

The later add-ons you refer to are the teachings of widely accepted realized beings or those who are called Bodhisattvas But they aren't necessarily the teachings of the Buddha


It is the Mahayana belief ......

Mahayana Buddhists believe .......
Why are you telling me this? I already mentioned my offline experience in that area.