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**VonErmad4** · 04-19-2011, 05:16 AM

The Buddha's teachings can never teach us as much as our own senses could...

Really? WOW! (that is a very interesting statement!)

Actually, relying on books by teachers is not the same thing as actually learning directly from a great teacher, and by that I mean one who has devoted his or her whole life to study and practice, and has learned from great teachers, and who transmits the teachings clearly without distorting them. I have found on many occasions that teachers offer a greater depth of understanding things that I read in books and thought I knew fully. This applies not only to Buddha's teachings, but to many things.

04-19-2011, 05:16 AM	#9
VonErmad4 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 543 Senior Member	The Buddha's teachings can never teach us as much as our own senses could... Really? WOW! (that is a very interesting statement!) Actually, relying on books by teachers is not the same thing as actually learning directly from a great teacher, and by that I mean one who has devoted his or her whole life to study and practice, and has learned from great teachers, and who transmits the teachings clearly without distorting them. I have found on many occasions that teachers offer a greater depth of understanding things that I read in books and thought I knew fully. This applies not only to Buddha's teachings, but to many things.
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