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**Dyerryjex** · 07-07-2011, 05:09 AM

Interesting that the immediate reaction to my comment that it is important to have a good experienced guide is met with
That sentiment tends to be bantied about a lot and taken for granted in certain sects and cults, but it is not necessarily true or accurate at all. as if I was promoting a particular sect. I'm not. I'm just saying that whatever school of buddhism you are interested it is better to have a real life guide. A forest monk, or someone who has good experience, etc.
The irony is of course that while a few people on this thread have dissed this, they are actively giving guidance to someone who has never met them, and who has no idea what they are really like, and are expecting the poster to trust them over meeting and assessing a person in real life. interesting.
Sure you should do your own research, and you are responsible for your own actions. But try for example to learn to read on your own.

07-07-2011, 05:09 AM	#26
Dyerryjex Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 727 Senior Member	Interesting that the immediate reaction to my comment that it is important to have a good experienced guide is met with That sentiment tends to be bantied about a lot and taken for granted in certain sects and cults, but it is not necessarily true or accurate at all. as if I was promoting a particular sect. I'm not. I'm just saying that whatever school of buddhism you are interested it is better to have a real life guide. A forest monk, or someone who has good experience, etc. The irony is of course that while a few people on this thread have dissed this, they are actively giving guidance to someone who has never met them, and who has no idea what they are really like, and are expecting the poster to trust them over meeting and assessing a person in real life. interesting. Sure you should do your own research, and you are responsible for your own actions. But try for example to learn to read on your own.
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