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**Âåðåùàãèí** · 05-07-2011, 03:05 PM

One thing I have found is that it is easy to want to be told how is best to do things, but really with Buddhism having a teacher isn't the important thing because the learning has to be done internally by yourself.

Its good to investigate carefully first. Some offline teachers can be very helpful for the development and understanding of ones practice, but getting too dependent on them isn't a good idea because eventually one has to walk the path by oneself without clinging.

05-07-2011, 03:05 PM	#18
Âåðåùàãèí Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 510 Senior Member	One thing I have found is that it is easy to want to be told how is best to do things, but really with Buddhism having a teacher isn't the important thing because the learning has to be done internally by yourself. Its good to investigate carefully first. Some offline teachers can be very helpful for the development and understanding of ones practice, but getting too dependent on them isn't a good idea because eventually one has to walk the path by oneself without clinging.
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