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**66paptroump** · 07-16-2012, 01:14 AM

Is it necessary at any point to have blind faith and just completely accept the words of Buddhist teachers we read about, go to the talks of, or meet ?

No.

I take with caution any speech or written book of teachers.

Those are their experiences under very unique conditions from where they have practiced.

Some teachers, in my experience, just add some sort of inspiration so to keep in practice while others can make the Suttas easy to understand and others are just about poetry and wishful thoughts about things.

But also those that make sutta easy to understand, this does not compare with the direct practice of a Sutta of Gotama Buddha.

In this way, the direct practice from the Suttas of Gotama Buddha is what has done progress quenching a lot of dukkha in my life.

This quenching never happend when following the experience gotten by a teacher.

07-16-2012, 01:14 AM	#5
66paptroump Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 441 Senior Member	Is it necessary at any point to have blind faith and just completely accept the words of Buddhist teachers we read about, go to the talks of, or meet ? No. I take with caution any speech or written book of teachers. Those are their experiences under very unique conditions from where they have practiced. Some teachers, in my experience, just add some sort of inspiration so to keep in practice while others can make the Suttas easy to understand and others are just about poetry and wishful thoughts about things. But also those that make sutta easy to understand, this does not compare with the direct practice of a Sutta of Gotama Buddha. In this way, the direct practice from the Suttas of Gotama Buddha is what has done progress quenching a lot of dukkha in my life. This quenching never happend when following the experience gotten by a teacher.
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