LastLegend wrote:If I happen to meet a teacher, I will be happy to receive him. I don't deny the importance of having a teacher, though you must acknowledge what you speak of comes from a place of your personal experience. Maybe I am being arrogant and full of it.Johnny Dangerous wrote:
Practice your best, with the understanding that maybe one day, you will in fact meet a teacher that jives wit yer mojo...it's not like Vajrayana is the only form of Buddhism that sees having a teacher as important.
Yes personal experience for sure, but again also the simple logic of "learnin stuff good" - what else would you say "I can learn it all just as well my on my own and from books" about? Martial Arts? Cooking? nearly anything worth learning benefits immeasurably from a flesh and blood mentor I think..much less something as important as Dharma practice.
I'm also not trying to discount your visionary experiences by any means, btw..I believe in all that stuff too.