Couldn't agree more. Awesome. I haven't met as many lamas as Namdrol, but met quite
a few already and can say they were great teachers. But I've never seen anything like Namkhai Norbu or
a work that comes close to his. Those who know me, also know that for me saying this is not very easy, not because I know
a lot, but because I believe realization is very, very rare, even among high lamas (not mattering if I'm right or wrong, I have reasons to sustain this belief).
I hoping I'm not out of line by saying that it could be beneficial for those wanting to understand him throughly to study some Buddhadharma. I'll explain. ChNN in
a talk speaks about nirmanakaya, for instance. He will assume you know what it is. Or anuyoga. The same. These are only simple examples. Basically, when he speaks of
a Buddhist concept, he assumes you know what he is talking about, most of the times. He explains very precisely Dzogchen. Excellent booklets and books are available to deepen study. So, to better appreciate his teachings, having some Buddhist background helps
a lot, especially if one is not attending webcasts in
a group. I'm saying this by experience, because my wife became very interested in his webcasts, but after the talks I had to spend
a lot of time explaining Buddhist concepts to her. Finally I've decided to give her good books to read and now I only have to explain two or three concepts occasionally. So, I think knowing this could be beneficial for those thinking about assisting to the webcasts. Besides, with
a good background one learns more and more easily, but that you know already.
The downside... there's always one... I'm not getting any sleep to attend the webcasts...