hey every one some nooby questions

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Re: hey every one some nooby questions

Post by retrofuturist »

Greetings,
parth wrote:All thats all right but except for a Buddha / Paccekabuddha a teacher is needed to expound on the Dhamma.
But how do you define 'teacher'?

Arguably many of us here have teachers we've either never met, or who died (or attained parinibbana) centuries before we were even born.

Metta,
Retro. :)
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Re: hey every one some nooby questions

Post by Parth »

Well in modern age a teacher could be several miles away :-)
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Re: hey every one some nooby questions

Post by nameless »

Several countries away even :smile:

There are a lot of talks by different teachers online, here and here, among others. You can listen to a variety of teachers, see which one resonates with you, and go to the teacher if geographically feasible, or go to someone from the same lineage.
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