No worries!Ben wrote:I'll have to disagree with you on that one Dan.Dan74 wrote:If that person is indeed close to arahatship, then placing your trust in him or her and worshiping them as a living embodiment of the ideal one is striving toward may actually be really helpful for practice (e.g. guru devotion).
kind regards
Ben
Here's a good article on the subject:
http://viewonbuddhism.org/spiritual_teacher_guru.html