"If anyone thinks he can help you, he will inevitably mislead you..." - UG

The wisdom to see reality as beyond a single teacher or a single path or a single tradition is imperative in the exploration of Life.

Only UG says it bluntly and so does Taoism of ancient China, that teachers or gurus or masters play only a peripheral role.

Taoism goes a step further and says that any Teacher is not fundamentally different from the Disciple but only a little more advanced in the journey, only he or she has had an early start.

Taoist sages caution us not to be stuck with one teacher due to sentiment or tradition ( many times inadequate or un-enlightened ) because a single teacher provides only a small window, a very circumscribed view into the vast expanse of reality.

To be eternally grateful or thankful, or to hold dearly onto relationships or sentiments could indeed be counterproductive in our individual journey or the appreciation of reality.

Many a soul is lost and trapped in master-disciple, guru-shishya quagmire!

Let us hear UG's take on gurus, in his own words:

"If anyone thinks he can help you, he will inevitably mislead you. And the less phony he is, the more enlightened he is, the more misery and mischief he will create for you!”

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