The guru is the nature of our mind. Once we have realized the nature of our mind, it is no longer necessary to search for the guru outside. If the view of the mind is maintained beyond meditation and postmeditation, the guru is present beyond meeting and parting.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
from the book Primordial Purity: Oral Instructions on the Three Words That Strike the Vital Point
translated by Ani Jinpa Palmo
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