A guru is a person who can really show you the true nature of your mind and who knows the perfect remedies for your psychological problems. Someone who doesn’t know his own mind can never know others’ minds and therefore cannot be a guru.

Lama Yeshe

from the book Becoming Your Own Therapist: An Introduction to the Buddhist Way of Thought

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