Unless we have such devotion for our kind teachers that we consider them as greater than the Buddha, we will not receive even a single portion of their blessings.
Without genuinely receiving blessings, the tender shoots of experience and realization will not grow.
Longchenpa
A Mirror Revealing the Crucial Points: Advice on the Ultimate Meaning
translated by Adam Pearcey
source: http://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/longchen-rabjam/ultimate-meaning
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