Committing to a guru can involve considerable risks, but when approached with care, honesty, and critical discernment, the relationship can yield powerful insights.

Scott Tusa is a Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and meditation teacher, practice advisor to Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s Pundarika Sangha, and a former monk who has studied in the Gelugpa and Nyingma traditions. 

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