The Secret Speech of True Buddha by living Buddha Lian-Sheng
by Living Buddha Sheng-yen Lu
RESPECT YOUR GURU (Page : 68 - 69)
I have mentioned it many times, in Tantrayana, the relationship between disciples and teacher is very direct. I have stressed time and again, once you take refuge in a Tantric guru, you must not convict a breach of Samaya commitment. If later you find your guru incompetent in his Tantra, unable to explain fully the difference between outer Tantra, Inner Tantra, The Supreme Tantra and the Great perfection Tantra, or worse still; your guru uses the Dharma to cheat others, in which case you may slowly leave your guru, since you do not benefit from him.
In the Samsaric world, if you known your teacher are a Vajra guru who has some shortcomings, what should you do? In accordance with the Tantric teachings, you must not see the weakness of your guru in the first place. If you learn the Dharma from your guru wholeheartedly, the Buddha, Bodhisattva and protectors will empower you from the void. If you keep seeing his weakness, remembering his faults, and thinking that he has no virtue, you will not respect him when he teaches you, and as a result you will not treasure the Dharma taught; it will be very difficult, if not impossible for you to have a spiritual response.
In Tantrayana, it is impossible to have spiritual response if you do not respect your guru and treasure his Dharma.
Even if your guru has some shortcomings, it is important that you do not make it a big issue; you must always remember his virtuous behavior. To learn his Dharma, it is imperative that you must respect your guru. Spiritual response will only come when you respect your guru and treasure his teachings. This is reaffirmed in the Fifty Stanza of Guru Devotion.
It is impossible for a Vajra Guru to be faultless. Seeing his fault will affect your spiritual response.
If your guru has accomplished the Tantra, upon his empowerment, the root deity, protectors, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas will energize you even if your guru has some imperfections, your spiritual response will not be affected. The reason is that your teacher is a mirror that reflects on you. Learning from his strengths and ignoring his weaknesses, you will be more like a Buddha. Otherwise you are bound to be on the losing end since you do not wish to learn the Dharma from him anymore.
As a disciple, the most important point you must remember is to see the strength of your guru and not his weakness. If you learn from his strength, value his teachings, all the protectors Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will energize you, and you will have spiritual response. This statement has been said since time immemorial. On the other hand, if do not treasure his teachings, you lose the chance to have spiritual response. That is why it is said that as a tantric disciple we must respect our teacher, treasure his teachings and internalise the cultivation.
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