{"id":8168,"date":"2010-12-07T11:33:31","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T03:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=8168"},"modified":"2010-12-06T23:50:32","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T15:50:32","slug":"one-or-many-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/12\/one-or-many-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"One Or Many Teachers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/116.jpg?resize=144%2C171\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/116.jpg?w=160&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/116.jpg?resize=81%2C96&amp;ssl=1 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I worry for Dharma friends<br \/>\nwho learn from many teachers,<br \/>\nbecause they might become confused<br \/>\nif there are (&#8216;seemingly&#8217;) contradicting teachings (that they can&#8217;t reconcile).<\/p>\n<p>I worry for Dharma friends<br \/>\nwho learn from only one teacher,<br \/>\nbecause they might become disappointed<br \/>\nif there are contradicting actions (that contradict the Dharma preached).<\/p>\n<p>I suggest taking the Middle Path.<br \/>\nLearn from the one Buddha, the best of teachers,<br \/>\nthough we need some other good teacher(s) to explain the Buddha&#8217;s teachings too.<br \/>\nKeep learning and asking &#8211; to clear confusion, to keep disappointment at bay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I worry for Dharma friends who learn from many teachers, because they might become confused if there are (&#8216;seemingly&#8217;) contradicting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[386,513,520],"class_list":["post-8168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-dharma","tag-middle-path","tag-teacher","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}