“The Kagyu lineage being broken will be by students who are not suitable, qualified "vessels", meeting gurus who lack realizations and thus they are unable to see the guru as a Buddha.” ---8th Karmapa, One Hundred Instructions “The greatly intelligent obey the guru's commands with effort and joy, but if unable, explain to them their… Continue reading WHEN AND HOW TO SAY “NO” TO A QUALIFIED GURU’S COMMANDS: Fulfilling and not fulfilling a guru’s command with reasons, the Marpa-Milarepa relationship, no distinction between worldly and Dharma for a qualified guru. 1st Karmapa’s “toilet relics” and stories of well-known masters who disobeyed their gurus (Fifty Verses on the Guru, 17th Karmapa, Day 9, 2025)