In Western cultures, we can be skeptical of spiritual teachers and gurus, although not so much our rabbis, clerics and priests. What is the importance of a true, spiritual teacher? How does Eastern culture help us with this? What, in the West, may we not see about this? Is there something good about Western skepticism? ... What does it mean to listen to a teacher, but not necessarily agree with every opinion of the teacher? What is this devotion to a teacher sometimes called bhakti? ... In the end, what is the true role of the teacher/guru?.

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