The Eastern tradition emphasizes the need for a spiritual master. As if there were a lot of them… But it is remarkable in the Orientals the living notion that there is a component of knowledge that cannot be transmitted through books, that is, something apprehensible only through the very rare direct experience or through revelation from master to disciple. What impresses is the true veneration for the ancestors, for the wise, and furthermore for the maintenance of the tradition of, through a few individuals, establishing a link between very distant generations through knowledge passed on individually to handpicked disciples. Not even the mighty time seems strong enough to break the solid chain that the Orientals have established to transmit the enlightenment of dozens of centuries ago.
Eastern Tradition Emphasizes the Need for a Spiritual Master
