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I would rephrase that it is important to have good teachers and friends who can help you distinguish between situations when it is useful to keep going and situations where it is advisable to not keep going. Clearly, if the answer to every question is “just keep going”, that’s not really teaching…
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I think it is, indeed, problematic when a teacher is just repeating the same instructions, not giving advice based on the specific issues of a student. Especially if it ignores the possibility of physical or mental harm.
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He lived in Armenia, but left Armenia. Also, as far as I know, being a monk, he worked in Armenia as a “psychotherapist”, which caused questions from laymen I knew from Armenia