“What they were was more important to me than what they said. It was as though what they were was much bigger than what they taught. Nowadays, if I happen to do a sādhana that I was given by one or another of them, as soon as I start the sādhana they at once spring to mind and I have a very vivid sense of their presence. It’s as though they transcend their own teaching. Life can never find full expression, and in the case of a spiritual teacher, his or her spiritual teaching never fully expresses their realization.”
Sangharakshita