These days, within the Kagyu tradition in particular, we seem to suffer from an overly Mahayana perspective—we must spend a long period of time practicing before we become realized.
Rodney Smith is the teacher for me who is really committed to folks needing to take responsibility for their own awakening, never investing that power in a "guru" or a particular technique or view, and urging his students to find their own way in the dharma.
Incidentally I've never actually sat with him, only received his teaching through his abundant writing and talks on dharma seed. Which for me has been plenty sufficient for landing this (and many other) deep dharma gems
Rodney Smith is the teacher for me who is really committed to folks needing to take responsibility for their own awakening, never investing that power in a "guru" or a particular technique or view, and urging his students to find their own way in the dharma.
Incidentally I've never actually sat with him, only received his teaching through his abundant writing and talks on dharma seed. Which for me has been plenty sufficient for landing this (and many other) deep dharma gems