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sādhana

Teacher discernment checklist

Provide concrete questions before granting trust.

01

TEXTUAL ANCHOR

Begin with a traceable source

Ahimsa, dharma and contemporary safeguarding standards. The source is an anchor for study, not a claim that this modern guide is a verbatim passage or the only valid interpretation.

Study the source in context →
02

DAILY PRACTICE

Turn the teaching into conduct

Verify training, claims, money, complaint processes, boundaries and whether leaving is respected.

03

DISCERNMENT

Keep the practice humane

Use this guide without coercion, miracle claims or replacing qualified medical, legal, safeguarding or lineage guidance.

04

REFLECTION

A question to carry

Does this practice increase truthfulness, freedom, compassion and responsible action?

Answer with one observable example. Spiritual maturity is better tested through truthfulness, steadiness, compassion, repair and useful action than through claims of status.