# The Teacher-Student Relationship with Lama Willa

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Podcast: [Dharma Sunday](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-sunday-7558056)
Published: 2026-03-09T13:17:17+00:00
Episode link: https://dharmasunday.podbean.com/e/the-teacher-student-relationship-with-lama-willa/
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## Resource

What does it mean to learn from a teacher, and how does that relationship support awakening? In this hour-long dharma talk, we’ll explore the role of the teacher–student relationship in spiritual practice—its possibilities, challenges and ethical foundations. Drawing on traditional teachings and contemporary perspectives, the talk will reflect on the role of discernment, trust, inner wisdom, responsibility and agency in cultivating a relationship with a teacher or teachers. We will also consider the breadth of what “teacher” means in an Eastern context, as a principal that permeates our outer, inner and innermost world, how being a student is a practice of taking life itself as our teacher.

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