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When your guru dies and you feel lost in your practice

My guru passed away last month and I keep starting my morning riyaz but breaking down halfway through the first raag because everything I learned feels like it is disappearing with him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The death of a teacher forces confrontation with the impermanence of transmitted knowledge and the student's fear of unworthiness to carry it forward.

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