List of Highly Realized Teachers

According to a Realized friend, he and his teacher listed out a few teachers who have reached the highest anatta realization possible in the Buddha's teaching. This is different from many "I Am" advaita and new-age teachings which Venerable Sheng-yen describes as just "an extension of the sense of self to a bigger self", after which there is a need to realize "no-mind". I had participated in a talk by Beishi Guohan of the Cosmos Chan community, a disciple of Venerable Sheng-yen, and he described the realization as "no self, no insight".

Here is the list of highly recommended teachers so far:

• Bodhidharma (Ch'an)
• Dogen Kigen (Zen)
• Dakpo Takshi Namgyal (Mahamudra/Kagyu)
• Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche (Dzogchen/Nyingma)
• Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (Mahamudra/Kagyu)

Or teachers who share correct doctrines:

• Ācārya Malcolm Smith (Dzogchen/Nyingma)