That is my view. I can tell many things, discuss my ethics and stuff and be a story teller. But I am not trained to teach the foundations of Buddhism or much of any of it whatsoever. I am a (crazy) prophet not a Buddhist teacher.

That said, Mingyur Rinpoche is THE best I have followed recently. Only reading his books (In Love with the world and Turning clarity into confusion (about meditation techniques and Buddhism principles). And seeing him talk once in Toronto in a small temple. He refused me refuge because I was the only one who wanted it that day. ah ha ah ah....I left later while he was talking, in the afternoon. I prostrated once and bowed especially when I left. He look perturbed when he saw me leave. It is usually a bad sign when you are refused refuge but I am not superstitious. I think he refused simply because he was being busy teaching to a crowd. This was BEFORE he had left on a mendicant journey. I bet he has much much changed now and he is always wonderful. I took refuge the following week under the Gelupa. I was named  Karma Shenpen Lhamo, the goddess of giving. I have since read trilingual editions of Nagarjuna and read some of it by sound only in tibetan and english, I have the first part of Tsonghkhapa Gradual pah to enlightenment, I have read Naropa yoga and trungpa, many books by C. Trungpa and many hagiographies of Milarepa, tilopa and naropa. Also I have a signed copy in tibetan by the translator of Milarepa Songs in my bookshelf - the book is in English translated by a tibetan monk I think. And THIS is how lay people western style learn about Buddhism, Canada. Some are blessed with excellent teachers as I was for a while in Longueuil, Quebec, at Manjusri centre, and this is where I took my vow of boddhisstva.  

I don't know why I call the Gelug sect, the Gelupa. It is my mistake I think. I feel like I must look like a total tourist to tibet....well, I am. Though it is possible I was the 13th dalai lama previously...I am at last full of cool lucid and experienced holy visions. And buddhism is THE panacea for gaining insights and sanity in a modern world. Hi world, this is the 13th. I am now a woman, crazy douche bag says assholes....pray for your 15th, tibetans. You will sorely miss her. That is the prophet speaking. 

P.S. There is a constant LETTING GO in Buddhism. As strictly a story teller, paco, I believe as I write it what I write. Then days later, I sometimes erase it or just leave it though I don't agree with it. I am HONEST with my blog. This is why it is so interesting I hope. And appealing to only a few. There is no glam here, we talk of pooh.