The distinction of the teacher:
The Buddha is without fault and has perfected good qualities, but the teachers of other religions are the opposite of this.Udbhatasiddhasvamin’s Praise of the Exalted One says:
Having forsaken other teachers,
I go to you for refuge, O Bhagavan.
If someone should ask why, it is because
You have no faults and possess [all] good qualities.And also:
The more I reflect on
Other, non-Buddhist, traditions, The greater becomes
My faith, O Protector.Their minds are ruined by the faults of tenets
Devised by those who are not omniscient.
Those whose minds are ruined
Cannot even see you, faultless Teacher.
LAMRIM VOL 1, PG 189
Buddha is the omniscient one who has completed both collection of merits and wisdom to become fully enlightened without any faults and possesses all good qualities. He is the one truly worthy of our refuges!
Thank you again, Master, for the clear and concise reminder! ????????????