Guru vs. Teacher

The difference is that a teacher points the way;
but the guru is the way.

The guru is a cooked goose, all their seeds are burned
and they're free, so when you're with them,
they are a clean mirror, so you only see your own stuff;
that's all you see, you don't see your stuff mixed
with their stuff, because they don't have any stuff.

With the teacher, you never know what you're getting,
because part of what you see is their stuff,
and part of it is your stuff.

Ram Dass