<p>There's doctrine which says that a good friend (perhaps "exemplar") is important too: for example <a href="https://suttacentral.net/sn45.2/en/sujato" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SN 45.2</a>.</p>

<p>Apparently the Buddha, having no-one to take as a role-model, used the Dhamma -- <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/28691/254">Reference request for &quot;the Buddha takes the Dhamma as his superior&quot;</a></p>

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<p>I have been practising dharma and meditation now for more than 2 years and i feel a good progress within me. Does these 2 tools dharma and meditation alone can take us through to different levels of consciousness ? </p>

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i feel dhamma is common phenomenon in this spiritual process. Astanga Yoga says about dhamma in the terms of iyama and niyama. I come from Tamil language where tirukural literature talks about dhamma in the terms of aram. i strive to walk in the path of dhamma always.
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can meditation and dharma alone take us to higher levels of consciousness?
# can meditation and dharma alone take us to higher levels of consciousness?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-13)

I have been practising dharma and meditation now for more than 2 years and i feel a good progress within me. Does these 2 tools dharma and meditation alone can take us through to different levels of consciousness ?

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> **username_0**: i feel dhamma is common phenomenon in this spiritual process. Astanga Yoga says about dhamma in the terms of iyama and niyama. I come from Tamil language where tirukural literature talks about dhamma in the terms of aram. i strive to walk in the path of dhamma always.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-01-13. Score: 0

There's doctrine which says that a good friend (perhaps "exemplar") is important too: for example [SN 45.2](https://suttacentral.net/sn45.2/en/sujato).

Apparently the Buddha, having no-one to take as a role-model, used the Dhamma -- [Reference request for "the Buddha takes the Dhamma as his superior"](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/28691/254)


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