Sometimes, not that often, a few scholars and teachers out there get things more right than wrong. I suppose a scholar is someone who writes and speaks about their scholarship, while a teacher in this context implies a “spiritual teacher”, although in Platonic Surrealism there really isn’t any “spirit” or “matter” or “energy” for that matter, but the metaphor of “spiritual” is still usable in a general sense. The title says “Recognized”, just to say that the person speaks a lot of good sense. We all should probably listen to them, to some degree.
There are many such people in the world, but these are just a smattering, where you really can’t go wrong examining their work.
Remember, we are all students, we are all teachers, and even “enlightenment” is not an end-state to “attain” as there is nothing that can be “attained”, but simply remembered.
Some of the best teachers are sometimes the guy at the cigarette stand, or the pizza delivery guy. The funny little chair up on a dais is not necessary, in fact it’s generally a sign that things have gone quite wrong.