The importance of samatha and vipassana meditation

Hello, I have started visiting the diamond way buddhist center. Our Lama teaches us guru yoga even when we're beginners and we haven't meditated before. Do you think it's right to start with guru yoga instead of samatha and vipassana meditation?

Every Lama I know from the Internet require the strong foundations of samatha and vipassana meditation before doing any vajrayana practices. I don't know if the approach of our Lama is useful for beginners as me.

Thank you all for your replies.

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