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105 Ken McLeod on the Magic of Vajrayana

The Imperfect Buddha Podcast

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The Role of the Guru or Teacher in Vadrayana Buddhism

The role of the guru is a bone of contention for many, especially within Vadrayana or tantric Buddhism. How do you go about tackling this in your book? There probably is a good argument to say there is a bit of a lack of teachers in the West who are willing, in a sense, to do the kind of thing you're doing. You referenced working with language. So I'm going to start there.

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