The teacher/lineage system in Buddhism (and other spiritual traditions) has continually been getting exposed as the corrupt and harmful spiritual circus it is. However, to dismiss the concept of teachers, or even lineages, altogether is just as harmful to genuine spirituality. 1/
Teachers also need to have the resources to know what to do when something goes wrong (e.g. if a student requires professional mental health support). That way we have a complete and nuanced system for human psychological development. 6/
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I have no idea what such a system would look like, let alone how to achieve it. But this is something Western Buddhists absolutely need to be discussing and exploring (and thankfully many are, though sadly not many in the mainstream spiritual community). 7/7
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