The main sticking point for the future of Vajrayana Buddhism, imo. Good discussion, especially from Pema Khandro Rinpoche (a white woman lama who teaches in Berkeley, CA). 
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Pema Khandro Rinpoche points out that there *is no* The Guru Model. (That’s a caricature born of late-70s hysteria.) Teacher-student interactions in Vajrayana are highly varied, and often quite individualized. It’s rarely if ever a “model” in the sense of a formalized system.
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The challenge for both teachers and students is to develop ways of interacting that preserve the intense power of Vajrayana transmission and the possibility of unique, individualized instruction, while respecting contemporary cultural, social, and moral norms.
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