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). 
@VincentHornhttps://www.lionsroar.com/guru-model/
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OTOH, if there’s enough trust established immediately, magic is also possible. Many tales of this in the literature, but also contemporary accounts. So it was functional to build up gurus as near-gods in the tradition; it made it possible to skip a lot of relationship-building.
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Obviously that has numerous drawbacks, but it’s hell of efficient. One of the biggest obstacles for deep contemporary teaching is that hardly anyone (teachers or students) has the time to build the necessary sort of relationship.
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