Dangerous Friend, The Teacher-Student Relationship in Vajrayana Buddhism

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Dangerous Friend, The Teacher-Student Relationship in Vajrayana Buddhism
By: Nga-la Rig'dzin Dorje

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Author: Nga-la Rigdzin Dorje
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 1570628572 / 9781570628573

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Although Tibetan Buddhism continues to grow in popularity, the crucial relationship between teacher and student remains largely misunderstood. In Dangerous Friend, the author - an experienced Western practitioner and teacher - offers an in-depth exploration of that mysterious and complex bond, a relationship of paramount importance in Vajrayana Buddhist practice.
According to Vajrayana tradition, the student must have complete trust in the teacher (the "dangerous friend") if he or she is to achieve any understanding. It is the teacher's responsibility to uphold the integrity of the tradition, the basis of which is compassion for all beings, by transmitting it properly to an appropriate student. Likewise, it is the student's responsibility to meet the challenge of carrying on the lineage of teachings. By entering such a relationship, both teacher and student accept the burden of protecting those teachings by understanding them completely and correctly, by practicing them fully and faultlessly, and by transmitting them without omission or corruption.

Dangerous Friend, Rigdzin Dorje, 121 pages, $15.95

Rig'dzin Dorje is a practitioner and teacher in the Nyingma School of Vajrayana Buddhism. He is currently spiritual director in the lineage of the Aro g'Ter, of Buddhist centers throughout Europe.

Acknowledgments ix

Foreword xiii

Introduction: Buddhist Traditions and Vehicles 1

Opening 11

Approaching the Tiger 20

The Heart of Vajrayana 33

A Time of Transition 56

The Ultimate Adventure 67

Common Questions about Vajrayana 79

Notes 117

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