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Teacher-Student Relations in Two Tibetan Buddhist Groups in Helsinki |
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Sharapan, Maria
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Härkönen, Mitra
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| Source |
Contemporary Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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| Volume | v.18 n.2 |
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| Date | 2017 |
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| Pages | 437 - 454 |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
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https://www.routledge.com/
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| Location | Abingdon, UK [阿賓登, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Author affiliation: Department of Languages and Communication, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland; Study of Religions, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
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| Abstract | Based on sixteen interviews with members of two Tibetan Buddhist groups in Helsinki, Finland, this article investigates how the role of the guru, power imbalance and power abuse are perceived by the students. This qualitative study aims at understanding what shape the reverence to the Vajrayana teacher takes in the egalitarian environment of a European country, where Buddhism is a relatively new phenomenon. The interviews show that while teachers are not losing importance, ways of choosing and paying respect to them changes. They also reveal confusion in defining abuse, and emphasis on personal agency and teachers’ accountability for avoiding it. |
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| Table of contents | Introduction 437
Guru in Tibetan Buddhism 437
Gurus in the West 440
The context 441
Method 443
Results 445
The role and meaning of the guru 445
Perception of the teacher’s authority 448
Awareness of and attitude to power abuse 449
Discussion 450
Conclusion 451
References 453 |
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| ISSN | 14639947 (P); 14767953 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/14639947.2017.1373436 |
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| Created date | 2021.02.28 |
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