Kakumyo Lowe-Charde contributed to the Winter 2022 issue of Buddhadharma in a forum exploring this topic. In an excerpt from the interview highlighted in the article, Kakumyo shared, “Part of what the teacher is using to determine whether someone’s ready to become a teacher is, is it needed? Is the community seeing them as a support in the dharma in that way?”

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