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Dear Abbey Dharma Spring 2011

Sylvia Boorstein

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Dear Abbey Dharma,
I have been on the Buddhist path for a large portion of my life. I practiced Zen while I was a teenager and practiced Tibetan Buddhism in my late 20s. Now, in my late 30s, I find myself going it alone after becoming weary of ritual. Do most people go through this weariness at some point? I am still on the path, just without a teacher or lineage. Is this wise?
–Lone Wolf Buddhist

Dear Lone Wolf,

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