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Originally Posted by peteyzen
well said Ajay, and I agree. Although Siddhartha paradoxically, found his way mostly by himself, which is extremely rare.
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He worked with many, many teachers so I am not sure where you got that from.
He then even sent up a system of monks called bhikkhu's to teach Buddhism. So the Buddha was all about having a teacher/guru. You can't go very far in Buddhism without the empowerments and transmissions from a teacher.