%0 Journal Article %T Trickster-Like Teachings in Tibetan Buddhism: Shortcuts towards Destroying Illusions %A Z. G. Ma %J Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences (ISSN: 2456-4761) %D 2018 %R 10.9734/ARJASS/2018/38108 %X Trickster-like Dharma teachings in Tibetan Buddhism behave as a kind of shortcuts in the approach to leading people along the path of enlightenment. This essay collects three such teachings of different levels towards destroying illusions, i.e., Buddha¡¯s silence, Guru¡¯s paradox, and Ego¡¯s kleshas. They are necessary as ¡°an ace up the sleeve¡± for Buddha to destruct disciples¡¯ metaphysical quagmire, for Guru to lead community toward perfect transcendence, and for individuals to attain self-consciousness. %U http://www.sciencedomain.org/abstract/22795