Shugden won’t protect NKT monastics, NKT monastics have to study, observe and protect their vows themselves. You can find below the content of The New Ordination Handbook of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT). My claim is: With the […]
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The fallacies of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) ordination rite
Here you can listen to an explanation by Geshe Tashi Tsering from the Jamyang Buddhist Centre in London who explains what went wrong with the NKT Buddhist ordination system and how Kelsang Gyatso misinterpreted the […]
Full Ordination for Women: Thailand’s Buddhist nuns cautiously lobby for legal recognition
Thai Bhikkhunis have their own limitations, not just because they number only 25 compared with the approximate 200,000 male monks here. They lack legal recognition – a denial that accompanies various withholdings of public benefits, […]
NKT Ordination – Clarifying More Misunderstandings
Recently I received more explanations by Kelsang Gyatso which he gave to his followers with respect to the ordination women and men can receive in the New Kadampa Tradition (aka Kadampa Buddhism). I post […]
Update: New Kadampa Tradition – Ordination
UPDATE to NKT ordination April 18, 2011 In a former post I investigated the case of NKT ordination and I asked the question “Are NKT monks and nuns authentic?“. This time I wish to give […]
“Our Dark Heart” – The Dark Habits In Triratna
Preface by J. It should go without saying that suppressing the truth, even when the truth seems challenging or destructive, is a false refuge. For decades Triratna, formerly FWBO (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order) […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 