… the Buddhist movement never tries to destroy evil absolutely, as it would be evil to do so. Instead, it seeks to transform evil into good, turning even demonic entities into ‘protectors of freedom’ (dharmapala) […]
Author: tenpel
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Is the NKT a Personality Cult? – A Check Based on Word Statistics
In Germany there is a politician, Peer Steinbrück, who runs a campaign “More We, less I”. Spiegel Online investigated in a ‘Münchhausen Check’ if Steinbrück really says what he preaches by investigating two of his […]
Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims? Alan Strathern on BBC News
In a recent post, Buddhist Monks as Hate Preachers & Sexual Abuse, I mainly referred to sad developments within the global Buddhist community where Buddhist monks spread words of hate, actions that harm others, themselves as […]
NKT Tharpaland: The Windfarm Study – A Nocebo Effect?
In a recent post, NKT monks beat retreat over wind farm – from Tharpaland to Schloss Sommerswalde, the selling of Tharpaland and a study was discussed that claimed rather heavy negative effects of the infrasound from […]
When were the monasteries destroyed in Tibet?
I have to confess that I am not much familiar with the history of Tibet/China and that I am in a learning process. My interest mainly comes from a sense of justice I have […]
Buddhist Monks as Hate Preachers & Sexual Abuse
There are some negative developments in the Buddhist world for which Buddhists should be ashamed, and if possible take up responsibility to counter them. One of them is that the Rohingya – a Muslim minority […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 