GUEST POST Recently Mike Garde recommended in an email that the best approach to take regarding this trouble within Rigpa is one based on successes in dealing with Tony Quinn and Scientology. I felt very […]
Author: tenpel
Buddhist monk.
Why the Dalai Lama cannot condemn Tibetans’ self-immolations
“This is a very, very delicate political issue. Now, the reality is that if I say something positive, then the Chinese immediately blame me. If I say something negative, then the family members of those […]
The Guru-Disciple Relationship – Advice by HH the Dalai Lama
There is a tremendous potential for abuse in this idea of trying to see all the behaviours of the guru as pure, of seeing everything the guru does as enlightened. I have stated that this […]
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 monks beat retreat over wind farm – from Tharpaland to Schloss Sommerswalde
Selling Tharpaland The Sunday Times (Mark Macaskill) has published an article about the selling of NKT’s Tharpaland to one of Britain’s largest energy firms who builds close by a wind farm. “The monks” of […]
The Bodhisattva & Sexuality – The Skill In Means Sutra
We had some discussion on the blog about ethics & safety. We mainly looked onto the ethics from the point of view of the Vinaya, and we only slightly touched the ethics from the […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 