Maitreya Buddhist Centre The NKT Maitreya Centre1– or better the charity trustees of Maitreya Buddhist Centre – allow to get some insights in the power politics within New Kadampa Traditon (NKT). The common politic within […]
Author: tenpel
Buddhist monk.
The Dalai Lama and Sogyal Rinpoche: A Roaring Silence?
GUEST POST One of the questions asked by many since the long running saga of Sogyal has once again gathered pace is why hasn’t the Dalai Lama spoken out? Why is it, if he knows […]
One Year With Rigpa – A Testimony
GUEST POST Thirteen years ago, I left a bookshop with two books under my arm. One was The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche (SR). The other was a commentary on lamrim […]
Boring Books by Je Tsongkhapa vs. Good Feeling Books by Geshe Kelsang
The following is an excerpt of a transcript of a speech given by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) Talk on Je Tsongkhapa Day 25th October 1996, edited November 27th […]
Sogyal Rinpoche and the Silence of the Tibetan Buddhist Community and the Dalai Lama
Many of the problems Buddhism is currently facing in the West have arisen because this is an early stage of the transmission of the Dharma to Western countries, and there is the opportunity for charlatans […]
Cartoon NKT Survivor Experiences & New Discussions
There is a series of cartoons from a former NKT nun which are well made and shed light on life within the New Kadampa Tradition / Kadampa Buddhism. It makes me very sad to watch […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 