GUEST POST There is much discussion on this website and others about the troubles in western dharma centers and the need for western students to take charge of reform and new directions in the dharma. […]
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Committing to ethics which counter any type of abuse, including child abuse
We have discussed on this blog a bit on abuse, and sexual abuse in Tibetan Buddhist Tradition (and off the blog there was a discussion about child abuse too) and what to do. I just […]
New Kadampa Tradition – INFORM 2011 – Extremism on University Campuses
In their Annual Report 2011 INFORM reports to have received the most inquiries with respect to the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) / Kadampa Buddhism, founded by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in 1991. Also in 2008 and […]
Sex And The Lama by Gavin Kilty
It is necessary to conform to the sensible prevailing attitudes that rule the society we live in. It is true that there are teachings that say we should not judge or condemn the misdeeds of […]
Devotion with Discernment — A question of personal responsibility by Rob Preece
There is an excellent essay by Rob Preece which was recommended by a poster of this blog, Tiger Lily. I think this essay deserves our attention. Here is an extract. For the full essay please […]
Dalai Lama Interviewed By Piers Morgan & Moving Report About Self-Immolations
Tamding Thar wrote: “I take refuge in the Three Jewels – Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. With the hope that peace prevails on earth, With the yearning for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama […]
Dalai Lama Interview 1960 – Dalai Lama & the CIA – Tibetan Guerilla
In Germany and Austria the ongoing veneration for the Dalai Lama is suspicious for some – which is understandable from a human perspective. So recently Panorama and the Süddeutsche Zeitung (both from Germany) tried […]
Violation of the Sacred – Western Psychological Perspectives …
Guest Post Western Psychological Perspectives on Sexual Misconduct in the Clergy and their Implications for Western Dharma Centers “The pig and the chicken were on their way to breakfast, trying to decide what to have. […]
What Is A Rigpa Student To Think?
GUEST POST Sorting Out the Blogs and Posts in Regard to Allegations of Sexual Abuse Against Sogyal Rinpoche I begin with a story which I believe to be from a Zen center: Our Saturday morning […]
Ethics and Safety
GUEST POST It was heartbreaking to read of the recent tragic events at Diamond Mountain University (DMU), the center run by Michael Roach in Arizona … It is difficult to unravel the events which unfolded […]
Ex-NKT as an Identity
The following is a post by a former member of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT-IKBU) I’ve been ex-NKT now for longer than I was a member of this organisation. Recently, reading about ex-Catholics, I managed […]
Reporting Personal Experience On Religious Movements
The following is an information provided by Suzanne Newcombe, Research Officer at Inform. It is posted here as a separate post by kind permission.¹ People with personal experience that they wish to report anonymously on […]
Power Games from The World of NKT
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 […]
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 […]
INFORM statistics – Geshe Title of Kelsang Gyatso – Not Isolating Groups
For one week I was in London. During that time I visited also INFORM—an internationally renowned research group based at the London School of Economics. I am full of praise and respect for their […]
A life in the day of the New Kadampa Tradition
[Legal disclaimer: everything in this essay is the view and experience of the author and may not represent the experiences of others who were involved.] I first came across the NKT when I was […]
BBC: An Unholy Row
The BBC documentary An Unholy Row about the New Kadampa Tradition from 1998 can be watched now on YouTube, http://www.info-buddhism.com orVeoh:
