GUEST POST It struck me that last year the British based independent charity INFORM – providing reliable and up-to-date information about cults, sects, new religious movements (NRMs) etc., founded in 1988 by Professor Eileen […]
Category: Buddhism
New Kadampa Tradition, Shugden and the Dangers of an Exclusivist Attitude
GUEST POST by Joanne Clark Recently, I sat for long hours throughout the night and day beside my mother’s bed as she lay dying. I sang her hymns. I read her verses from the bible. […]
The Dalai Lama Responds to the Protests: Sectarianism and Shugden Worship
With respect to virtue, act in accord with the gurus’ words, but do not act in accord with the gurus’ words with respect to nonvirtue. – Buddha¹ Through taking sides the mind is distressed, Whereby […]
The NKT and Its Relationship With Truth: Should People in Glass Houses Throw Stones?
GUEST POST by Joanne Clark Several months ago, I posted an article on this blog revealing significant flaws in the Tharpa Publications’ translation of Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by Shantideva. I gave […]
The Dangers of Meditation. Advice for Meditators. An interview with Leigh Brasington by Willoughby Britton.
You might have heard that there are people who did retreat but came back rather insane than sane? Then there are people for whom meditation works very well, they become more grounded. Why is this? […]
The Dalai Lama on Sectarianism, Religious Freedom and the Shugden Issue
So in fact, restricting a form of practice that restricts others’ religious freedom is actually a protection of religious freedom. So in other words, negation of a negation is an affirmation. Spoken During a […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 