A while ago an excerpt from the book “The Novice: Why I became a Buddhist Monk …” by Stephen Schettini was posted on this blog. In it Schettini writes about his experience of Kelsang […]
Category: Buddhism
The Burning Question: Why are Tibetans Turning to Self-immolation?
The fact that Tibetan people are setting themselves on fire in this 21st century is to let the world know about their suffering, and to tell the world about the denial of basic human rights. […]
If you meet „The Evil“ you must be „evil“ yourself? Tibet’s & the Dalai Lama’s CIA connections + Nazi myths
Often we apply our present knowledge to situations or events without seeing these in their respective contexts. Due to this there are a lot of judgemental opinions, or “ethical condemnations” – which means one […]
Geshe Kelsang Calls Seattle Non-NKT Practitioners Dogs
GUEST POST Hello, my name is Frank Hopper. I became a disciple of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in July of 1990. I served briefly as the Administrative Director of Vajralama center in Seattle in the spring of […]
The Birth of the New Kadampa Tradition ‘Lineage’: ‘Teething Problems’
GUEST POST Recently, a poster on this blog spoke of “cases of denial, which, in the current climate here in the UK, especially with regard to sexual exploitation, are relevant. These are related to individual’s […]
The first female Geshe: Geshe Kelsang Wangmo
Due to the efforts of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and so many other supporters we can enjoy & celebrate to have the first female Geshe — a big step forward in Tibetan Buddhism — […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 