“One of the most important and tragic killer is the lack of compassion and kindness in our hearts.” We all have a natural feeling of kindness, a natural compassion. “But it seems that we can […]
Category: Dialogue
A Groundbreaking Meeting Begins A New Era for the Karma Kagyu Lineage – The Two Karmapas Meet in France
On October 11, 2018 a statement was released jointly by the two claimants to the title of Karmapa, His Holiness Ogyen Trinley Dorje and His Holiness Trinley Thaye Dorje. The statement reads: We are both […]
Why Buddhist men shouldn’t be ordained
Originally posted on Sujato’s Blog:
Just because I can’t resist. 10. A man’s place is in the workforce, where he can earn money to donate to nuns. 9. Mens’ avoidant and primitive ways of…
A Must Watch: Video About the Historic Conference of Western Buddhist Teachers with H.H. the Dalai Lama
Many, many years ago, when I had the chance to escape my Buddhist “cults” – the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) and Ganden Tashi Choeling (GTC) – I had the good luck to see a video […]
Dialogue with Dalai Lama protesters: What is the Dalai Lama lying about?
“Dalai Lama stop lying” – Which lie did he tell? Many people wonder, why the Anti-Dalai Lama protesters (NKT via SSC, WSS, ISC) accuse His Holiness the Dalai Lama of lying or even of being a “very […]
Why do Buddhists – especially but not exclusively ‘Kadampa Buddhists’ – fear enlightenment?
Recently a monastic elder from Switzerland pointed out an article from the New York Times that was reprinted in an Indian newspaper, the Deccan Herald. Omri Boehm, an Israeli, criticizes in The German silence on […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 