Yesterday I met a friend I have not seen since 20 years. He was quite amazed to hear that on my encounter with Buddhism I got sucked into Buddhist cults (NKT, GTC). He wondered […]
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Why ‘Kadampa Buddhism’ (NKT) has all the characteristics of a cult
Here is something I wrote several years ago about what makes the NKT a cult. Since I don’t debate the cult much these days I thought I would share it again. Please overlook any grammar […]
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 […]
A Tibetan Translator’s Testimony by Tenzing Wangdak – Part 2
The Ticking Bomb That Took 23 Years to Explode. Part Two This present writing is a sequel to my previous Tibetan Translator’s Testimony. By Tenzing Wangdak It was in April 1991, thoughts on recent […]
The Buddhists Who Hate the Dalai Lama More Than the Chinese Do
Dorje Shugden is an obscure trickster spirit, believed to have originated in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, in the 17th century. And though the spirit’s followers in the Western world probably number only a few thousand, […]
How are newcomers introduced to the Dorje Shugden issues in the New Kadampa Tradition?
Question: Is there any NKT documentation that talks about when to introduce the Dorje Shugden issues to new students? Is there a deliberate policy of concealment and delay in introducing this until people are ‘too […]
NEWS: Articles related to the New Kadampa Tradition, Ripga, SGI & A Review of “Dolgyal Shugden: A History”
There are some new interesting articles related to the New Kadampa Tradition and Shugden: Open Letter to the of the New Kadampa Tradition by Gavin Kilty* Dolgyal Shugden: A History By The Dolgyal Shugden Research Society Reviewed by […]
NKT Survivor Testimony: “I Am Not Your Teacher”
I Am Not Your Teacher by Andrea Ballance The shortcoming of hanging pawns is that they present a convenient target for attack. As the exchange of men proceeds, their potential strength lessens and during the […]
Another letter to Kelsang Rabten
The following is another letter by Carol McQuire to Kelsang Rabten in reply to his interview posted on YouTube and the dorjeshugden[.]com site. Kelsang Rabten, in your first interview, you state that it was ‘outrageous’ for […]
A Tibetan Translator’s Testimony by Tenzing Wangdak
GUEST POST My Diary – The Ticking Bomb That Took 23 Years To Explode My name is Tenzing Wangdak. I woke up at around 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning, December 17th, 2014. I was […]
Buddhist Bullshit
Originally posted on Post-Traditional Buddhism:
I generally avoid getting political on this blog. Not because I am apolitical, or think it too messy a subject to broach, but because I have used this blog primarily…
Concerning The Protests At The Teachings Of H.H. The Dalai Lama: A Resolution Proposal II
Dear Nicholas Pitts/Kelsang Rabten, Re: Resolution of the Shugden Conflict by the Removal of its Causes First of all, can I thank you for responding in a spirit which demonstrates a sincere wish to resolve […]
The story of a New Kadampa Tradition monk or How I got sucked into a cult
My name is Tenzin Peljor / Michael Jäckel. I was 29 when I met the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) in December 1995. At that time the general public didn’t know about any controversy relating to the […]
Open Letter by Chairman of the Board of Trustees of New Kadampa Tradition’s Maitreya Buddhist Centre
GUEST POST – re-posted with prior permission from the author I think it might be useful to post here the open letter I wrote back in 2012 in my attempt to try and summarise how […]
The story of a New Kadampa Tradition nun: “Disrobing”
GUEST POST My name is Andrea Ballance. I was a member of the New Kadampa Tradition. I was ordained in this tradition. I was a fully absorbed, dedicated, misguided and later an abandoned devotee of […]
Concerning The Protests At The Teachings Of H.H. The Dalai Lama: A Resolution Proposal I
GUEST POST @ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Len Foley, Neil Elliott, and Nicholas Pitts (Kelsang Rabten) I am a member of a small, unofficial, though well connected group of activists who have at heart the best interests […]
The Pope and Dalai in the eyes of Beijing by Raimondo Bultrini
English Translation by Raimondo Bultrini & Francesca Paoletti of Papa e Dalai agli occhi di Pechino One thing is certain: that the commitment to peace by Pope Francis is indubitable. But for what reason did […]
Raimondo Bultrini about Shugden, the protests against the Dalai Lama and China’s role in it
The 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates ceases today. A brief summery covering the ISC / New Kadampa Tradition protests and links to new academic material can be read here. Raimondo Bultrini posted on […]
More and more testimonies from former New Kadampa Tratition (NKT) followers
Over the last weeks three new public testimonies written by “New Kadmapa Survivors” have been posted under the real name of each author on the New Kadampa Survivor Actvists Facebook Group. In a new […]
@IndyHack
Update Dec 3, 2014 @IndyHack who harasses, defames and harms under the guise of human rights rhetoric on Twitter and on his “arebuddhistsracist.com” site the Dalai Lama, scholars, Buddhist monks and the Tibetans – including […]
Media Note to Tibetan Youth Congress Official Statement on Dorjee Shugden released on May 23, 2014
The Western campaigning Shugden group tends to ignore the voice of Tibetans. It is also somewhat strange that Westerners speak of an issue that is a deeply inner Tibetan topic. That’s why from time to […]
