Here is a document the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) asked their students to sign after they had enrolled for the “Special Teacher Training Programme in Kadampa Buddhism (STTP)” at the Kadampa Meditation Centre London. The students of the […]
Category: Religion
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 […]
Dalai Lama protesters & Shugden followers – Propaganda unlimited
Is there a need to go again into the bizarre, distorted and hateful propaganda spread worldwide either by the International Shugden Community (ISC) / New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) or the Indian and Singapore based […]
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast 3.2: Tenzin Peljor is in the house!
Matthew O’Connor from the Post-Traditional Buddhism blog made recently an interview with me. I didn’t listen to it yet. Hopefully it is somewhat meaningful. At least, I spoke from heart and tried to be honest. […]
The concept of “evil” in Buddhism and specifically in the context of Dorje Shugden
Here is an interesting essay by Georges Dreyfus from 2011 about the concept of “evil” in Buddhism, specifically in Tibetan Buddhism. Dreyfus examines in this essay among others the concept of “evil” in the context […]
What does the Dalai Lama mean to a young Tibetan, grown up in occupied Tibet under Chinese rule?
One of Seven Billion Human Beings by Jamyang Tashi “What does the Dalai Lama mean to you?” One of my American friends asked me this question about two years ago after we had a long conversation […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 