Overview

If one were to summarize the Buddha’s teaching in one word, we would have to say that it is universal interdependence, of which nonviolence is a natural consequence. Since we are all dependent on each other and all other beings want to be happy and not suffer, just as I do, my personal happiness and suffering are inextricably linked with those of others. This nonviolence does not mean weakness or passivity. It is the deliberate choice of altruism in all our thoughts and actions, so that it becomes inconceivable to knowingly harm others.

Fourteenth Dalai Lama: teachings in Amaravati, India, 2005
FOURTEENTH DALAI LAMA, TENZIN GYATSO (b. 1936)

Finding healing

Cultic Experiences: The Untold Consequences and How to Find Healing 2024/01/11
Heartwood Hosts First Gathering of Survivors of Abuse by Buddhist Teachers 2023/11/24
Walking Free from coercive, cultic and spiritual abuse 2023/07/28
A Timely and Important Book “Fallout: Recovering from Abuse in Tibetan Buddhism” 2019/07/29
A Psychological Report on The New Kadampa Tradition 2019/06/06
Launch of ‘Recovery from The New Kadampa Tradition’ resources website 2019/11/05

Buddhist Concepts · Rectifying Buddhist Terms · cultural ISSUES

A Call For Impartial Compassion 2020/12/09
Expressions of Whiteness in Buddhism 2020/07/24
Monastics Must Be Celibate – Also in Vajrayana? 2019/10/27
The Bodhisattva vows: “Failing to ward off defamation” 2019/08/27
Does the Dharma Have a Role in Recovering From Mental Health Problems? – A Personal Perspective 2019/04/18
Buddhism Is Not A Cure For Mental Health Problems – Or Is It? 2019/04/13
Between Basic Goodness and the Lows of Human Behaviour 2019/03/31
Why are cults so difficult to oppose? – Mark Dunlop on “brainwashing”
The Mystic Ganden Hearing Lineage – A Clarification 2018/04/13
In a Nutshell: Self and No-Self in Buddhism – Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche 2018/01/31
Sexual Union in Tantra: Distinguishing Between Sexual Abuse and Buddhist Practice – Guidelines from HH Dalai Lama 2017/08/06
The Buddha About Reproaching Others, Praise & Dispraise and Assigning Blame 2017/07/30
Bringing About Change in One’s Own Self – Jetsünma Khandro Rinpoche 2017/07/30
How Rebirth Takes Place, Tulkus, Recognizing Reincarnations – HH the 14th Dalai Lama 2016/03/17
What is faith and devotion in Buddhism? 2015/07/08
What is the meaning of patience in Buddhism? – Ajahn Succito 2015/07/08

New Kadampa Tradition · NKT-IKBU · Kadampa Buddhism · Modern Buddhism

Information · Campaigns

Ordination Vows · NKT Ordination

Kadampa Ordination – A Misguided Approach 2016/04/27
The fallacies of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) ordination rite 2015/11/03
Offering Back Buddhist Vows 2012/06/26
NKT Ordination – Clarifying More Misunderstandings 2011/06/22
Update: New Kadampa Tradition – Ordination 2011/04/18
Are NKT monks and nuns authentic? July 27, 2008
How important is the Vinaya? 2008/07/25

Testimonies

Finally, After Years Of Fanaticism, I Began Opening My Eyes – Ivy Wallace
When it is more than abuse – Experiences within the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) 2016/01/12
A Tibetan Translator’s Testimony by Tenzing Wangdak – Part 2 2015/04/17
NKT Survivor Testimony: “I Am Not Your Teacher” 2015/02/26
A Tibetan Translator’s Testimony by Tenzing Wangdak 2015/01/21
Buddhist Bullshit 2015/01/01
The story of a New Kadampa Tradition monk or How I got sucked into a cult 2014/12/16
Open Letter by Chairman of the Board of Trustees of New Kadampa Tradition’s Maitreya Buddhist Centre 2014/12/16
The story of a New Kadampa Tradition nun: “Disrobing” 2014/12/16
More and more testimonies from former New Kadampa Tratition (NKT) followers 2014/12/02
Last time I saw Geshe Kelsang Gyatso 2014/11/02
Ordained Too Early: An NKT Survivor Tale (Another New Kadampa Tradition Monk’s Story) 2014/08/05
The New Kadampa Tradition / Kadampa Buddhism: The Real Danger 2014/07/18
The New Kadampa Tradition and the Dalai Lama 2014/07/18
Reflections of a former New Kadampa (NKT) practitioner 2013/01/19
Geshe Kelsang Calls Seattle Non-NKT Practitioners Dogs 2012/10/11
Cartoon NKT Survivor Experiences & New Discussions 2011/04/11
A life in the day of the New Kadampa Tradition 2011/07/06
Experiences with the New Kadampa Tradition and Kelsang Gyatso 2011/01/07
Eighteen Months Since Leaving The New Kadampa Tradition 2009/11/03

Even altruism and love itself can be nothing more than elaborate façades built to protect and disguise the ego. — François de La Rochefoucauld (17th century)

Structural & Power Issues

Easy Come, Easy Go: Modern Kadampa Teachers – The New Kadampa Tradition May 4, 2017
The Organizational Similarities Between Scientology and the New Kadampa Tradition, and the Impact on the ISC’s Shugden Protest Campaign 2013/05/30
NKT Tharpaland: The Windfarm Study – A Nocebo Effect? 2013/04/27
NKT monks beat retreat over wind farm – from Tharpaland to Schloss Sommerswalde 2013/02/11
Charity Commission and the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) (Charity Commission III) 2012/07/17
Power Games from The World of NKT 2012/04/29
Good Night Lama – The “Blackmail Tape” 2010/07/14
The NKT and the UK Charity Commission (Charity Commission II) 2010/03/07
New Kadampa Tradition threatened to sue NBO too 2010/03/07
New Kadamapa Tradition Threats an Author and His Publisher to Sue Them 2010/02/07
Do New Kadampa Tradition abuse the Charity Status for Political Activities? (Charity Commission I) 2009/12/21

Thoughts · Essays · Analyses · Concerns

The Clear Light of Kelsang Gyatso 2011/10/03
Did Geshe Kelsang Gyatso lie when he claimed that he didn’t receive teachings from H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama? 2015/01/02
“Name only”: The dangerous attitude of Nihilism being taught in the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) 2015/10/31
Religious Trauma Syndrome – Leaving a Religious Extremist or Fundamentalist Group 2015/04/27
Why ‘Kadampa Buddhism’ (NKT) has all the characteristics of a cult 2015/04/21
Why do Buddhists – especially but not exclusively ‘Kadampa Buddhists’ – fear enlightenment? 2015/04/18
Shugden and the New Kadampa Tradition: Fear of Ghosts 2014/11/12
Kelsang Gyatso’s Teachings for Westerners – ‘From Dharma into Dogma?’ 2014/11/03
New Kadampa Shugden protesters: Maybe better to go home and do something meaningful 2014/11/02
The Monk Who Had No Confidence: ‘Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche’ 2014/11/01
To Protest or Not to Protest: What is an NKT Student to Think? 2014/08/04
The last Upholder of the Gelug Mahamudra Tradition: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso 2014/08/03
New Kadampa Tradition: From Ancient Kadampa to Modern Buddhism 2014/05/12
New Kadampa Tradition, Shugden and the Dangers of an Exclusivist Attitude 2014/03/24
Is the NKT a Personality Cult? – A Check Based on Word Statistics 2013/05/03
The NKT and Its Relationship With Truth: Should People in Glass Houses Throw Stones? 2013/03/12
Is the NKT a Pure Lineage of Tsongkhapa? The Problem With Root Texts Within the NKT Study Program 2013/12/14
The New Kadampa Traditon – Purity Troubles 2013/12/14
Ex-NKT: Past or Present? 2013/07/11
Kadampa Primary School Derbyshire – A Happiness Cult? 2012/07/27
The Birth of the New Kadampa Tradition ‘Lineage’: ‘Teething Problems’ 2012/10/09
Ex-NKT as an Identity 2012/05/04
Boring Books by Je Tsongkhapa vs. Good Feeling Books by Geshe Kelsang 2012/04/09
BBC: An Unholy Row 2011/06/26
Delusion & Perversion 2011/06/13
NKT Chaplaincy, NKT Business & NKT Research 2010/12/13
Waterstones’ Naivety Helps the Spread of the New Kadampa Tradition 2010/07/14
What is the Truth – Another Smear? 2009/10/09
The Authors of “The Celibate – Sex. Lies. Salvation.” are NKT Teachers May 11, 2009
Master Atisha’s Advice – Are these New Kadampa Truths? 2008/08/01

And how is cleaning of the body threefold?
Concerning this, one abandons killing, lays aside the rod and the knife; one lives gently, kindly and feeling compassion towards every living being.
One abandons stealing the property of another, whether in the jungle or the village; things not given, one does not steal.
One abandons sexual misconduct. One has no intercourse with girls under the guardianship of mother, father, brother, sister or relatives, with girls lawfully protected, already pledged to a husband, those undergoing punishment or those dressed with flowers and pledged to be married.
– Anguttara Nikaya V.266

SOGYAL RINPOCHE · RIGPA

Knowns and Unknowns Regarding Sogyal Rinpoche’s Biography October 7, 2019
H.H. the Dalai Lama’s Comments on the Troubles in Rigpa 2018/06/20
When “Crazy Wisdom” Goes Crazy: Is Chogyam Trungpa a Good Role Model for Vajrayana in the West? 2018/04/03
On Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s Statement From a Reader of the New York Times 2017/08/18
HH Dalai Lama And Others Speak Out About Sogyal Rinpoche & His Behaviour 2017/08/11
On Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche’s Response to the Letter From Eight Former Rigpa Students: Has Samaya Been Broken? 2017/07/22
Abuse: Letter To Sogyal Rinpoche From Long Term Rigpa Students 2017/07/22
Rigpa Students in a Quandary: What to Do When Seeing Your Guru Punch a Nun in the Stomach Crosses a Line? 2017/06/28
Abuse in the Buddhist community: this victim tells her story for the first time 2017/06/21
“Lock the door.” – I was devoted to a great Buddhist master, and then I quit. – Julia Mourri (le Plus de l’Obs, interview with Mimi)
Submission, devotion and sexual abuse: my investigation of Buddhism in France – Julia Mourri (le Plus de l’Obs, interview with Marion Dapsance)
Reflecting on my Time in Rigpa and with Sogyal Rinpoche 2016/09/28
Sogyal Rinpoche & Rigpa – An interview with the former director of Rigpa France Olivier Raurich 2016/03/09
Rigpa, Cults, The Catholic Church and HH Dalai Lama – A Pep Talk 2013/03/17
Thoughts on Leaving Rigpa 2013/01/16
A former Rigpa student’s thoughts and cultivating discernment … 2012/12/23
What Is A Rigpa Student To Think? 2012/06/15
The Dalai Lama and Sogyal Rinpoche: A Roaring Silence? 2012/04/28
One Year With Rigpa – A Testimony 2012/04/23
Sogyal Rinpoche and the Silence of the Tibetan Buddhist Community and the Dalai Lama 2012/03/27

TSEM TULKU · KECHARA

A Brief Clarification About the “ExposingKultcharaA” Site & Some Mean Tsem Tulku Followers’ (Kechara) Tactics 2016/12/21
A comment to Tsem Tulku’s post, “The 14th Dalai Lama’s prayer to Dorje Shugden” 2016/02/04
Who needs facts when we have the Internet? by Sandy Clarke 2015/14/12

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. – James Baldwin

FWBO / TRIRATNA BUDDHIST ORDER / SANGHARAKSHITA

“Our Dark Heart” – The Dark Habits In Triratna 2022/11/19
Do some Buddhist groups see themselves as above the law? – The Subjective Morality of Triratna 2022/10/13
Triratna: Inside the Cuckoo’s Nest 2019/01/05
Sangharakshita Obituary 2018/12/04
Clergy Sexual Abuse & Buddhist Ways of Dealing With Abuse | Triratna’s Whitewashing Terminology 2018/03/15
Triratna: The Eye of the Storm 2018/07/03
Mark Dunlop’s Response to Sangharakshita’s February 2017 Memoir 2017/09/02
Mark Dunlop’s Involvement with the FWBO / Triratna 2017/06/19
A Letter To The College of Public Preceptors By The Aryaloka Spiritual Vitality Council 2017/05/04
Whitewashing, Dishonesty & Culture of Abuse in the Triratna Buddhist Order (TBO) 2017/02/19
FWBO / Triratna – Sangharakshita – Cases of Sexual Abuse 2016/09/27

Ogyen Kunzang Choling (OKC) · Nyima Dzong · Robert Spatz (Lama Kunzang Dorje)

Testimony from an Ogyen Kunzang Choling (OKC) Survivor 2017/10/29
Robert Spatz, the OKC cult’s guru given a 4 year suspended sentence 2017/03/11

Yes, Kalamas, it is proper that you have doubt, that you have perplexity, for a doubt has arisen in a matter which is doubtful. Now, look you Kalamas, do not be led by reports, or tradition, or hearsay. Be not led by the authority of religious texts, nor by mere logic or inference, nor by considering appearances, nor by the delight in speculative opinions, nor by seeming possibilities, nor by the idea: ‘this is our teacher’. But, O Kalamas, when, you know for yourselves that certain things are unwholesome (akusala), and wrong, and bad, then give them up . . . And when you know for yourselves that certain things are wholesome (kusala) and good, then accept them and follow them. – Buddha (Kalama Sutta)

OLE NYDAHL · DIAMOND WAY

A Warning Letter from Lama Ole Nydahl: Don’t Mix Tantric Methods and Teachers 2016/03/20
Propaganda: The making of the holy Lama Ole Nydahl 2014/07/01

SHAMBhALA · SAKYONG MIPHAM RINPOCHE

Links Relevant To The Current Crisis In Shambhala International Regarding Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche’s Conduct With Women June 30, 2018

DHAMMAKAYA MOVEMENT

Esoteric Teaching of Wat Phra Dhammakāya by Mano Mettanando Laohavanich 2016/06/02
Dhammakaya sect knows where Steve Jobs was reborn 2012/09/16

Zen Buddhism

Ready to Mine: Zen’s Legitimating Mythology and Cultish Behavior – Stuart Lachs 2017/07/16
‘Zen Has No Morals’ – The Cases of Eido T. Shimano (USA), and Dr. Klaus Zernickow 2012/07/19

Dagri Rinpoche · FPMT

Fact-finding results in response to multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by Dagri Rinpoche 2020/11/17
Petition To the FPMT Board of Directors by Senior Buddhist Nuns2019/05/16
Will the FPMT Stand by its Code of Ethics? 2019/05/11

Karmapa · Karma Kagyu

Karmapa Agrees to Multimillion-Dollar Settlement with Mother of his Child, Source Says January 9, 2023
Website Invites People to Explore Impact of the Unanswered Allegations of Abuse by Karmapa – 2022/08/26
LA PRUEBA DE ADN CONFIRMA QUE KARMAPA TUVO UNA NIÑA, DICE UNA FUENTE – 2022/08/22
DNA Test Confirms Karmapa Fathered a Child, Source Says – 2022/07/07
Hurts within the Karma Kagyu school – Is it time for a change of heart? – 2021/05/22
Not to extend our natural compassion and kindness to others makes us a ‘world killer’ – says the 17th Karmapa 2019/06/08
A Groundbreaking Meeting Begins A New Era for the Karma Kagyu Lineage – The Two Karmapas Meet in France 2018/10/15
On Shamar Rinpoche’s death and the future of Karmapa by Thierry Dodin (2014/06/24)

False information increase more rapidly than true information. And what is not getting any better, is our ability to separate truth and lies. – Michael Lynch

International Shugden (BUddhist) Community · Western Shugden Society

The Doggedness of Clinging to Shugden March 18, 2017
An Open Letter from the International Shugden Buddhist Community (ISBC) / New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) March 10, 2017
Did the Shugden group, ISC, give up protesting against the DalaiLama? Its a bit more complex … 2016/04/02
The Cessation of the International Shugden Community / Dalai Lama protests 2016/03/12
First hand account of an ex NKT follower of being in the 2008 demonstrations against HH the Dalai Lama 2016/01/13
A Victory for Shugden protesters? The Dalai Lama’s US visit has been cancelled due to medical reasons 2015/09/30
Is there no medical treatment for Shugden followers as Anti-Dalai Lama protesters claim? 2015/09/15
Dalai Lama protesters & Shugden followers – Propaganda unlimited 2015/09/12
The Dalai Lama UK Visit 2015: Statement By Ex NKT Followers On The Demonstrations Against His Holiness The Dalai Lama 2015/09/10
Dialogue with Dalai Lama protesters: What is the Dalai Lama lying about? 2015/07/12
The Anti-Dalai Lama Protests: Separating Fact From Fiction 2015/07/05
Tibet’s top religious leaders condemn Shugden worshippers’ anti-Dalai Lama tirade 2015/06/24
Statement of Buddhist Organisations in the UK on the Protests against His Holiness the Dalai Lama by the International Shugden Community/ New Kadampa Tradition 2015/06/18
Indy Hack – the tools of a “journalist” 2015/06/17
Tibetan Community UK Statement Concerning The Protests Against The Dalai Lama 2015/06/12
Shugden Protests During The Dalai Lama Australia Tour: The Dalai Lama, A Profaning, Nazi-Loving Muslim Dictator? 2015/06/08
“The Dalai Lama Truth” – Dalai Lama Protesters Cannot Bear The Truth 2015/06/03
Shugden followers forcefully bang drums – Sidetrack Attack on the Dalai Lama by Neue Zürcher Zeitung (2015/02/08)
How ‘Kadampa Buddhists’ (NKT) Use Systematic Fraud to Manipulate Twitter Trend Statistics 2015/05/10
Prove it, Kelsang Khyenrab! Prove it! 2015/05/06
The Buddhists Who Hate the Dalai Lama More Than the Chinese Do – Article by Foreign Policy 2015/03/14
Have the Dalai Lama protesters sought dialogue? 2015/03/13
Some corrections with respect to claims made about me in the internet by Tenzin Peljor 2015/03/04
Another letter to Kelsang Rabten 2015/02/15
Raimondo Bultrini about Shugden, the protests against the Dalai Lama and China’s role in it 2014/12/14
Dalai Lama in Rome: Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Summit, media, protests & interview with Robert Barnett 2014/12/12
@IndyHack 2014/11/30
Media Note to Tibetan Youth Congress Official Statement on Dorjee Shugden released on May 23, 2014 2014/11/27
Dalai Lama protests: A letter to the editors of WELD for Birmingham magazine 2014/11/25
Tibetan Political Review about the Anti Dalai Lama protests by the Western Shugden group 2014/11/23
‘False Flags’ , Memes & Trolls: The Death Of A Website And The Birth Of A Crisis For The NKT 2014/11/19
Nathan Gyatso: Letter to the western Shugden propitiators 2014/11/18
The International Campaign for Tibet’s statement on the Shugden demonstrators 2014/11/13
New Distortions: Robert Barnett rejects claims by International Shugden Community (ISC) 2014/11/08
Tenzin Dorjee in the HuffPost sets the record straight: 6 Things You Should Know About the Anti-Dalai Lama Protesters 2014/11/06
Some messages from the Dalai Lama to the protesters 2014/11/05
Huffington Post About The Current Wave of “Protest Demonstrations” Against His Holiness the Dalai Lama 2014/11/04
Lazy Media: The Dalai Lama in Canada and the U.S. met by Shugden protesters 2014/10/27
Who is protesting against His Holiness the Dalai Lama? 2014/10/18
Dalai Lama & Dorje Shugden: Was this really the beginning of ‘religious persecution’? 2014/10/18
The Shugden protesters are preparing for the U.S Dalai Lama visit – and some journalists seem to become again their victims 2014/10/18
Kadampa Ryan’s false reasoning why the Dalai Lama is “the false Dalai Lama” 2014/10/13
Addressing More Deceptions And Misinformation Spread by The International Shugden Community (ISC) / New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) 2014/10/06
Protests by the International Shugden Community (ISC) Against the Dalai Lama—Is There Any Truth in Them? 2014/10/01
In February 2008 900 Buddhist Shugden monks were made homeless by the Dalai Lama? 2014/09/26
Revised Declaration from New Kadampa Survivors concerning the demonstrations against His Holiness the Dalai Lama 2014/09/26
Dear Kelsang Rabten 2014/09/14
Trijang Rinpoche’s view on Shugden / Dolgyal: A trouble maker and killing spirit +++ The protesters never asked for a dialogue 2014/09/02
The Benefits of the Anti-Dalai Lama protests by the Shugden group (NKT/ICS) 2014/08/27
Kelsang Rabten Calls for Dialogue at the SOAS Conference: Is Dialogue Possible? 2014/08/23
Declaration by New Kadampa Survivors concerning the Demonstrations against His Holiness 2014/08/19
CTA List of Shugden protestors & Dalai Lama protests in Hamburg 2014/08/14
The Dorje Shugden Ban 2014/08/13
Fruitful discussions on Facebook about the Shugden / Anti Dalai Lama campaign with NKT followers 2014/07/10
Anti-Dalai Lama Shugden Group continues their campaign and spins the facts endlessly 2014/07/10
The True Nature of the NKT Sponsored International Shugden Community Hate Campaign … 2014/06/27
How Low Can Shugden Supporters Stoop? Dear NKT students, brothers/sisters in the Dharma: Please Pause! 2014/06/19
Cultural Chauvinism: The Flavour of the Shugden Protesters’ (NKT’s) Latest Campaign Against the Dalai Lama 2014/05/16
Dalai Lama protests 2014: Shugden group in Oslo / Norway 2014/05/03
Shugden-Dalai Lama protests 2014: Responses to the campaigning of the Western Shugden group 2014/05/03
The NKT/WSS/ISC Campaign Against the Dalai Lama’s ‘Ban’ of Shugden Worship 2014/03/07
Kelsang’s monks and nuns protest again, accusing the Dalai Lama of religious persecution and human rights abuses 2014/02/27
The followers of the New Kadampa Tradition revive their protests against the Dalai Lama 2014/02/23
New Kadampa Tradition uses Google ads to defame the Dalai Lama 2014/02/17
We are so important, our problems matter: WSS’s new campaign 2011/10/22
Amazon Unlocks a ‘Secret’ 2010/01/03
Western Shugden Society Nonsense Renders Me Silent 2009/11/02
Blog “Western Shugden Society – Unlocked” Moved to Another URL 2009/10/26
Western Shugden Society / New Kadampa Tradition have Stopped the Protests against H.H. the Dalai Lama 2009/10/04
“The Western Shugden Group is severely lacking in credibility” – Correction to the Time Magazine Article by Tibet Scholar Robert Barnett 2008/12/14
Scandalous feeding on rumors and gossips by pro-Shugden 2008/12/13
A Biased Historical Narrative Does Not History Make 2008/09/24
Western Shugden Society: Sowing Dissent Through Baseless Allegations 2008/09/29
Western Shugden Society – Propaganda unlimited 2008/08/01
How Buddhists view the protests of NKT/WSS 2008/08/31
Western Shudgen Society violates Buddhist Ethics 2008/07/14
(Un) Holy Truth’s 2008/09/01
Funny Propaganda 2008/07/22
Western Shugden Society in New York 2008/07/20
Western Shudgen Society – The Spin Doctors 2008/07/20
Western Shugden Society – recent developments 2008/07/15
Videos 2008/08/12

To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual. – Ven. Walpola Rahula in “What the Buddha taught”, p. 3 (PDF)

Dorje Shugden Controversy · The Role of China

Religious Persecution?

Concerning The Protests At The Teachings Of H.H. The Dalai Lama: A Resolution Proposal II 2014/12/18
Concerning The Protests At The Teachings Of H.H. The Dalai Lama: A Resolution Proposal I 2014/12/17
The divorce from the Shugden monks: Is segregation “the Dalai Lama’s discrimination against Shugdens”? 2014/11/07
Update on the Situation at Sera Monastery – Visit of H.H. the Dalai Lama 2009/03/08
India Update – Present Situation 2008/11/17
Review and Present Situation 2008/07/24
Is the ‘Stick Referendum ’ against Buddhist and democratic principles? 2008/08/11
A former Dorje Shugden follower’s thoughts 2008/08/12
A Report from Sera and Some Advice 2008/08/23
A forgotten perspective – Who is persecuted? 2008/09/09

The XIVth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso

A Disheartening Article: Stuart Lachs & Rob Hogendoorn on the Dalai Lama (October 4, 2021)
The Faultless Faulty Guru: Teachings from the 14th Dalai Lama (June 2, 2019)
A multi-volume collection presenting the Dalai Lama’s comprehensive explanation of the Buddhist path 2019/01/28
The Dalai Lama’s Advice to Buddhists in the West 2016/09/16
What does the Dalai Lama mean to a young Tibetan, grown up in occupied Tibet under Chinese rule? 2015/08/09
The 14th Dalai Lama met with the Sarin gas murder Shoko Asahara – Take a Closer Look! 2015/05/11
The Pope and Dalai in the eyes of Beijing by Raimondo Bultrini 2014/12/15
Dalai Lama: Good and bad Buddhist monks in Tibetan Buddhism 2014/07/14
Is the Dalai Lama bad for the West? – A Round Table Discussion 2014/06/17
The White Shadow of the Dalai Lama 2014/06/12
Founder of Tibet’s Communist Party makes a final plea for Dalai Lama’s return 2014/03/06
Dalai Lama fake quotes 2014/03/01
The Dalai Lama’s Compassion – A Healing Experience 2012/12/23
Ann Curry of NBC News Interviews His Holiness the Dalai Lama 2012/11/03
The Dalai Lama’s Reflections on the Realistic Approach of Buddhism: Buddhism in the Twenty-first Century 2012/09/28
Dalai Lama Interviewed By Piers Morgan & Moving Report About Self-Immolations 2012/06/29
Dalai Lama Interview 1960 – Dalai Lama & the CIA – Tibetan Guerilla 2012/06/22
Global Tribute to the Dalai Lama – 75th Birthday of The Dalai Lama 2010/07/08
Words of Truth – Inspiration from the Dhammapada 2009/12/25
H.H. the Dalai Lama 2008/06/18
100 Scholars From China Had A Discussion With The Dalai Lama 2008/05/06

There never was, there never will be, nor does there exist now, a person who is wholly praised or wholly blamed. – The Buddha

Gurus · non-Gurus · Controversial Buddhist Teachers

Buddhism Panel Discussion at 2017 International Cultic Studies Association Conference 2021/01/03
Fact-finding results in response to multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by Dagri Rinpoche 2020/11/17
Petition To the FPMT Board of Directors by Senior Buddhist Nuns 2019/05/16
Will the FPMT Stand by its Code of Ethics? 2019/05/11
Jamgon Mipham did not incarnate by Zuzana Čerňáková 2019/02/25
Just to Clarify: What H.H. the Dalai Lama Said About Criticizing a Vajrayana Lama 2018/03/29
Some Reflections on Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s Talk at Rigpa Berlin 2018/03/29
Three Buddhists Walk into a Bar by Kiera Van Gelder 2017/11/10
The Dalai Lama on Abuse by Buddhist Teachers or Gurus 2017/10/10
Certain Types Of Teachers We Should Avoid 2017/09/17
A Must Watch: Video About the Historic Conference of Western Buddhist Teachers with H.H. the Dalai Lama 2015/10/18
Cults, Cultish Shennanigans & Buddhist Groups by Matthew O’Connell 2015/08/15
The greater the light, the greater the shadow – One has to learn from it all, even from misdirected gurus 2013/02/26
Interview with the Dalai Lama about ethics in the teacher-student relationship & Two papers about mindfulness 2013/10/28
Geshe Michael Roach – The Sad Case of a Gifted Man 2013/09/21
The Guru-Disciple Relationship – Advice by HH the Dalai Lama 2013/02/21
The Bodhisattva & Sexuality – The Skill In Means Sutra 2013/01/31
Dangerous Cult Leaders – Psychology today 2013/01/13
Is forsaking the Guru, Kelsang Gyatso, worse than the karma generated by Hitler and Mao Tse Tung? 2012/11/01
Kelsang Pawo (Barry Grivell) – A ‘Tibetan Buddhist monk’ in Brighton 2012/07/29
Kumaré: A True Film About a False Prophet 2012/07/27
Sex And The Lama by Gavin Kilty 2012/07/11
Devotion with Discernment — A question of personal responsibility by Rob Preece 2012/07/06
Characteristics of those unsuitable to be gurus 2010/11/05

The truth is the first victim in any war. But the difference is that social media has fueled the propaganda to an extent that we never thought possible. The social networks are great channels of information. But now we learn that they also open up fantastic ways to distort information. And that is hard for most people to understand. – Michael Lynch

Tibet · CIA · Nazis

A Chronicle of Elliot Sperling – Tsering Woeser 2017/02/11
Dorje Tsering: Where We Failed Him 2016/03/09
Is there a relation between self-immolations and Buddhism or even martyrdom and Buddhism? 2015/01/01
New Political Force of Tibetans and an amazing result: 14th World Peace Summit now in Rome 2014/11/27
The Middle Way Approach of the Dalai Lama – A Self-Deception? 2014/07/21
The coward West: Being bullied by China and not meeting the Dalai Lama 2014/05/07
Tibet & Wikipedia 2014/03/13
Present-day Missionary Activity in Tibet 2013/07/08
Christian Missionaries in Tibet: Between Tolerance and Dogmatism 2013/05/26
The West must unite to resist Chinese bullying against those who meet Tibet’s leaders 2013/05/18
When were the monasteries destroyed in Tibet? 2013/04/21
Human Rights in Tibet before China’s Invasion or Liberation – ‘The Truth’ about Tibet, the Dalai Lamas and Tibetans 2013/04/14
Why the Dalai Lama cannot condemn Tibetans’ self-immolations 2013/03/10
China is criminalizing self-immolators, arresting protesters’ friends and confiscating thousands of satellite TV dishes 2013/01/21
Trying to Understand the Self-immolations of Tibetans 2013/01/09
Tibet’s Independence – Tibet as a Feudal Hell 2013/01/01
The Burning Question: Why are Tibetans Turning to Self-immolation? 2012/11/10
If you meet „The Evil“ you must be „evil“ yourself? Tibet’s & the Dalai Lama’s CIA connections + Nazi myths 2012/10/21
SS Expeditions, Nazis in Tibet: Has The Dalai Lama Close Ties to the Nazis? 2012/10/09
The Press, The Nazis, and Tibet + Two Press Articles about Tibetan Lamas 2012/09/28

The wanton destruction of the seats of learning and centres of art in Tibet, and the imposition of an ideology whose sole content is hatred of everything that is not its own utopia highlights the forced impoverishment of humanity. – Herbert V. Guenther

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john6747 on February 3, 2013 at 7:25 pm

Recent event some may wish to know.

dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/dalai-lama-will-stop-condemning-dorje-shugden/
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  tenpel on February 3, 2013 at 7:55 pm
  
  Thank you.
  
  I see this anonymous site with great suspicion, they offer such an amount of twisted / perverse information — semi truhs, untruths mixed with some truths …
  
  However, if the Dalai Lama thinks he said enough about this, great.
  
  Reducing the influence of that practice is an act of religious freedom because it denies it’s adherents to practice also other school of thoughts – especially Nyingma teachings – and it has so much contributed to sectarianism, split, schism, and craziness – including pride and elite thinking which are utter contrary to Buddhism …
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Anon on February 3, 2013 at 8:44 pm

actually it is clear that HH is simply saying that because everyone knows his position on DS he will not keep talking about it The deliberate misinterpretation of this by DS publicity seekers just shows how politically minded they actually are
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anon on February 4, 2013 at 2:19 pm

I suspect this deliberate misconstruing of what HH said, which was that in his teachings to the great Gelug monastic institutions he feels there is no point in repeating his opinion that DS is a spirit and it is harmful to worship him is a deliberate setting of the stage for the future in which HH will mention the same fact to a non monastic audience. They can then call him a liar again, despite the fact that no such lie has been told
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  tenpel on February 4, 2013 at 2:40 pm
  
  Thank you. I agree.
  
  Please no further comments on the overview page because it is the start page of the blog. Thank you for your understanding.
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Scott Diiorio on September 25, 2013 at 11:12 pm

Some reason it is hard for me to find areas to comment to so may need to move my post.
The wise know what China has done. Followers of Tibetan Buddhism know truth, reflections, meanings that Chinese gov officials have tried to twist.

Exiled Tibetans and those still in what is left of Tibet struggle, and we all want and end to suffering and hope they hold on to the Dharma as much as possible.

However as part of Karma (cause and effect). Tibetan Buddhism, and Buddhism in general, has grown. The wishes of the 16th Karmapa, various Rinpoche’s, lama’s, of various lineage, is being carried out. It has spread globally and the dharma with it.

The Tibetan language is utilized by many. Teachings shared. Buddhist lineage carried on. We sit as students, knowing the struggles, aiding when possible, while also being told that respecting the teachings is primary. Where we have to seprate culture from Dharma, but still respect the roots.

I look to Tibetan artists for my items. Send support. Visit when possible. Maintain the teachings and respect. I follow the Dharma, so I can not as a single person stand against the CCP. Only with mind, compassion, and wisdom can I take a stand. Yet with out attachment and aversion.

Some day I hope CHina waits up, and the world realizes what has been repeated and done.
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  tenpel on September 26, 2013 at 12:26 am
  
  Thank you for your comment (though comment section is closed). Just two hours ago I saw this good documentary in which Chinese intellectuals speak up for Tibet and the Tibetans. Among them a Chinese historian who believed initially the PRC’s propaganda about slavery etc. Sadly its only in German but really worth to watch. It gave me great hope that the Dalai Lama’s Middle Way approach, to act for the welfare if both, Chinese and Tibetans, is the better solution in the long run: http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/043956-000/kampf-um-tibet?autoplay=1#details-videos
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matthewoconnell on December 26, 2014 at 9:07 pm

Great blog! Keep up the good work. It’s so important to expose the dirty underwear of the NKT and Rigpa.
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tenpel on January 1, 2015 at 10:04 am

THIS SECTION IS CLOSED
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Rob Hogendoorn on June 28, 2019 at 6:58 pm

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