Guest Post By Nina Drew Around 0.5-3% of people (between 1.65 million to 6.6 million individuals) are involved in a cult at some point in their life and those that finally break free often have […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
Controversies, abuse, and cultish tendencies in Buddhist communities
Heartwood Hosts Its First Gathering of Survivors of Abuse by Buddhist Teachers
Blog post by A Participant in the Heartwood Survivor Program We are only one of multiple ongoing survivor groups, including BIPOC survivors, created by Heartwood, an alternative medicine healing center outside Chicago in the United […]
Walking Free from coercive, cultic and spiritual abuse
On Saturday, 15 July 2023, there was an Inform seminar on “Harm in New and Minority Religions: Sources of Support” at King’s College London. Among other speakers¹ Gillie Jenkinson, Director of Hope Valley Counselling, gave […]
Karmapa Agrees to Multimillion-Dollar Settlement with Mother of his Child, Source Says
GUEST POST by VETTED CONTRIBUTOR The 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje, has agreed to a multimillion-dollar financial settlement with a woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted and impregnated by him in 2017, according to a […]
“Our Dark Heart” – The Dark Habits In Triratna
Preface by J. It should go without saying that suppressing the truth, even when the truth seems challenging or destructive, is a false refuge. For decades Triratna, formerly FWBO (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order) […]
Website Invites People to Explore Impact of the Unanswered Allegations of Abuse by Karmapa
By GUEST CONTRIBUTOR A new website documents the global effect of the allegations of abuse against the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje as well as his failure to address those charges publicly. Visitors to the […]