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Buddhism by tenpelNov 18, 20199:11 pmFebruary 18, 2020
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On the Road to Healing from Abuse in Buddhism – An Interview with Kata

There is quite some discussion online about abuse in Buddhism and usually it focuses only on the first two of three points which were outlined by Kata as steps for healing: to see and to […]

Buddhism by tenpelNov 5, 20198:32 pmFebruary 26, 2020
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Launch of ‘Recovery from The New Kadampa Tradition’ resources website

Dr Michelle Haslam, clinical psychologist and ex-resident of a New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) centre, has teamed up with several collaborators and supporters to relaunch her report based website http://www.newkadampatraditionreport.org. The site now also links to […]

Buddhism by tenpelOct 27, 201912:09 amJuly 24, 2020

Monastics Must Be Celibate – Also in Vajrayana?

By Joanne Clark Some time ago, I recall a comment on Facebook that caused something of a stir. A person posted a memory of HH Dalai Lama saying during a teaching or question/answer session (or […]

Buddhism by tenpelOct 7, 201910:10 pmDecember 9, 2020

Knowns and Unknowns Regarding Sogyal Rinpoche’s Biography

By Bernd Zander A review of “Sex and Violence in Tibetan Buddhism: The Rise and Fall of Sogyal Rinpoche” by Mary Finnigan and Rob Hogendoorn One main concern for Sogyal Rinpoche’s (SR) former students is […]

Buddhism by tenpelAug 27, 20198:27 pmSeptember 17, 2019

The Bodhisattva vows: “Failing to ward off defamation”

The Buddha taught the “eight worldly conditions” (Lokavipatti Sutta), instructing his disciples among others not to be attached to status and not to have aversion to disgrace. In Tibetan Buddhism we speak of “the eight […]

Buddhism by tenpelJul 29, 201911:30 pmJuly 24, 2020
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A Timely and Important Book “Fallout: Recovering from Abuse in Tibetan Buddhism”

By Joanne Clark Fallout: Recovering from Abuse in Tibetan Buddhism, by Tahlia Newland, is the story of Rigpa students coming to terms with disclosures of Sogyal Lakar’s abuses over decades, as revealed in the letter […]

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