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. […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
Controversies, cultish tendencies and abuse in Buddhism
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 […]
Cults, Cultish Shennanigans & Buddhist Groups
From Matthew O’Connell’s Post-Traditional Buddhism: Episode 3.1 at Soundcloud. Here it is, finally, after a long wait, episode 3.1 of the Imperfect Buddha Podcast. We get ‘culty’ in this one, discussing Buddhists cults, cultish behaviour […]
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 Man Kills Himself to Avoid Arrest in Shugden Statue Controversy
A young Tibetan has killed himself to avoid arrest by Chinese authorities over the destruction of a statue of a Buddhist “protector” deity denounced by Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in a long-running religious […]
Dialogue with Dalai Lama protesters: What is the Dalai Lama lying about?
“Dalai Lama stop lying” – Which lie did he tell? Many people wonder, why the Anti-Dalai Lama protesters (NKT via SSC, WSS, ISC) accuse His Holiness the Dalai Lama of lying or even of being a “very […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 