Dear Nicholas Pitts/Kelsang Rabten, Re: Resolution of the Shugden Conflict by the Removal of its Causes First of all, can I thank you for responding in a spirit which demonstrates a sincere wish to resolve […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
Controversies, cultish tendencies and abuse in Buddhism
This Blog will be closed from now on to the end of April 2015
Dear Reader of this blog, I will be in India for four months and I will be offline during that time. You can read the posts and comments and you can also add new comments. […]
The story of a New Kadampa Tradition monk or How I got sucked into a cult
My name is Tenzin Peljor / Michael Jäckel. I was 29 when I met the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) in December 1995. At that time the general public didn’t know about any controversy relating to the […]
Open Letter by Chairman of the Board of Trustees of New Kadampa Tradition’s Maitreya Buddhist Centre
GUEST POST – re-posted with prior permission from the author I think it might be useful to post here the open letter I wrote back in 2012 in my attempt to try and summarise how […]
The story of a New Kadampa Tradition nun: “Disrobing”
GUEST POST My name is Andrea Ballance. I was a member of the New Kadampa Tradition. I was ordained in this tradition. I was a fully absorbed, dedicated, misguided and later an abandoned devotee of […]
Concerning The Protests At The Teachings Of H.H. The Dalai Lama: A Resolution Proposal I
GUEST POST @ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Len Foley, Neil Elliott, and Nicholas Pitts (Kelsang Rabten) I am a member of a small, unofficial, though well connected group of activists who have at heart the best interests […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 