Here is a copy of an announcement of a conference at SOAS at the 15th August 2014 in London. The Shugden Controversy and the 14th Dalai Lama Date: 15 August 2014Time: 6:00 PM Finishes: 15 […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
Controversies, cultish tendencies and abuse in Buddhism
To Protest or Not to Protest: What is an NKT Student to Think?
GUEST POST by Joanne Clark Dear NKT students, fellow brothers and sisters in the Dharma. It is my belief that most of you are sincere, goodhearted, well meaning practitioners of the Buddha’s Dharma. None of […]
The last Upholder of the Gelug Mahamudra Tradition: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
In the past it was the designated successor of Kelsang Gyatso, Kadam Neil Elliott, who claimed that the (whole) Vajrayana Mahamudra tradition is only existent in the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) and not outside […]
The Middle Way Approach of the Dalai Lama – A Self-Deception?
Tibet belongs to Tibetans. Victory to Tibet! – Jamphel Yeshi Recently the German Buddhist Magazine Tibet und Buddhismus asked Elliot Sperling – a well known and frequently quoted Tibetologist at Indiana University (US) who had just […]
Bad News About Dharma
Never think that you will be able to settle your life down by practicing the dharma. The dharma is not therapy. In fact, it is just the opposite. The purpose of the dharma is to […]
Bringing the Nalanda Tradition to the West: Reflections and Challenges
Dharma Studies in the West: The FPMT Master’s Program Since the time of the Buddha, approximately 2,500 years ago, the Buddhist teachings have been transmitted in an uninterrupted lineage, eventually reaching Tibet and flourishing there […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 