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 […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
Controversies, cultish tendencies and abuse in Buddhism
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 […]
The New Kadampa Tradition / Kadampa Buddhism: The Real Danger
GUEST POST by Robert – a former NKT monk The Real Danger If you are a scifi fan, you may remember the old television show, ‘Stargate: SG1’, where in the later series there were two […]
The New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) and the Dalai Lama
GUEST POST by Robert – a former NKT monk The Protests If you have tried to attend one of the Dalai Lama’s teachings in the west over the last six years, you will have noticed […]
Dalai Lama: Good and bad Buddhist monks in Tibetan Buddhism
If we look back, many of the things we did in Tibet were wrong — like sectarianism, not … paying enough attention to monks’ Vinaya rules. If we continue with this kind of system, Buddhism […]
Fruitful discussions on Facebook about the Shugden / Anti Dalai Lama campaign with NKT followers
The Facebook group Talk about Shugden – which I cannot follow due to not being on FB – seems to offer a useful discussion between ill informed NKT zealots and more informed or at least […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 