This week I got twice the “18 Rules for Living” attributed to the Dalai Lama. The first time I received it via a Powerpoint presentation attached to an email asking me to share […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
Controversies, cultish tendencies and abuse in Buddhism
Kelsang’s monks and nuns protest again, accusing the Dalai Lama of religious persecution and human rights abuses
His Holiness the Dalai Lama just met US President Barack Obama and the American people, while a Western Shugden group launched via the newly founded International Shugden Community (ISC) a PR Campaign to attack him. […]
The greater the light, the greater the shadow – One has to learn from it all, even from misdirected gurus
A friend sent me a link to a very useful article about the traps of unhealthy relationships between Westerners and their gurus or Buddhist teachers. Here an excerpt: Many Westerners who turn to the […]
The followers of the New Kadampa Tradition revive their protests against the Dalai Lama
It seems to me it becomes more obvious why the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) / Western Shugden Society (WSS) use Google ads to defame the Dalai Lama, they revived their protests against him and undermine his […]
New Kadampa Tradition uses Google ads to defame the Dalai Lama
I was thinking that the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) and their front organisation, Western Shugden Society (WSS), settled their Character assassination attack against the Dalai Lama. It’s not so. Today someone sent me an email, that […]
Forgiveness is something to consider after the trauma has occurred
I want to share with you the deeply wise words of a woman who has just been interviewed on Reddit about forgiveness. Her name is Eva Mozes Kor. Dr Mengele, a cruel, infamous German SS […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 