Selling Tharpaland The Sunday Times (Mark Macaskill) has published an article about the selling of NKT’s Tharpaland to one of Britain’s largest energy firms who builds close by a wind farm. “The monks” of […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
Controversies, cultish tendencies and abuse in Buddhism
The Bodhisattva & Sexuality – The Skill In Means Sutra
We had some discussion on the blog about ethics & safety. We mainly looked onto the ethics from the point of view of the Vinaya, and we only slightly touched the ethics from the […]
China is criminalizing self-immolators, arresting protesters’ friends and confiscating thousands of satellite TV dishes
Nearly 100 Tibetan monks, nuns and lay people have set themselves on fire since 2009. All of them calling for Beijing to allow greater religious freedom and the return from exile of the Tibetan spiritual […]
Reflections of a former New Kadampa (NKT) practitioner
I received a link today with posts from someone who left NKT. The reflections add new perspectives on NKT, rarely stressed. The following two points from “But the teachings work don’t they?” I feel important […]
Thoughts on Leaving Rigpa
GUEST POST After almost 20 years in Rigpa, I have left with a heavy heart and a wounded soul. I still have huge faith and trust in the Dharma and have connected with my own […]
A former Rigpa student’s thoughts and cultivating discernment …
GUEST POST I was a Rigpa student for ten years and trainee instructor for the last four. For most of this time I was very much moved and inspired by the teachings, the retreats […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 