Dangerous Cult Leaders There is an article by Joe Navarro, a former FBI Counterintelligence Agent, about “Dangerous Cult Leaders“. Navarro is investigating the topic from the perspective of cult leader’s pathological patterns and from the […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
Controversies, cultish tendencies and abuse in Buddhism
Trying to Understand the Self-immolations of Tibetans
I think for many Westerners or Europeans it is still hard to understand the self-immolations of Tibetans. Someone asked a Tibetan Rinpoche, Ringu Tulku. His answer was*: There is a discussion about whether the […]
Tibet’s Independence – Tibet as a Feudal Hell
Many leftists seem to have a problem with religion and the power of religious figures and therefore tend towards to have a problem with Tibet and the Dalai Lama too. Though there is a […]
New Blog: British Buddhism
There is a new blog investigating British Buddhism, including the New Kadampa Tradition: http://britishbuddhism.blogspot.co.uk. I could only read one post so far which I found very interesting and convincing: Burgers & Buddhas: The NKT & […]
The Dalai Lama’s Compassion – A Healing Experience
“I had no idea how deeply spiritual our visit would become. The meeting with His Holiness would rank as one of the most emotional and treasured moments of my life — along with the births […]
Stephen Schettini about Tibetan Buddhism – When Buddhism is a Cult
A while ago an excerpt from the book “The Novice: Why I became a Buddhist Monk …” by Stephen Schettini was posted on this blog. In it Schettini writes about his experience of Kelsang […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 