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 […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
Controversies, cultish tendencies and abuse in Buddhism
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 […]
Dangerous Cult Leaders – Psychology today
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 […]
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 […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 