GUEST POST by Carol McQuire The NKT-IKBU (International Kadampa Buddhist Union) is a controversial New Religious Movement – different from mainstream Buddhist groups – created by one Tibetan Buddhist monk called Kelsang Gyatso in 1992. There […]
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NKT Survivor activists informing the public about the New Kadampa Tradition at the University of London
The New Kadampa Tradition about the “Modern Buddhism Event“: Wake Up Smiling Find out how to greet each day with a smile and see new opportunities in every encounter. In this talk we will learn […]
Ordained Too Early: An NKT Survivor Tale (Another New Kadampa Tradition Monk’s Story)
GUEST POST by Rob Someone suggested I tell my story, so thought I’d write a bit here about my time in the NKT, in case it’s interesting or helpful to anyone. There’s nothing incredibly […]
Anti-Dalai Lama Shugden Group continues their campaign and spins the facts endlessly
Over the last days some people sent me new links about the activities of the International Shugden Community (ICS) / New Kadampa Tradition (NKT). It might be a total waste of time and energy to […]
Tibet’s Mystic Politics: Review of The Dalai Lama and the King Demon by Raimondo Bultrini
There is now a review of Raimondo Bultrini’s Shugden book “The Dalai Lama and the King Demon – Tracking a Triple Murder Mystery Through the Mists of Time“ in the Huffington Post: “Tibet’s Mystic Politics: […]
The New Kadampa Traditon – Purity Troubles
If you ever encounter or are/were affiliated with the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) (aka “Kadampa Buddhism”) you will meet and learn four important concepts: the term purity, that “Geshe-la is a Buddha” [or it would […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 