From Matthew O’Connell’s Post-Traditional Buddhism: Episode 3.1 at Soundcloud. Here it is, finally, after a long wait, episode 3.1 of the Imperfect Buddha Podcast. We get ‘culty’ in this one, discussing Buddhists cults, cultish behaviour […]
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Religious Trauma Syndrome – Leaving a Religious Extremist or Fundamentalist Group
Yesterday I met a friend I have not seen since 20 years. He was quite amazed to hear that on my encounter with Buddhism I got sucked into Buddhist cults (NKT, GTC). He wondered […]
New TV Documentary on Sects & New Religious Movements in the UK
Looking to speak with people about UK Sects Optomen TV is currently producing a new documentary series about sects and religious movements within the UK and would like to speak to anyone with experience […]
Nathan Gyatso: Letter to the western Shugden propitiators
Dear western Shugden propitiators, You must know that Tibetan Buddhism has been preserved and protected under the great leadership of HH the 14th Dalai Lama in exile. When Tibetans faced the most unprecedented challenge in […]
The New Kadampa Tradition / Kadampa Buddhism: The Real Danger
GUEST POST by Robert – a former NKT monk The Real Danger If you are a scifi fan, you may remember the old television show, ‘Stargate: SG1’, where in the later series there were two […]
The Organizational Similarities Between Scientology and the New Kadampa Tradition, and the Impact on the ISC’s Shugden Protest Campaign
GUEST POST It struck me that last year the British based independent charity INFORM – providing reliable and up-to-date information about cults, sects, new religious movements (NRMs) etc., founded in 1988 by Professor Eileen […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 