Be aware at your university not to easily be drawn into a cultish group offering meditation to “let go stress, find inner peace and openness” that is very skilled in ad, in self-promoting and communication […]
Tag: Kadampa Buddhism
Is the NKT a Personality Cult? – A Check Based on Word Statistics
In Germany there is a politician, Peer Steinbrück, who runs a campaign “More We, less I”. Spiegel Online investigated in a ‘Münchhausen Check’ if Steinbrück really says what he preaches by investigating two of his […]
A brief Review of the New Kadampa Tradition Chapter in: “Spiritual and Visionary Communities: Out to Save the World”
Former members of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT), as well as spiritual seekers might be in a better position after reading Carol McQuire’s chapter about her experiences within NKT in: McQuire, Carol (2013), “Realizing […]
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 […]
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 & […]
Is forsaking the Guru, Kelsang Gyatso, worse than the karma generated by Hitler and Mao Tse Tung?
Offline there was a brief email discussion about an advice Lama Zopa Rinpoche is giving here: Forsaking a Guru (Advice given 4 April 1998) We had already a discussion at E-Sangha in 2007 about […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 