Stuart Lachs, New York City[1] ICSA Paper June/July 2017 Conference Bordeaux, France I will show in this talk that the legitimating story and mythic history of Zen Buddhism lays the groundwork for an authoritarian […]
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NKT Tharpaland: The Windfarm Study – A Nocebo Effect?
In a recent post, NKT monks beat retreat over wind farm – from Tharpaland to Schloss Sommerswalde, the selling of Tharpaland and a study was discussed that claimed rather heavy negative effects of the infrasound from […]
NKT monks beat retreat over wind farm – from Tharpaland to Schloss Sommerswalde
Selling Tharpaland The Sunday Times (Mark Macaskill) has published an article about the selling of NKT’s Tharpaland to one of Britain’s largest energy firms who builds close by a wind farm. “The monks” of […]
Update: New Kadampa Tradition – Ordination
UPDATE to NKT ordination April 18, 2011 In a former post I investigated the case of NKT ordination and I asked the question “Are NKT monks and nuns authentic?“. This time I wish to give […]
The Dorje Shugden Controversy
Barbara O’Brien a Zen practitioner has recently published an article about the Dorje Shugden Controversy Destroying Tibetan Buddhism in Order to Save It? Although the article does not investigate the events in India, a task […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 