Blog post by A Participant in the Heartwood Survivor Program We are only one of multiple ongoing survivor groups, including BIPOC survivors, created by Heartwood, an alternative medicine healing center outside Chicago in the United […]
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Walking Free from coercive, cultic and spiritual abuse
On Saturday, 15 July 2023, there was an Inform seminar on “Harm in New and Minority Religions: Sources of Support” at King’s College London. Among other speakers¹ Gillie Jenkinson, Director of Hope Valley Counselling, gave […]
The Clear Light of Kelsang Gyatso
Guest Post by Carol McQuire A reliable witness has confirmed that Kelsang Gyatso died on September 17th 2022 and was cremated on September 27th 2022 at Barrow Crematorium, Cumbria. There was no service. Only close […]
A Disheartening Article: Stuart Lachs & Rob Hogendoorn on the Dalai Lama
Update Jan. 2022: Stuart Lachs wrote an article in reply to this article and the subsequent discussion to it we had on this blog. My comment to Stuart’s article can be read here. (Tenzin Peljor) By […]
A Timely and Important Book “Fallout: Recovering from Abuse in Tibetan Buddhism”
By Joanne Clark Fallout: Recovering from Abuse in Tibetan Buddhism, by Tahlia Newland, is the story of Rigpa students coming to terms with disclosures of Sogyal Lakar’s abuses over decades, as revealed in the letter […]