After The Guardian and Reuters reported about the disbandment of the International Shugden Community (ISC), I expressed some reservations in a blog entry (see Some Final Remarks). Unlike many claims made online and in print – for […]
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The Cessation of the International Shugden Community / Dalai Lama protests
I guess you read or heard it already, the International Shugden Community (ISC) announced their “dissolving”. What is a bit mysterious is the why and if this is meant seriously. I want to share […]
First hand account of an ex NKT follower of being in the 2008 demonstrations against HH the Dalai Lama
Even with the start of 2016 you will still find strong claims of denial by NKT activists that the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) is behind the protests against the Dalai Lama although plenty of evidence […]
Who is protesting against His Holiness the Dalai Lama?
GUEST POST by Ex-NKT Concise information for a broader public Even though the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) tries to distance itself from the International Shugden Community, and from another of its groups, the Western Shugden […]
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 […]
SS Expeditions, Nazis in Tibet, The Dalai Lama Has Close Ties to the Nazis?
The prevailing and persistent occult perception of the Schäfer mission has retained far-reaching consequences to the present day, with the result that the Tibetans and the Dalai Lama are both unjustly co-opted by the right […]
Ex-NKT as an Identity
The following is a post by a former member of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT-IKBU) I’ve been ex-NKT now for longer than I was a member of this organisation. Recently, reading about ex-Catholics, I managed […]
We are so important, our problems matter: WSS’s new campaign
After some time of silence the Western Shugden Society (WSS) / New Kadamapa Tradition (NKT) has picked up again the unilateral fight against the Dalai Lama in the name of “justice” and “religious freedom” etc. […]
Jake Wallis Simons About New Kadampa Tradition, Tibetan Buddhism, Dalai Lama, Shugden and Religion
In a BBC Radio 4 broadcast the novelist and journalist Jake Wallis Simons describes his involvement with the New Kadampa Tradition, the NKT’s opposition and protests against the Dalai Lama, his findings and point of […]
The NKT and the UK Charity Commission – Part II
The UK Charity Commission An important body that has had a long relationship with the NKT is the UK Charity Commission. Like Inform, one of the fundamental tenets of the Charity Commission is neutrality. Unlike […]
New Kadampa Tradition threatened to sue NBO too
Maybe all of this is also a bit funny. At least it is good to keep some type of humour here 😉 Not only were certain academics threatened with legal actions by NKT if […]
New Kadamapa Tradition Threats an Author and His Publisher to Sue Them
I know of some cases where NKT was able to oppress information by academics by threatening to sue them. Now there is obviously a new case and the question is, how this will turn […]
After the Storm
The campaign of the Western Shugden Society (WSS) / New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) has settled for the time being. After a big propaganda battle, which was picked up by many media—in almost all cases unable […]
