Cultic Experiences: The Untold Consequences and How to Find Healing
Tibetan Buddhism :: Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
by tenpel
2M ago
Guest Post By Nina Drew Around 0.5-3% of people (between 1.65 million to 6.6 million individuals) are involved in a cult at some point in their life and those that finally break free often have ..read more
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Heartwood Hosts Its First Gathering of Survivors of Abuse by Buddhist Teachers
Tibetan Buddhism :: Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
by tenpel
4M ago
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 ..read more
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Walking Free from coercive, cultic and spiritual abuse
Tibetan Buddhism :: Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
by tenpel
8M ago
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 ..read more
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Karmapa Agrees to Multimillion-Dollar Settlement with Mother of his Child, Source Says 
Tibetan Buddhism :: Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
by tenpel
1y ago
GUEST POST by VETTED CONTRIBUTOR The 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje, has agreed to a multimillion-dollar financial settlement with a woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted and impregnated by him in 2017, according to a ..read more
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“Our Dark Heart” – The Dark Habits In Triratna
Tibetan Buddhism :: Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
by tenpel
1y ago
Guest Post by Aparimana In families with an alcoholic father, a pattern often develops where the rest of the family protects the father from the consequences of his actions. Everyone is in denial, and the ..read more
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DNA Test Confirms Karmapa Fathered a Child, Source Says
Tibetan Buddhism :: Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
by tenpel
1y ago
GUEST POST by VETTED CONTRIBUTOR A court-mandated paternity test has proven conclusively that the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje fathered a child with a woman, according to a source close to the Karmapa. The woman ..read more
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A Disheartening Article: Stuart Lachs & Rob Hogendoorn on the Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhism :: Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
by tenpel
2y ago
by Joanne Clark It is one thing to assess the actions of an individual in the public domain. It is quite another to assess that person’s motivations and character. The latter involves not only assessing ..read more
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Hurts within the Karma Kagyu school – Is it time for a change of heart?
Tibetan Buddhism :: Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
by tenpel
3y ago
Guest Post by Joanne Clark The latest troubles within the Karma Kagyu¹ look like the last gasp of the Tibetan tulku system. This is my opinion of course, but honestly, how can this system be ..read more
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Buddhism Panel Discussion at 2017 International Cultic Studies Association Conference
Tibetan Buddhism :: Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
by tenpel
3y ago
GUEST POST   In 2012 I presented an essay called Zen Has No Morals! at the annual conference of the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) in my home town of Montreal, Canada. The paper discussed ..read more
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A Call For Impartial Compassion
Tibetan Buddhism :: Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
by tenpel
3y ago
If you look from the point of view of cultivating or acting from an impartial compassion, a compassion that goes out to everybody equally, you can view abusive situations within Buddhist communities from four different ..read more
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