Mary Finnigan – open buddhism https://openbuddhism.org Not from hearsay Fri, 04 Dec 2020 12:40:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.2 Unintended Consequences: Reflections on Diaspora Tibetan Buddhism https://openbuddhism.org/unintended-consequences-reflections-on-diaspora-tibetan-buddhism/ Sat, 28 Nov 2020 15:16:51 +0000 https://openbuddhism.org/?p=14276 Rewind to 1974 and the tail end of the 60s cultural revolution. The days when idealism, radical politics, psychedelic drugs and spiritual values were the drivers of a youth movement that very nearly changed the world. A young Tibetan lama had just arrived in London. He asked me to help him set himself up as a Buddhist guru. I agreed, with genuine enthusiasm at the prospect of being involved with...

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