Stuart Lachs & Rob Hogendoorn – open buddhism https://openbuddhism.org Not from hearsay Tue, 15 Feb 2022 19:35:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.2 A Profession of Faith (and the Designation of a Taboo) https://openbuddhism.org/a-profession-of-faith-and-the-designation-of-a-taboo/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:50:10 +0000 https://openbuddhism.org/?p=14406 Recently, one of our readers took us to task for framing the fourteenth Dalai Lama’s transactional dealings with abusive or even murderous leaders as if his conduct were that of a perfectly ordinary, normally functioning priest. The substance of Joanne Clark’s critique rests on three presuppositions: the Dalai Lama’s true intentions are both spiritual and incontrovertible...

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]]> ‘Not The Tibetan Way’: The Dalai Lama’s Realpolitik Concerning Abusive Teachers https://openbuddhism.org/not-the-tibetan-way-the-dalai-lamas-realpolitik-concerning-abusive-teachers/ Sun, 18 Apr 2021 13:08:06 +0000 https://openbuddhism.org/?p=14339 Is the Dalai Lama personally accountable for his enabling behavior towards the abusive Tibetan Buddhist lamas and violent spiritual teachers he is being warned about? Does he take ownership of ignoring the plight of victims and survivors who follow his advice and “out” abusive teachers at great personal risk? How does the Dalai Lama judge the Tibetan lamas and other spiritual leaders he continues...

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