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The ‘hidden’ sacking of Kalu Rinpoche by his monastery for alleged misuse of funds and misconduct, degeneration and commercial use of Niguma Yoga, monastic dress, and the growing issue of spiritual materialism in Buddhist teachers and monastics

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"A true hero is not measured by the size of his strength, but by the size of his heart" --Hercules "The bodhisattva who is malicious, violent, unhappy, and addicted to malice and lust, undergoes many kinds of faults. These faults destroy (the bodhisattva) oneself, destroys [the happiness of] other beings, and destroy ethical discipline and… Continue reading The ‘hidden’ sacking of Kalu Rinpoche by his monastery for alleged misuse of funds and misconduct, degeneration and commercial use of Niguma Yoga, monastic dress, and the growing issue of spiritual materialism in Buddhist teachers and monastics

THE YOGA OF LADY NIGUMA AS COMPILED BY JETSUN TARANATHA AND PRESENTED BY 2ND KALU RINPOCHE: Niguma Yoga presentations in Bhutan and India by 2nd Kalu Rinpoche; and textual and historical background

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"When one realizes that our many thoughts of anger and desire,which churn the ocean of Samsara,are devoid of any self-nature,everything becomes a land of gold, my child.--A Song of Niguma "When he requested these vajra verses [from Niguma], the learned and accomplished Kyungpo Naljor offered five hundred measures of gold to the wisdom dakini. He… Continue reading THE YOGA OF LADY NIGUMA AS COMPILED BY JETSUN TARANATHA AND PRESENTED BY 2ND KALU RINPOCHE: Niguma Yoga presentations in Bhutan and India by 2nd Kalu Rinpoche; and textual and historical background