"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality." "Truthfully reporting teacher misconduct and dishonesty to protect women and the Dharma from… Continue reading A SURVIVOR’S TESTIMONY: New website section
Tag: Mingyur Rinpoche
“I SWEAR TO VAJRAYOGINI I AM NOT LYING”: THE UNRESOLVED CASE OF SANGYE NYENPA: One of the main cited reasons in the smear and bullying campaign against a lone female survivor, who swore to Buddhas, Tara and Vajrayogini he was not lying about his conduct. What are they trying to ignore/cover up/defend and why?
“To disparage/insult women, whose nature is wisdom, is the fourteenth” ཤེས་རབ་རང་བཞིན་བུད་མེད་ལ། ། སྨོད་པར་བྱེད་པ་བཅུ་བཞི་པ། ། — from Vajrayāna-mūlā-patti-saṅgrahaby Aśvaghoṣa “In other words, the results of genuine ‘crazy wisdom’ are always positive and visible. When a teacher uses an extreme approach that is rooted in compassion, the result is spiritual growth, not trauma. Trauma is a sure sign… Continue reading “I SWEAR TO VAJRAYOGINI I AM NOT LYING”: THE UNRESOLVED CASE OF SANGYE NYENPA: One of the main cited reasons in the smear and bullying campaign against a lone female survivor, who swore to Buddhas, Tara and Vajrayogini he was not lying about his conduct. What are they trying to ignore/cover up/defend and why?
THE RISKY AND DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES FOR LONE WOMEN WHEN PUBLIC WORDS OF ADVICE DO NOT MATCH A BUDDHIST TEACHER’S ACTIONS: What happens when teachers “ignore” or “ghost” women who speak about misconduct unresolved cases, and how male “advocates for women” actually respond in practice
“In other words, the results of genuine ‘crazy wisdom’ are always positive and visible. When a teacher uses an extreme approach that is rooted in compassion, the result is spiritual growth, not trauma. Trauma is a sure sign that the ‘crazy wisdom’ behavior was missing the wisdom to see what would truly benefit the student,… Continue reading THE RISKY AND DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES FOR LONE WOMEN WHEN PUBLIC WORDS OF ADVICE DO NOT MATCH A BUDDHIST TEACHER’S ACTIONS: What happens when teachers “ignore” or “ghost” women who speak about misconduct unresolved cases, and how male “advocates for women” actually respond in practice
THE KAGYU ‘RED CROWN THAT LIBERATES ON SEEING’: The black and red crowns of Karma Kagyu by 1st Jamgon Kongtrul and 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche’s historic ‘red crown’ ceremony in Bodh Gaya, January 2024 (with transcript of teaching by Mingyur and Gyalton Rinpoches)
"In India and Tibet, wherever the Karmapas were born, the incarnations of his heart-disciples also appeared and served the Karmapas through the three ways of pleasing the guru until their minds became inseparable from the guru's enlightened mind. To symbolise this inseparability, various Karmapas bestowed red crowns that liberate on seeing, upon past incarnations of… Continue reading THE KAGYU ‘RED CROWN THAT LIBERATES ON SEEING’: The black and red crowns of Karma Kagyu by 1st Jamgon Kongtrul and 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche’s historic ‘red crown’ ceremony in Bodh Gaya, January 2024 (with transcript of teaching by Mingyur and Gyalton Rinpoches)
TANTRIC BUDDHISM, VOWS, SEX AND WOMEN – the importance of love, respect and consent and what happens when a woman speaks out about lama misconduct
'Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy.'-Anais Nin Introduction This article is an attempt to clarify some of the information and misunderstandings surrounding monasticism, sex, women, consorts in Vajrayana (or Tantric) Buddhism. The first half discusses the monastic vows and rules on sexual relations, the role and meaning of a consort,… Continue reading TANTRIC BUDDHISM, VOWS, SEX AND WOMEN – the importance of love, respect and consent and what happens when a woman speaks out about lama misconduct