i gave the quote that "ethics are the highest dharma", but this was from dudjom rinpoche and he spent quite some time at a university in washington state and worked with phd translators, hence he may have been introduced to the idea in north america.
the madamaika tradition does have philosphical discussion that is about ethics but it doesn't get much attention from tibetan buddhists. moreover if you ask questions , it has been my experience you get slapped down with rude and insulting attacks. of course this is because those questioned do not want to lie, but do not want to acknowledge truth about the flaws of lamas. this is totally defying the often taught theory that a student must examine the teacher carefully. how can one examine the teacher when the senior instructors under that teacher will only hurl insults when queried? it's not possible.
it's my firm believe that the groups created by chogyam trungpa are a corrupt form of buddhism and although the fortunate may get benefit from these groups, most will not, and furthermore many of their projects cause harm to some communities.
the mindfullness group goes into the community teaching secular meditation and then after a few months their teachers begin to teach the great trungpa. this bait and switch tactic is unethical. i am not sure why they are doing this except for self serving reasons of gaining support.
there is a web site : extibetanbuddhist.com, does anyone know the people running this? i am curious to talk to them . they seem to have inside information , particularily about law suits against the trungpa people whic i believe should be public.
the madamaika tradition does have philosphical discussion that is about ethics but it doesn't get much attention from tibetan buddhists. moreover if you ask questions , it has been my experience you get slapped down with rude and insulting attacks. of course this is because those questioned do not want to lie, but do not want to acknowledge truth about the flaws of lamas. this is totally defying the often taught theory that a student must examine the teacher carefully. how can one examine the teacher when the senior instructors under that teacher will only hurl insults when queried? it's not possible.
it's my firm believe that the groups created by chogyam trungpa are a corrupt form of buddhism and although the fortunate may get benefit from these groups, most will not, and furthermore many of their projects cause harm to some communities.
the mindfullness group goes into the community teaching secular meditation and then after a few months their teachers begin to teach the great trungpa. this bait and switch tactic is unethical. i am not sure why they are doing this except for self serving reasons of gaining support.
there is a web site : extibetanbuddhist.com, does anyone know the people running this? i am curious to talk to them . they seem to have inside information , particularily about law suits against the trungpa people whic i believe should be public.