Which brother is the autistic one, among Diana and Trungpa's children?
The Dzongsar Khentse letter is deserving of its own thread, for discussion and deconstruction. It's unnerving, how many highly realized teachers praise Trungpa.
For me, that would be a big red flag. Mostly, of course, it's Kagyu lamas. And it's always been part of the code among teachers to not criticize each other, or denounce each other publicly, so they're sticking with their old boys' network training. But what does this say about Buddhism, then? Brush people's suffering, and the source of it, under the rug? If we ignore suffering, how can we cultivate compassion?
Dzongsar Khentse published a book fairly recently, on the student-teacher relationship. I bought it, but didn't read it, because it was clear from the start that he was talking only in the context of Higher Yoga Tantra, tantric vows. That simply isn't relevant to 99% of students, and most of the abuse cases that occur. He closes his eyes to this.
Well, I should save further comment on DKR for the DKR thread I hope you'll start, OP.
The Dzongsar Khentse letter is deserving of its own thread, for discussion and deconstruction. It's unnerving, how many highly realized teachers praise Trungpa.
For me, that would be a big red flag. Mostly, of course, it's Kagyu lamas. And it's always been part of the code among teachers to not criticize each other, or denounce each other publicly, so they're sticking with their old boys' network training. But what does this say about Buddhism, then? Brush people's suffering, and the source of it, under the rug? If we ignore suffering, how can we cultivate compassion?
Dzongsar Khentse published a book fairly recently, on the student-teacher relationship. I bought it, but didn't read it, because it was clear from the start that he was talking only in the context of Higher Yoga Tantra, tantric vows. That simply isn't relevant to 99% of students, and most of the abuse cases that occur. He closes his eyes to this.
Well, I should save further comment on DKR for the DKR thread I hope you'll start, OP.