Aaaaand, just when you thought you'd heard it all, folks, Dzongsar Khyentse gets even more outrageous! He posted a "joke", online, about some kind of "insurance" policy for gurus, to protect them against accusations of inappropriate sexual activity with their students! It was taken down within 24 hours, a new record for DKR, who has in the past made a number of inappropriate blame-the-victim posts, that have done the TB tradition more harm than the good he imagined he was doing, and ended up later deleting them.
His severe cluelessness about the entire issue is laid bare here: his cluelessness regarding the concepts of clergy fiduciary duty toward their followers and violation of trust issues, his complete absence of understanding of the psychology of vulnerable individuals coming from abusive backgrounds looking to religion for some healing, and his, and his colleagues' sense of entitlement to women's bodies that is part-and-parcel of the Vajrayana tradition since its inception over 1000 years ago, and his failure to see the trauma that often results from trusted teachers insinuating themselves into their students' bodies, not to mention the unwanted pregnancies and ruined lives resulting from failed tantric sex techniques intended to prevent pregnancy.
I'm hoping this link will serve to connect you to his latest volley in the evolving (long overdue) firestorm over guru sexual misconduct:
[wetransfer.com]
His severe cluelessness about the entire issue is laid bare here: his cluelessness regarding the concepts of clergy fiduciary duty toward their followers and violation of trust issues, his complete absence of understanding of the psychology of vulnerable individuals coming from abusive backgrounds looking to religion for some healing, and his, and his colleagues' sense of entitlement to women's bodies that is part-and-parcel of the Vajrayana tradition since its inception over 1000 years ago, and his failure to see the trauma that often results from trusted teachers insinuating themselves into their students' bodies, not to mention the unwanted pregnancies and ruined lives resulting from failed tantric sex techniques intended to prevent pregnancy.
I'm hoping this link will serve to connect you to his latest volley in the evolving (long overdue) firestorm over guru sexual misconduct:
[wetransfer.com]