ollaimh Wrote:
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> he is appointing tuklus now himself. he has done
> 180 turn and is mad that followers aren't comming
> along, at least western followers. however he has
> major following now in asia and major donors so he
> probably doesn't care.
>
> here's a zinger when i was at the last lyn event
> in mexico with 700 people he was giving out peyote
> buttons. that turned me off right there. i said
> "this is turning into a trungpa shit show" and was
> not popular. i wonder if he's using too much
> peyote himself.(this is supposed to be a big
> secret btw but his disgusting posts recently lead
> me to believe he has become an ego monster and has
> broken all samayas with his students)
>
> as i have said before he used to praise reason
> critical thinking and intellect as part of
> buddhism. i think he wants to be a crazy wisdom
> guy now
As well it should turn you off. Handing out mind-altering drugs violates one of the basic 5 precepts. This is not Dharma. This is DKR trying to win a popularity contest. He wants to be the "hip" Rinpoche. Just another example of how morally bankrupt TB is, with rare exception.
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> he is appointing tuklus now himself. he has done
> 180 turn and is mad that followers aren't comming
> along, at least western followers. however he has
> major following now in asia and major donors so he
> probably doesn't care.
>
> here's a zinger when i was at the last lyn event
> in mexico with 700 people he was giving out peyote
> buttons. that turned me off right there. i said
> "this is turning into a trungpa shit show" and was
> not popular. i wonder if he's using too much
> peyote himself.(this is supposed to be a big
> secret btw but his disgusting posts recently lead
> me to believe he has become an ego monster and has
> broken all samayas with his students)
>
> as i have said before he used to praise reason
> critical thinking and intellect as part of
> buddhism. i think he wants to be a crazy wisdom
> guy now
As well it should turn you off. Handing out mind-altering drugs violates one of the basic 5 precepts. This is not Dharma. This is DKR trying to win a popularity contest. He wants to be the "hip" Rinpoche. Just another example of how morally bankrupt TB is, with rare exception.