Observe the teacher before taking vows - you go native
"You're supposed to observe a teacher for 10 years before becoming avowed disciple."This is not possible, even if the Dalai Lama has said it. Here is why.Spending all that time observing a teacher...
View ArticleHas anyone been shunned or 'ghosted'? How did you heal?
Has anyone been shunned or 'ghosted' by their sect, their healing groupor church?How was it done?How did you get through it?What helped the most?There is a variety of this that I term "strategic...
View ArticleRe: Rigpa Students, Board Member, Accuse Sogyal Lakhar ("Rinpoche") of...
I'm beginning to wonder if all these years, about 3 decades at this point, the reason Rigpa staff have so staunchly defended Sogyal is that at the very bottom line, they felt their jobs could have...
View ArticleRigpa and vested interests
Misstyk is right. A lot of financial - and emotional-- vested interestsare at stake.If anyone is struggling with years of misgiving about Sogyal and Rigpa, doall you can to find your real friends.And...
View ArticleRe: Rigpa Students, Board Member, Accuse Sogyal Lakhar ("Rinpoche") of...
Speaking of the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, I just wanted to mention that Sogyal didn't write it. Andrew Harvey, who was a graduate student in Buddhist Studies at the time, and also a devoted...
View ArticleRe: Rigpa Students, Board Member, Accuse Sogyal Lakhar ("Rinpoche") of...
Andrew Harvey served hard time with a guru.[www.google.com]
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Re: Of Fake Gurus and Foot Washing
I'm very interested in the history of Chris Butler's downgrading of his claim of "Jagad Guru - the one and only guru of the universe"Vera City wrote, "At this time Butler downgraded his claim of Jagad...
View ArticleRe: Of Fake Gurus and Foot Washing
To sunny99 sounds like you are eager to white wash the cult leader Chris Butler as "not being so bad, he only had his messianic complex in his younger years... now he's just a happy cute guru like...
View ArticleRama Ranson Video Update
Hey everyone, I recorded this 40 minute live video on Facebook. I first talk about my brush with death last December, and I give some updates on my current situation with the Butler cult, and send...
View ArticleAcharya ~ Appointed, Elected, or Self Indulgent!
No surprise here, sunshine. There are discussions on other forums about AC Bhaktivedanta. We also consider him a leader of a destructive cult, so no surprise with these images. Followers still worship...
View ArticleISKON recruiters do not tell you that you are a "karmi"
FYI people:International Society for Krishna Consciousness is still active and out thererecruiting.The smiley "Hare Krishna" recruiter will not tell you that you're a 'karmi'On the Freak Street in our...
View ArticleRe: Of Fake Gurus and Foot Washing
NAILED IT RAMA!Rama Das (slave name) Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> To sunny99 sounds like you are eager to white wash> the cult leader Chris Butler as "not being...
View ArticleThe Hare Krishna Notion of Guruhood & Calls for Tulsi to Disavow the Butler Cult
Why is Butler’s group considered a dangerous cult and why this should matter to all supporters of Tulsi Gabbard?To quote former Hare Krishna member and critic Gaura Rader:His words also apply to Chris...
View ArticleGurus and their court eunuch disciples - Corboy's hunch
To follow an authoritarian Krishna guru, whether Chris Butler or Srila Prabhupada(SP was Butler's own guru) -- to follow this type of guru is to become thatguru's property -- the guru owns your mind,...
View ArticleMad After Krishna
Great posts corboy!This article MAD AFTER KRISHNA by Paul Ford is an excellent essay on the Hare Krishna movement. While he writes about his experiences following AC Bhaktivedanta, most of the system...
View ArticleRe: Fake Tibetan Buddhist Lamas - Do you know any "Wolves in Lama's Robes
Informed readers are invited to tell us how many Tibetan Buddhist nuns havethis same standard of living.[www.quora.com]QuoteDharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaBuddhist MonksLadakh Region, Jammu and...
View ArticleRe: Derek O'Neill
Derek treats his students differently. If something wrong happens with his energy work he becomes very sadistic as that person becomes his karma. With his energy work he makes some people as he says...
View ArticleRe: Derek O'Neill
Last resort:Please don't speculate about supposed supernatural claims of "energy" on this message board.This board is not about supernatural conspiracy theories.
View ArticleRe: Audacious Church Manchester UK
The roots of this church are in Hope City Sheffield (If you read the bio on the website, that is where the pastor original came from) and that church is just the same. It's all fake. Prosperity...
View ArticleDefamation Lawsuit Against J Message Group Corp.
I have filed a defamation lawsuit against the cultic J Message Group Corp. and its principals, Ken and Deborah Alexander:[www.courthousenews.com]
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