Survivors of the New Kadampa Tradition. Who are they? Part 1

July 22, 2024

Exposing The New Kadampa Tradition

This is Part 1 of a two-part video regarding what it means to be a survivor and why ex-members of the NKT are often referred to as 'survivors'.

New Kadampa Tradition - Sam's questions

Jon Atack, Family and Friends
February 25, 2020

"Is the New Kadampa Tradition really Buddhism? Do NKT believers worship Dorje Shugden? Do NKT monks and nuns keep their vows of celibacy? Does the NKT believe in hells and demons? Would speaking out about sexual abuse in the NKT be enough to damn you to hell? Are members pressured to make donations to the NKT? Is there psychological abuse in the NKT?"

How The New Kadampa Tradition Attack Critics: Understanding DARVO

Recovery from The New Kadampa Tradition
September 28, 2019

DIFFI-CULT - TIBETAN BUDDHISM – STRUGGLING WITH DIFFI·CULT ISSUES

Controversy: New Kadampa Tradition, Dorje Shugden, Sogyal Rinpoche, Tsem Tulku, Ole Nydahl, Diamond Way, Sangharakshita, Triratna :: Tibet & Dalai Lama :: Dharmakaya, Zen & More

ABOUT THE BLOG

"I saw a need for an informal blog addressing certain controversial issues related to Tibetan Buddhism, Tibet, the Dalai Lamas and Buddhism in general. Since many years now, there is a great amount of distorted, misleading or superficial information online about these topics that are often posted based on active one-sided campaigning, a lack of knowledge, political and personal agendas etc. There have been also active and successful trials to manipulate Wikipedia articles."

"Media often lack the background knowledge, time, clarity and understanding of such complex issues as addressed on the blog and very often the media miss to ask true experts in those fields to offer balanced and factual correct information. The blog aims to balance this perceived imbalance in the public domain by addressing different issues and by providing background knowledge or links to sources that offer sober information or at least another perspective. What is been linked is not necessarily the opinion of the blog owner."

"I don’t consider myself an expert in any field but rather as someone who tries to understand complex things. Another wish of mine is to protect open seekers from unreliable, less differentiated, semi-true or twisted information that increase ignorance, hostility and attachment. My wish is that the information and links provided here increase understanding and not negative emotions, and that they serve as a condition that people can make up their own minds."

"In general I try to avoid the term “cult” because it is a very subjective term. “One man’s cult is another man’s religion”, as someone wisely said. However, sometimes I might use the term “cult” just for the sake of abbreviation or clarity, and then I am referring to groups with a high degree of manipulation, control, coercion, exploitation and abuse or structures that undermine the freedom of an individual, binding him or her ever closer to the group and its leader and making him or her more and more dependent and unfree."

https://buddhism-controversy-blog.com/impressum/

New Kadampa Tradition NKT Documentary BBC - An Unholy Row 1998

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 This is a documentary about the New Kadampa Tradition / NKT from BBC from 1998. With interviews of H.H. the Dalai Lama, Stephen Batchelor, Gesh Kelsang Gyatso and ex-members of the NKT / New Kadampa Tradition.

BBC Documentary: “An Unholy Row” (1998)

BBC Documentary: “An Unholy Row” (1998)
About the New Kadampa Tradition and the Dorje Shugden Controversy.

Interviews with the XIVth Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso), Stephen Batchelor, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Ondy Willson, Avyorth Rolinson, and Kelsang Khyenrab (Steve Booth).

BBC TWO 1998 | Production: Gurdip Bhangoo & Mike Finlason

Synposis: British-Asian current affairs series. An interview with the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, about his decision to stop the worship of a spirit known as Dorje Shugden.


¹ This documentary includes one factual fault. The prayer “Guru, Founder, Blessed One …” is not sung by NKT students to Geshe Kelsang Gyatso but to the Buddha. However, in Tibetan Buddhism’s Vajrayana approach—which is strictly emphasised within the NKT—one should see the Buddha and the teacher as “inseparable”.

https://info-buddhism.com/BBC-An_Unholy_Row.html