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Pope sends special envoy to investigation ‘black sheep’ diocese
Oct. 27 | Allegations surrounding priests in north Italian region including sexual abuse, harassment and theft Rose Troup Buchanan Monday 27 October 2014 A scandal-ridden Italian diocese where priests are alleged to have posted naked photographs of themselves on...
31 reasons for leaving NKT
Jun. 30 | LAME EXCUSE, AGAIN In August, a longtime member of the NKT wrote NKT about his 31 reasons for leaving NKT. 1) Samden Gyatso (the 2nd ex-national spiritual director of the NKT) had sexual relations with many women for a very long time (using tantra as...
RELIGIOUS CONFLICT IN THE TRADITIONAL TIBETAN STATE(1)
Jun. 29 | MELVYN C. GOLDSTEIN CASE, WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY Introduction Ruled by an incarnation, the Dalai Lama, and supporting a monastic seg- ment comprising between ten and twenty percent of the eligible males, Tibet was a state in which religious interests...
Tibetan Government-in-Exile allow this?
Jan. 24 | Why is the Tibetan Government-in-Exile not doing anything about this appalling behavior of their monk and nun?? The western world should stop supporting and donating money to the Government-in-Exile!
Sex and Death on the Road to Nirvana
Jun. 7 | One of America’s most controversial gurus had a plan to take Tibetan Buddhism mainstream. Then one of his converts died in the Arizona desert and the secrets started spilling out By Nina Burleigh June 6, 2013 The call came into the Cochise County...
Zina Rachevsky – Jewish Princess and the Tibet connection
Mar. 2 | March 29, 2008 With Tibet in the news recently, I thought I’d expand on a piece I have on my website about my cousin Zina Rachevsky and my travels in Nepal. Zina Rachevsky In the 1980′s I lived in Woodstock, NY, practically in the shadow of the Tibetan...
Vatican rocked again as Cardinal is driven out in sex scandal after complaints from priests
Feb. 19 | Pope forces UK’s top Catholic to quit: Vatican rocked again as Cardinal is driven out in sex scandal after complaints from priests – Cardinal Keith O’Brien faces claims of inappropriate attention by four priests – One unnamed priest alleges...
Vatican bank assets seized in Rome
Feb. 14 | Italian authorities have seized €23 million ($31 million Cdn) of Vatican bank assets as part of an investigation into suspected money laundering. The Vatican said it was confused as to why financial police targeted the funds in a Vatican account at...
Karmapa’s mentor under land law scanner
Jan. 31 | Gaurav Bisht and Naresh Kumar, Hindustan Times Shimla/Dharamsala, January 24, 2013 Even as the Himachal government adopted a neutral stance on the cash haul from the monastery of 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, now questions are being raised over land...
