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July 1, 2010
Previously I blogged about the Buddhist Scholar Gary Beesley who was forced to withdraw a book about the New Kadampa tradition and the deity Dorje Shugden. The following rather alarming information was posted today at the “Western Shugden Society – unlocked” website: I received the following letter with the request to post it on this […]
June 4, 2010
Keith Dowman’s latest book, “Natural Perfection – Longchenpa’s Radical Dzogchen” has just been published by Wisdom Publications. The foreword is by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. Keith Dowman is a British Buddhist translator and teacher based in Kathmandu, Nepal. His important translations from the Tibetan include “Calm and Clear“, “The Divine Madman“, “Sky Dancer“, “Masters of Mahamudra“, […]
June 1, 2010
This letter from the British Buddhist Scholar Gary Beesley was recently posted at the Dialogue Ireland blog and the NKT World website: Dear Colleagues, It is with sincere regret that I write to inform you that, due to the threat of legal action from the New Kadampa Tradition, and in light of the inadequacies of […]
May 13, 2010
New Book: “A Cuckoo in the Peacock Palace: The Decline of Tradition and the Rise of the New Kadampa Tradition in 21st Century Western Buddhism” by Gary Beesley Many visitors to the Dalai Lama’s teachings across Europe and the USA in 2008 were surprised to come across groups of Chinese and Western protesters, many dressed […]
April 21, 2010
As a fitting first post, I would like to draw readers’ attention to this fantastic book and classic of religious history: “The Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture” by Stephen Batchelor (1994, Parallax Press). From Greek kings to nineteenth-century adventurers, from missionaries to monks, the encounter of Buddhism and the […]
Vajratool 
July 26, 2010
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