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by Tara
Sat Aug 10, 2019 1:25 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: The Way I See Trungpa Now
Replies: 23
Views: 168033

Re: The Way I See Trungpa Now

When I set my task to figure out what the Nazis were all about 20 years ago, after I removed myself from my nihilistic, violent, male-centered Tibetan Buddhist cult, I never thought the answer would come back to Buddhism. I was just trying to find out why there is so much suffering in the world. Tha...
by Tara
Sat Aug 10, 2019 1:02 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: The Way I See Trungpa Now
Replies: 23
Views: 168033

Re: The Way I See Trungpa Now

There is no doubt in my mind now that Trungpa is a complete traitor to whatever little was good in Tibetan Buddhism. He turned his lineage of Tibetan Buddhism into some horrible Japanese Zen mutation. Everything bad about Japanese Zen that Brian Daizen Victoria talks about, it's State fascism, is ta...
by Tara
Sat Aug 03, 2019 6:09 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: The Way I See Trungpa Now
Replies: 23
Views: 168033

Re: The Way I See Trungpa Now

Allen Ginsberg thinks that murder might be on the list. Who would know better than Trungpa's closest student? He wonders what he would do if Trungpa asks him to murder Merwin, and confronts him with it, blaming the idea on the “monster” Trungpa who is, however, very nice. But he never follows throug...
by Tara
Sat Aug 03, 2019 5:00 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: The Way I See Trungpa Now
Replies: 23
Views: 168033

Re: The Way I See Trungpa Now

And Trungpa was obviously not against violence and killing. If he was against violence and killing, he would not have supported the Shambhala myth. He would not have named his sons Ashoka and Gesar. He wouldn’t want to be a general leading his troops into battle. He wouldn’t want to be a king and ru...
by Tara
Fri Aug 02, 2019 7:13 pm
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: The Way I See Trungpa Now
Replies: 23
Views: 168033

Re: The Way I See Trungpa Now

It's obvious why Trungpa died young and dissolute: because he had no faith in himself, because he knew he was up to no good, and that is why he had no reason to live.
by Tara
Thu Aug 01, 2019 3:56 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: The Way I See Trungpa Now
Replies: 23
Views: 168033

The Way I See Trungpa Now

The more I read about this guy Trungpa, the more convinced I am that he was a complete charlatan, a grifter, him and his silly wife Diana, who has none of the pride of womanhood, and does nothing but lick the ground Trungpa walks upon. Trungpa is only interested in worldly power and glory, and Diana...
by Tara
Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:34 pm
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: How can we know?
Replies: 0
Views: 88249

How can we know?

How can we know? We do not know the workings of our brain, heart, liver, stomach, nerves, muscles. How can we know the nature of our mind, the nature of the universe, the absolute nature of truth, the absolute nature of God? We can't even remember our dreams. Maybe when we die, we don't go to heaven...
by Tara
Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:27 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: The Myth of "Enlightened Society"
Replies: 5
Views: 60576

Re: The Myth of "Enlightened Society"

Are the lamas not responsible for Tibet being the way it was? Were they not the elites of their culture? Did they not determine what would and would not happen in Tibet? Are they not responsible for the poverty and ignorance of the people? Here is a typical picture of Tibetans, which everyone will r...
by Tara
Wed Jul 03, 2019 7:13 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: The Myth of "Enlightened Society"
Replies: 5
Views: 60576

The Myth of "Enlightened Society"

I started reading, “ Red Shambhala : Magic, Prophecy, and Geopolitics in the Heart of Asia, by Andrei Znamenski, and I came across this paragraph in the preface: Red Shambhala is the first book in English that recounts the story of political and spiritual seekers from the West and the East, who used...
by Tara
Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:49 pm
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: Buddhist Project Sunshine: A Pale Illumination Indeed
Replies: 7
Views: 37258

Re: Buddhist Project Sunshine: A Pale Illumination Indeed

It looks like people are escaping Andrea Winn's faithful suffocating hold, and going to the police and naming names of their Shambhala abusers. I'm sure this man Michael Smith was grateful for all the love and light he encountered at the various Shambhala events which made people turn a blind eye to...