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Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:26 am
Forum: The Fire Still Burns
Topic: Dharma Assassin Kusum Lingpa, by Charles Carreon
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Dharma Assassin Kusum Lingpa, by Charles Carreon

DHARMA ASSASSIN KUSUM LINGPA by Charles Carreon If you could become divine, what would that be worth to you? Kusum Lingpa's whirlwind tours around the world have become famous. Moving with an infectious energy, clowning and mugging with tireless persistence, Kusum Lingpa wears down resistance. He h...
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Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:25 am
Forum: The Fire Still Burns
Topic: Buddhist Horror Flick, by Charles Carreon
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Views: 18685

Buddhist Horror Flick, by Charles Carreon

BUDDHIST HORROR FLICK by Charles Carreon Armies of zombie clergy Dragging their malas Wielding crowbars and sacred implements Led by hordes of vampires Sangha officers and boards of directors Engage in gang warfare, Blasting away at each other With blazing thunderbolts Hot chick vampire action figu...
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Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:24 am
Forum: The Fire Still Burns
Topic: Beliefs vs. Dogmas: The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Religious Faith
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Beliefs vs. Dogmas: The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Religious Faith

BELIEFS VS. DOGMAS: THE DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE OF RELIGIOUS FAITH by Charles Carreon A hot chick I knew in the seventies had a bumpersticker that said, “Sorry my karma ran over your dogma.” Would that it were often so. Rather, it seems to be the reverse. Suffering the karma of having others inflic...
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Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:23 am
Forum: The Fire Still Burns
Topic: Ananda and the Merchants of Rajgir, by Baksheesh the Madman
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Ananda and the Merchants of Rajgir, by Baksheesh the Madman

ANANDA AND THE MERCHANTS OF RAJGIR by Baksheesh the Madman http://rapeutation.com/AZmandelbrotpix61_small.gif Thus have I heard. Once while seated in a cool grove near the City of Rajgir with Ananda, and beholding the shining city peopled with the people of Rajgir, the World-Honoured One spake thus...
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Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:22 am
Forum: The Fire Still Burns
Topic: A Flaming Fistful of Reactionary Wisdom, by Charles & Tara Carreon
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A Flaming Fistful of Reactionary Wisdom, by Charles & Tara Carreon

A FLAMING FISTFUL OF REACTIONARY WISDOM by Charles and Tara Carreon http://rapeutation.com/aflamingfist5_small.jpg Are you a traditional Buddhist? Does it just chap your hide when you hear someone accusing traditional Eastern Buddhism of an authoritarian agenda? A little slow on the trigger with sn...
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Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:21 am
Forum: The Fire Still Burns
Topic: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lama, by Charles Carreon
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50 Ways to Leave Your Lama, by Charles Carreon

50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LAMA, by Charles Carreon (Loosely, to the tune of Paul Simon's "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover") They’ve been enslaved so long, says Ambu wistfully, The answer’s easy – but they won’t think logically. They’re scared to ask for help as they struggle to be free, but There’s at l...
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Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:18 am
Forum: The Fire Still Burns
Topic: Rude Awakening: A Review of "Ram Dass: Fierce Grace"
Replies: 1
Views: 12470

Re: Rude Awakening: A Review of "Ram Dass: Fierce Grace"

PART 2 OF 2 (RUDE AWAKENING, CONT'D.) Wipeout For my wife, losing faith was about as painful as losing her skin. For over twenty years she had invested every waking thought in the project of self-perfection according to the Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. She had performed a hundred thousand prostratio...
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Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:18 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: In Praise of Matthew Remski
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Views: 13257

In Praise of Matthew Remski

When I discovered that the Shambhala organization had hit an iceberg, and saw its leadership frenziedly moving deck chairs around in an effort to keep students from heading for the lifeboats while the Sakyong paddled away with all of the biscuits, I wondered, "Can anyone help these Shambhalians und...
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Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:17 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: Buddhist Project Sunshine: A Pale Illumination Indeed
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Views: 37238

Buddhist Project Sunshine: A Pale Illumination Indeed

The Columbia Journalism Review just came out with an article about Andrea Winn , who published the Buddhist Project Sunshine reports . The thesis of the article is that sometimes journalism isn't actually up to the task of getting cult members to speak out about abuse. It takes someone like Andrea,...
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Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:16 am
Forum: The Fire Still Burns
Topic: Rude Awakening: A Review of "Ram Dass: Fierce Grace"
Replies: 1
Views: 12470

Rude Awakening: A Review of "Ram Dass: Fierce Grace"

PART 1 OF 2 RUDE AWAKENING -- A REVIEW OF "RAM DASS: FIERCE GRACE" by Charles Carreon March 14, 2006 It was summer 1970 in Boston. I arrived at Logan airport, and had a layover in Boston for the night, so I stuck out my thumb outside the airport and quickly had a ride with a guy in a cool Porsche. I...