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Sat May 02, 2020 8:05 pm
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: Random Spiritual Thoughts
Replies: 17
Views: 207033

Re: Random Spiritual Thoughts

I agree with Tara's analysis. It's really far more convincing than my own, which is rather tinged with sanctimony.
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Mon Apr 13, 2020 6:11 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: Random Spiritual Thoughts
Replies: 17
Views: 207033

Why Did Buddha Tell His Disciples Not to Record His Teachings In Writing?

Everybody knows that Buddha told his disciples not to write his teachings down. But people gloss over it. They’re like -- why get in the way of a good thing? We have Buddhist literature. We enjoy it. We’re obsessed with it. Why should we bother ourselves with the fact that Buddha said he’d rather no...
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Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:14 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: Twilight of the Tulkus, by Charles Carreon
Replies: 2
Views: 49579

Twilight of the Tulkus, by Charles Carreon

Twilight of the Tulkus by Charles Carreon March 16, 2020 THE CURRENT SITUATION A THIRD OF AMERICANS BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE THE DALAI LAMA HAS SERVED AS EVIDENCE OF THE DOCTRINE’S VALIDITY; HOWEVER, THE DALAI LAMA HAS JUST DECLARED THAT HE WILL NOT REINCARNATE , BECAUSE THE ...
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Thu Jan 02, 2020 9:03 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: Shangri La -- Utopian Propaganda & Tibetan Camouflage
Replies: 0
Views: 86607

Shangri La -- Utopian Propaganda & Tibetan Camouflage

Shangri La -- Utopian Propaganda & Tibetan Camouflage by Charles Carreon 1//2020 Viewed through the lens of modern media the American involvement with Tibetan Buddhism seems a recent affair, that began in the nineties with the lionization of the Dalai Lama by the Hollywood elite. That was, however,...
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Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:29 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: Our Petition to the Colorado AG Has Been Sent With 226 Signatures & 167 Pgs. of Supporting Documents
Replies: 0
Views: 89416

Our Petition to the Colorado AG Has Been Sent With 226 Signatures & 167 Pgs. of Supporting Documents

https://i.redd.it/5f47h8cg2xk31.png DOWNLOAD ENTIRE PACKET SENT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL PHIL WEISER (189 page pdf) Text of Cover Letter September 5, 2019 Via Email: Philip.Weiser@coag.gov Philip J. Weiser, Attorney General Colorado Department of Law Ralph L. Carr Colorado Justice Center 1300 Broadway, ...
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Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:40 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: DEIFICATION, DAMNATION & DELUSION: The Method in the Madness of Sogyal's Eulogists
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Views: 90893

DEIFICATION, DAMNATION & DELUSION: The Method in the Madness of Sogyal's Eulogists

Charles Carreon, September 2, 2019 http://rapeutation.com/tibetsocietycom.1n.png Many of us asked ourselves, when we read the florid homages to Sogyal Lakhar posted on the Rigpa website, authored by twelve Tibetan lamas * and one American woman with a Vajrayana following, "What were they thinking?"...
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Sat Aug 31, 2019 11:49 pm
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: Petition Launched / Dharma Teachers: Retract Your Homages to Sogyal
Replies: 3
Views: 53455

Petition Launched / Dharma Teachers: Retract Your Homages to Sogyal

http://rapeutation.com/tibetsocietycom.1y.png Sign the Petition at Change.org To: Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche, Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche, Ling Rinpoche, Khenpo Tashi Tseten, Chagdud Khadro, Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche, Dzigar...
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Thu Aug 29, 2019 7:59 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: Sogyal's Confession
Replies: 0
Views: 88260

Sogyal's Confession

Sogyal's Confession The devoted gathered 'round the lama's bed, The nurses came and went in scrubs attire, A nun adjusted a pillow under his head, In the hallway, everyone was quiet, Though he could not eat, he had the perfect diet. The morphine pump, his dearest companion, Kept pumping, bless it, ...
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Thu Aug 15, 2019 4:58 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: The Invisible Pyramid
Replies: 0
Views: 90074

The Invisible Pyramid

The Invisible Pyramid by Charles Carreon August 14, 2019 Meet Loren Eiseley I am stealing this title from a collection of essays by Loren Eiseley because it so perfectly encapsulates an important idea. Loren Eiseley launched his writing career from the unglamorous field of paleontology. He was a bo...
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Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:36 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: Petition Launched -- Colorado AG: Investigate the Financial Activities of the Shambhala Nonprofit Organizations
Replies: 0
Views: 86450

Petition Launched -- Colorado AG: Investigate the Financial Activities of the Shambhala Nonprofit Organizations

https://assets.change.org/photos/3/zi/wf/cJZiWFxlUrhWtqr-800x450-noPad.jpg?1564902715 CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION AT CHANGE.ORG Shambhala, A Non-Profit Organization in Crisis: The Shambhala community is a religious nonprofit organization with meditation centers in many major American cities. In...