Christopher Hansard
Date: May 23, 2007 10:13PM
Re: Atlantic's Comments
[i:c8a38760c6]"Since many students, patients and apprentices have cut their ties with Mr. Hansard it is clear that, given information, they do not support his behaviour". [/i:c8a38760c6]
[b:c8a38760c6]Maybe, but what about their inaction at that time, as the abuses were seemingly taking place? Is it not a case of too little too late? [/b:c8a38760c6][/size:c8a38760c6][/color:c8a38760c6]
[i:c8a38760c6]"There is a Bonpo Lama just outside London who has known of Hansard's activities for over 5 years. Since you know this community well just ask around, you will get your answers." [/i:c8a38760c6]
[b:c8a38760c6]I am aware of that, however I am unsure in what way that Tibetan, who was not working with Hansard, or the Eden Medical Centre, can be held up as being in any way accountable, moreover Hansard had been (according to Dorje) already abusing clients for many years and those where actually associated had maintained a sloth-like indifference. [/b:c8a38760c6][/color:c8a38760c6]
[i:c8a38760c6]Namkhai Norbu has written extensively about the 12 paths of Bon. [/i:c8a38760c6]
Has he now? Do furnish me with some detailed references. Moreover you should understand that while Namkhai Norbu is a respected Nyingma Lama and scholar, he is not without flaw as a historian and writer on the Bon religion. I would however wish to examine this claim in more detail.
[i:c8a38760c6]"Shamanic behaviour is notoriously unorthodox and eccentric, as is the behaviour of many spiritual masters. As a scholar of Tibetan texts you must be aware of this." [/i:c8a38760c6]
[b:c8a38760c6]Indeed there are accounts of interesting behaviours of genuine Tantric practitioners, be they (and I hesitate to employ this loaded and misleading term) Shamen or Lamas. Hansard was neither![/color:c8a38760c6][/b:c8a38760c6]
[i:c8a38760c6]"Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche has referred to the Northern Treasure School, but claims that it is now extinct."[/i:c8a38760c6][b:c8a38760c6]
If, he has, would you please provide me with a detailed reference as I would be happy to raise this with Rinpoche myself. My researches, supported by some serious Bon scholars, have not confirmed that as being a 'school' or 'lineage'. While The Bon tradition does have so-called the Northern treasure it was not a school though. It is a name given a certain number of texts believed to have been unearthed in Zangzang in the northern Tibet in the 13th century, hence the word [i:c8a38760c6]changter,[/i:c8a38760c6] 'treasure from the north'.
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[i:c8a38760c6]"I know for a fact that several people have confronted Mr. Hansard on various matters, but his victims have apparently kept their stories quiet for fear of repercussions (which as I previously stated is often the nature of abuse").[/i:c8a38760c6]
[b:c8a38760c6]This is still complicity, albeit coerced, as you claim. [/b:c8a38760c6][/color:c8a38760c6]
[i:c8a38760c6]"There were many reputable practitioners operating at Hansard's clinic, including students and apprentices." [/i:c8a38760c6]
[b:c8a38760c6]Perhaps, but the question is still raised as to [i:c8a38760c6]how[/i:c8a38760c6] or [i:c8a38760c6]why [/i:c8a38760c6]Hanard could get away with such seeming abuse of clients without any exposure for year upon year[/b:c8a38760c6][/color:c8a38760c6]