These "secret" documents: “16th Karmapa Meditation”, “Black Coat” and “Refuge and the Enlightened Attitude” are in fact, as Pema describes “bog standard” practice texts (although I doubt the Sixteenth (1924-1981) Eighth (1507-1554) and Ninth (1555-1603) Karmapas respectively would have described them as such) :) By the way, there is nothing secret about them - they are in fact basic
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Dear Pema, I understand your concern about the responsibilities of a spiritual teacher and I respect your motivation to protect people from being manipulated, abused or taken advantage of by unscrupulous individuals. I would just like to clarify a few points which I hope will foster greater understanding. I agree with your observation that open relationships only tend to work very rarely i
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Dear Pema, I'm not particularly interested in entering the discussion about Tibetan politics, I was mainly writing to refute the false and defamatory posting of "Emma" AKA Jonathan Lucey. However, as you have mentioned the subject of Lama Ole Nydahl's private life, perhaps I could offer a note of clarification. Firstly, Lama Ole Nydahl is a lay Buddhist teacher. He is
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Dear readers, I have regulary attended both the London and Readig Diamond Way Buddhist Centres for many years and I’m writing to set the record straight here. What has been written by "Emma" is totally false and deliberately misleading. I challenge whoever wrote this to report it to the police. I can make this challenge in the full knowledge that it will never be done, because I know
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