How will identities of the users will be protected when the domain is sold Rick? Do you keep IP addresses of users and if so are you going to sell the list of IP addresses to the buyer?
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Quotesuenam Page 58...Our results support the view that this force is positive and creative... Creative force suenam doesn't mean that someone sits, sings songs and paints pictures. Creative force means that someone has a courage and a power to change a culture. And that's what karam-mudra does. The purpose of this blog is to demonstrate what happens in diamond way and not to cri
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I have a question for the Rick Ross Forum moderator. Does the Forum keep the IP addresses of people who post here? If it doesn’t people who have posted here are safe and under no threat of legal action. Even if Diamond Way intended to obtain an interim injunction against them to prevent them from posting on Rick Ross Forum, they will be impossible to identify.
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Quotekaram-mudraNydahl´s layer contacted him and offered to eschew a part of the outstanding debts if I would accept the ommissions, which were drafted in the interim injunction, for ever. They appear to be very needy. We did not. They are desperate to silence you Micaela. So, let's wish Ole Nydahl good luck with your computer and I hope you will continue writing and continue to partic
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QuoteOutsiderIts been a while since I last posted here, a long while, good to see the thread still progressing and expanding. I am not going to pick up on any particular posts, rather add what I see as relevant information. Freedom of expression, speach, its something that has been fought for over the years and I find it interesting that some recent internet posts commenting on Ole Nydahl in a ne
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An oppinion worth taking into account:
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Fivecentschange thank you for joining in. What happens on this forum is unprecedented. Since Tibetan Buddhism moved to the West, no intellectual and social work frame has been establish to tackle the problem of the side effect. I believe that there should be a pan European tribunal which would deal with the problem of corruption and abuse in the religious context. The tribunal which would
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Quote~*~ k a t e ~*~To whom it may concern: I have received further communication from the UK Charity Commission. They are investigating Diamond Way Cult on 3 issues. * Illegal sale of alcohol and tobacco products within the organisation's centres, and the smuggling of such products into the UK by members. * National security/terrorism concerns regarding Ole Nydahl's hate speech and
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Quotewarrenz Like the NKT, DWB’s emphasis is on rapid expansion whether genuine interest is there or not. Quantity over quality. So true. That is very much my experience with DW.
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Quotekaram-mudra Until now I feel like beeing in a crash course of reading law. A peculiar result after beginning to be a student of Nydahl as a teacher of tantric-tibetan Lamaism nine years ago. :))) That is the most peculiar result of a tantric practice indeed! :))) lol Lots of love Micaela. The brave and wonderful woman that you are.
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So just to keep everyone up to speed. Hope I am getting it right. 1. Micaela has sued Ole Nydahl for compensation for grievous body harm. 2. Micaela opened up a blog where she shared her experiences with Ole Nydahl and her opinions about Tibetan Buddhism. 3. Ole Nydahl’s Solicitor Jan Weber obtained an interim injunction against Michaela restraining her from writing on her blog. 4. Jan Webe
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QuoteOleNydahlIsAFraudSorry, but I don't believe all this. I think she was FORCED by Nydahl's lawyers to change her story. I don't think there was any misunderstandings. I agree with you. Of course both Micaela and her psychotherapist were both intimidated by Ole Nydahl's lawyer Jan Weber. (That's Jan Weber? Micaela, am I right?) Now they force her to publicly apologise
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So what did they want from your psychotherapist? From what I understand Nydahl's Solicitor contacted her, didn't he?
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What now happens to Micaela is a show trial. It is clearly retribution and a demonstration of what is going to happen to people who found courage to speak up about their experiences. The biggest buddhist organisation in the world (accordingly to Ole Nydahl himself) harasses a woman who obviously doesn’t have the abundance of financial means that Diamond Way has. They are clearly intimidating
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Quotepuella SteveLpool more or less in the same time Ole sent the letter criticising his students for discussing Islam in his centres, Tomek Lehnert sent a letter to all diamond way centers worldwide with a photo of a buddhist from Russia. I don't remember whether the name of the man was mentioned but the letter very clearly said that this man was excluded and has no right to enter any of
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Quote~*~ k a t e ~*~I have just checked an old e-mail address I haven't used for a long time and found some hate mail from the Diamond Way cult in there. Here it is for all to see what they are REALLY like, and because I think it's hilarious and immature. Quote You are a freak.just because you got kicked out of DWB for your negative and funny behaviour, you post rubbish. Instead of
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~*~ k a t e ~*~ can you disclose whether you are from US or from UK? I am trying to understand whether exclusion of buddhists from Diamond Way centers are a local UK / Ireland phenomenon or whether it happens globally.
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Quotedariusb The Phowa practice is tantric practice and tantric practices are not understood well in western cultures so scrap everything as total nonsence would be a little bit unwise. Things are not black and white with Diamond Way. I would say it is important to discriminate between a subtle level of spiritual phenomena and a gross level of social reality. Those two are not the same. In my
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Quotedariusb" so when does he speak as a Buddhist teacher and when does he speak as concerned citizen?" "I think he is mixing up both same time"- added that guy. If Ole was a concerned citizen he should start a political party. As far as I know one can start a political party in a country he/she is a citizen of. Now, Ole is a Danish citizen and most probably he cannot g
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Quotedariusb And yes so called friends,not many stayed in touch after Adrienns and our little girls exclusion from the centre. ( That time she was just one year old). it was very peculiar situation,Daffydd Morris caught a moment when no one else was around us apart me Adrienn and little daughter. "You two are not welcome in the centre- said Daffydd, My question straight away was "
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QuoteSteveLpool To Puella I also recall the letter criticising his students for discussing Islam in his centres. I agree with you that this stinks of hypocrisy. Nydahl has been extremely vocal in his condemnation of Islam and in my experience some of his students who are already harbouring racial prejudices see this as an endorsement of their racism. Here is a quote from the same open letter b
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Quoteadriennv One more things. When i was part of the group i thought i had friends who i trusted -but after i was kicked out NO ONE came no one asked no one ever called. This showed and explained everything how brainwashed they are. Thank you for reading this Thank you Adrienn for your contributions. I hope you are well and I am glad to hear that you had such a strong support in your partner
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QuotePeterLondon I even had an angry phone call from Steve James demanding that I return her "stolen" credit card, something which I clearly knew nothing about, but I was told to take a break and not come to the centre for a while. Quote~*~ k a t e ~*~ DWB trustee Steve James has denied the organisation is Islamophobic and hailed the development as a way of protecting the historic bu
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QuoteSceptic Watcher@suenam Thaye Dorje is the patron of Diamond Way. He and Sharmapa do have political power over Nydahl. While their power base is small, they can exist independently from Nydahl - especially Sharmapa has worked on getting followers in Europe. In any case where they strongly disagree with Nydahl, they could threaten to renounce the patronage and effectively end Nydahl's ca
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“While Diamond Way Buddhism is not political, one of our teachers, Lama Ole Nydahl, has made personal statements on world affairs in press interviews. “The occasional comments he has made about radical Islam have been grouped together and circulated in order to cause offence.” That statement could not be further from the truth. Anti-Muslim and Ant-Islam ideology is intrinsically interwove
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Other Shamar Rinpoche’s Letters with two (or three) different signatures. scroll down the page You need to enlarge the letter in the bottom of the page
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QuotedariusbFew things about Shamar Rimpoche's letter. Somehow the statement is written in very simple way. Usually his statements are written in more sophisticated language , why would one write story about a crow which led their way out from rice fields? It is official letter to the public and story about the "miraculous bird" does not look very believable. Usually on a official
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QuotesuenamThank you for sharing that Michaela, ...as so often happens in the paradigm "we are good/innocent/blameless - they are evil/guilty and at fault" - the perceived evil turns out to be nothing more than one's own shadow. How often has Nydahl voiced the need to protect women from the evils of religion? - this dualistic perception turns out to be nothing more than him s
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