Sorry, 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.
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Ole Nydahl got into Tibetan Buddhism in the 60's when he was doing hash smuggling and then went off the rails at some point. His major problem is that his support of the dark horse candidate for the 17th Karmapa has isolated him and all of his centers because like, 95% of the Tibetan Buddhist world has accepted the other child as the 17th Karmapa and no amount of sending monks to beat up oth
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I had difficulties with 'Lama' Ole. His militarism, blind anti-islamism, machismo and easy pro western propaganda sent me running away from the Diamond Way. Before I took this decision I attended different lectures and even a Phowa with him. I too never saw a hole in my head or anyone elses. I personally see Ole as a really charismatic person but definitely not someone to take as an exa
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Thanks for the clarification, Moderator. Good to see the pictures still got published. I'd also add that I'd encourage those former members of the Diamond Way cult here, especially those from Liverpool, to also name and shame the leaders in that area. I did some research of the speech patterns used commonly in brainwashing and mind control. I compared these techniques to "Lama&
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Right, well seeing as no moderator has told me I can't do this, here goes... Leaders of the 'Lama' Ole Nydahl leader Catrin 'Caty' Hartung Tomek Lehnert Author of 'Rogues in Robes' Gergely 'Gergo' Porkolab Pedro Gomez Raphael Maurin Leaders of in the UK and London Steve James Daffyd Moriss
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Did you all see the link posted of letters back and forth from Ole Nydahl and Sharmapa further back? There is more to it... Ole threatened Shamarpa with legal action when he published a critical article on his website back in July 2010. The offending article was taken down and I suspect the later one was provided to appease Nydahl. Shamarpa's statement in Summer 2010 about Nydahl's a
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Hello everyone! I am a former member of this 'Diamond Way Buddhism' group. Not that it can really be called Buddhism! It is definitely a cult. The amazing thing is that Mr. Ole Nydahl, NOT Lama Ole Nydahl, has build this cult around himself completely based on lies. As you say above, he was arrested and spent several months in prison for smuggling marijuana from Nepal and India int
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