Some of the most alarmingly distorted teachings in Triratna have clearly been conjured up in order to satisfy Sangharakshita's desires. The most notable and well-known example is the teaching that young men can benefit spiritually from sexual contact with older mentors. However, this is an example of wider pattern, not a one-off isolated case.
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Submitted on 8th Feb 2023
Submitted on 6th Feb 2023
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Submitted on 6th Feb 2023
The fact that Sangharakshita was sexually involved with some of his male disciples has been common knowledge in the Order he founded since at least 1987 when Mark Dunlop (the...
Submitted on 22nd Apr 2020
Editor's note: This article was marked "open to all" when originally published, so we understand the material to be in the public domain....
Submitted on 16th Apr 2020
One comment that has been received about the content of the Triratna Perspectives site is that it points out significant problems, but offers no proposed solutions or path...
Submitted on 26th Apr 2020
This article, titled 'Leaving Mother and Initiation into Manhood'. was submitted by an Order member to a very early FWBO (Triratna) magazine, 'Mitrata', in 1977 and was...
Submitted on 21st Apr 2020
One of the UK’s largest Buddhist orders has been forced to report allegations of sexual abuse after a former follower claimed he was coerced into sex with one of its elders.
Submitted on 16th Apr 2020
Lingwood encouraged heterosexual followers to experiment with homosexuality as a means of expanding their minds; he was deeply critical of the nuclear family and of mixed-sex communities in general; he encouraged young men to break away from their families.
Submitted on 16th Apr 2020
Sangharaksthia once said that "I don't think that the Order or movement should be Sangharakshita writ large; by which I mean that my own particularities of character and...
Submitted on 12th Apr 2020
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