Sangharakshita's Version of Conditionality
What is it that delays the Bodhisattva, the great being? ...
Are we a Buddhist Order?
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The Order That I Joined
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2017 Guardian Article on Abuse in Triratna
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.
2019 Guardian Article on Abuse in Triratna
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.
Silencing and Oblivion of Psychological Trauma, Its Unconscious Aspects, and Their Impact on the Inflation of Vajrayāna
The commercialization of Buddhist philosophy has led to decontextualization and indoctrinating issues across groups, as well as abuse and trauma in that context. Methodologically, from an interdisciplinary approach, based on the current situation in international Buddhist groups and citations of victims from the ongoing research, the psychological mechanisms of rationalizing and silencing trauma were analyzed. The results show how supposedly Buddhist terminology and concepts are used to rationalize and justify economic, psychological and physical abuse.
Terror and Love: A Study of Brainwashing - Alexandra Stein
"But beware—it may not be what it appears. An isolating group led by a charismatic authoritarian leader . . . can cause most of us to lose our minds."
Triratna as a New Religious Movement Inspired by Buddhism (among other things)
What does one do if they realise that the "Buddhist" organisation they joined is not actually Buddhist?
Sangharakshita's "Marks of Personality" Writ Large
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...
Coming to Know Better in Triratna
While many Buddhist organisations have had one scandal or another in recent years, it seems that what keeps them together is the fervent belief that, despite the scandals, the...