Religion & Related Archives - Mitigating Dharma

C page Caution Hall Kate Williams is a PhD researcher

April 6, 2026

Kate Williams is a PhD researcher in psychology at the University of Manchester and a mindfulness teacher. She has said that ‘negative [mindful] experiences generally fall into one of two...

A page Academia Britton This paper also offers a detailed assessment

April 5, 2026

This paper also offers a detailed assessment of the various impacts – both positive and negative – that a meditation teacher can have on the trajectory of a practitioner who...

A page Accountability Ensler We have no viable systems of

April 5, 2026

We have no viable systems of accountability. We have no way of allowing people to report. We have no way of making people feel safe to report.”

E page Listening Willoughby Unhelpful or harmful teachers were

March 27, 2026

Unhelpful or harmful teachers were unavailable, failed to pay close attention to or check in with their students, or lacked knowledge of meditation-related challenges. Teachers rated as harmful were also...

C page Cult Masters I don’t mean ‘cult’ here

March 7, 2026

I don’t mean ‘cult’ here in the automatically pejorative, sensationalistic sense but rather in the sense of a self-enclosed entity that is both overattached to its core beliefs and almost...

E page Ethics Carol Investigations, if done at all

March 7, 2026

[In Buddhist organizations], investigations, if done at all, are done internally rather than by neutral professionals, which is really worse than no investigation at all because the survivor has no...

A page Accountability Carol The difficulty with Buddhism

March 7, 2026

The difficulty with Buddhism, and the difficulty in making any cultural change is that there is no norm for [internal accountability and governance]. Because if we have a person who...

R page Repair Justice Carol There will be a reckoning

March 7, 2026

There will be a reckoning someday in Buddhism worldwide that, because of survivors who have not been silenced – or will not remain silenced; because of allies who will not...

E page Educational Merchasin My call to action for all of us

March 7, 2026

My call to action for all of us today, is listen when survivors speak without rushing to defend the teacher and the institution; just listen. Learn what the law can...

A page Anger Masters Anger is moral fire

February 22, 2026

Anger is moral fire. Whether it is destructive or constructive is in our hands…and in our hearts.”