mitigating dHARMA’s demonstration of I’ve got mine-ism: “As the years went on, I felt everything [Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche] did was to help others. But I would also say now that...
If forgiveness is to come it may well be a long and difficult journey. It is also a personal choice…[P]eople shouldn’t feel pressured into some form of reconciliation with the...
The traditional framework between guru and disciple is as absolute in authoritarian demands (total surrender and obedience) as any on the planet. By unambiguously exhibiting the mechanisms of control and...
Buddhist communities have responded to power abuse issues in a variety of ways. One helpful reaction has been moving away from authority structures in which a single male teacher is...
Although these issues [related to abuses of power] exist in Buddhist history, the early decades of the twenty-first century, along with the rise of the #MeToo movement, have brought more...
‘Everybody knows, yet no one … has ever publicly spoken out…’ Ann Gleig began her paper with these words, spoken by the Canadian Zen teacher Eshu Martin. And just a...
