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C page, sub 10 Cults 1

October 22, 2025
[T]he term cult is not in itself pejorative but simply descriptive. It denotes a group that forms around a person who claims he or she has a special mission or...
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C page, sub 10 Cults 2

October 22, 2025
Like everything in life, there is no good cult/bad cult binary: cultishness falls on a spectrum…[G]roups toward the destructive end use three kinds of deception: omission of what you need...
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C page, sub 11 Culture 3

October 22, 2025
Buddhism is so often portrayed as a tradition that’s all about inner peace. It’s often painted as a more gentle kind of spirituality. [Dr. Langenberg, y]ou’ve pointed out that rape...
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A page, sub 1 Abuse 2

October 22, 2025
Abuse of power doesn’t look the same everywhere. Sometimes abuse of power can come from a collective failure to acknowledge something, from not taking responsibility, from doing nothing. And, the...
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C page, sub 9 Consequences 5

October 22, 2025
[T]here seems to be a particular set of circumstances that gives rise to a situation the Western Buddhist community in particular has seen again and again: a lone teacher rises...
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C page, sub 2, caution 17

October 22, 2025
Although there is data supporting the positive effects of meditation, the scientific literature is murkier than some champions of practice would like to believe, and the possibility of negative outcomes...
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