Articles, Press and resources to better understand the OKC-Spatz judicial case from 1997 to 2021
“Crazy Wisdom” and the Risk of Abuse in Buddhist Groups and Yoga Schools | #buddhism #metooguru
A few days ago, the Telegraph reported on a religious group “Rigpa”, which promotes Tibetan Buddhist beliefs across a number of centres in various countries.
Kagyu Thubten Choling addresses sangha about Lama Norlha Rinpoche’s sexual misconduct with students – Lion’s Roar
This is what ALL the Lama’s listed in the OKC official site couldn’t do, much less read, much less contemplate about sexual abuse in Buddhism,
Naming and Shaming : Robert Spatz aka Lama Kunzang currently in trial since 20 Years, They KNOW ! #metooguru
List of Tibetan Teachers being used by @OgyenKun to appear like a legit Buddhist center by using the name and images of known Buddhists teachers.
A Letter to Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Concerning “Guru and Student in the Vajrayana” – How Did It Happen?
In your letter, you emphasized that Vajrayana needs to be properly introduced. What I understood from your letter is that even though an authentic Vajra
Droit de réponse à @BelgaNewsAgency et @lavenir_net #okcproces
Suite à la publication de cette brève Belga : et suite à la publication de cet article dans le journal l’Avenir qui reprend la même fausse information.
A Storm is Coming: Tibetan #Buddhism in the West #SexAbuse #TeacherPredator #Metoo
In Nyima Dzong, people were indoctrinated to see everything in a positive light. Negative thoughts were said to be signs of a clouded mind. Only
Breaking the Silence on Sexual Misconduct in Buddhist cults (read Sexual Abuses) #metoo
Lama Willa Miller offers both her painful firsthand account of sexual misconduct by a guru and profound insight for fellow survivors and communities. https://www.lionsroar.com/breaking-the-silence-on-sexual-misconduct/
Testimony from an Ogyen Kunzang Choling (OKC) Survivor
I am troubled by the premise that the members of OKC should be protected because they have “nothing to do” with the wrongs perpetrated by
Testimony from an Ogyen Kunzang Choling (OKC) Survivor #sexualabuse #buddhism #rape #metoo
The following comment was posted by a Buddhist as a comment after having shared Ben’s powerpoint presentation “40 Years of Abuse in the Name of
Buddhism, the law of silence / the Unspeakable Truth
Sexual abuse, mental manipulation and embezzlement: Tibetan Buddhism is shaken by serious scandals. An in-depth account that lifts the veil on the unspiritual underbelly of
It’s moving to read you, to find yourself at the bend of these verbs… even if we would have liked to see each other in more joyful conditions.
It’s moving to read you, to find yourself at the bend of these verbs… even if we had liked to see ourselves in happier conditions.
In wake of #MeToo, a Tibetan #Buddhist lama offers a Teacher-Student “sex contract” #Denial #Misogyny @khyentsenorbu
… Since clergy have a responsibility to set and maintain appropriate boundaries, those who are violated by clergy’s inappropriate sexual behavior are not to be
There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children’s
There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children’s, no greater violence than to deny childhood to children, even to just
Latest Updates about the court case
Latest update : we are in the process of appealing the verdict of 2018 appeal case (launched by the predator Spatz and his OKC cult)
A crucial quote from ‘The Holy Madmen of Tibet’
A crucial quote from ‘The Holy Madmen of Tibet’: ‘The process that has led to this application of the idea of “holy madness” is as
Robert Spatz alias Lama Kunzang Dorje alias Kundor
Without the indirect complicity and silence (and money) of the most renowned and respected Tibetan Lamas, the creation of Lama Kunzang alias Robert Spatz would never have taken place.
“Whenever exploitation, sexual abuse or money abuse happen,” the Dalai Lama says, “make them public” (Leonard, 2001).
“Whenever exploitation, sexual abuse or money abuse happen,” the Dalai Lama says, “make them public” (Leonard, 2001). “When teachers break the precepts, behaving in ways
Verdict of the Appeal Trial OKC-Spatz 2018 #metoo #metooguru #sexualabuses #balancetonporc
After 18 years of instructions, procedures and attempts to dilute (successfully) the course of the trial in the case of OKC and Robert Spatz, here
Hearings, pleadings and replies to trial #SPATZ #OKC completed.
Hearings, pleadings and replies to trial #SPATZ #OKC concluded. Deliberation + judicial recess and it resumes on Thursday, September 15 with judgment. Yesterday with the
How widespread is abuse in #Buddhism ?
Audio : Rob Hogendoorn is a Dutch investigative journalist who’s spent years looking into this. How widespread is abuse in #Buddhism https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/p06l4v3f
Dalai Lama admits he knew about Buddhist teachers′ sexual abuse | #metooguru
The Tibetan spiritual leader told Dutch TV he has known about the sex crimes in Europe since the 1990s. He was presented with written accounts
Top Tibetan Buddhist leaders to hear sex abuse allegations against lamas in the West?
(TibetanReview.net, Sep16, 2018) – Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has, on Sep 14, reportedly undertaken to raise the issue of Tibetan Buddhist masters’
Presse : OKC Pas « d’organisation criminelle » Jugement en Septembre 2018 ! #secte #toxique #PN
Pas « d’organisation criminelle » Lors de son réquisitoire, l’avocat général Jean-François Godbille a renoncé à la prévention « d’organisation criminelle », jusqu’alors considérée comme
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“The problem is that human beings only see the bad things somewhere else as where they are.” – unknown
Paedophile who fled Airdrie before sentencing resurfaces as a Monk in Mexico #Buddhism
This has nothing to do with OKC or with the OKCinfo initiative but one common point is fleeing from one place to another and continuing
The Tibetan Book of Living and Lying #sogyal #rigpa – #robertspatz #OKC
By now everybody has heard of the cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. But Buddhism still enjoys a reputation of being non-violent, open-minded,
The 36 victims of the OKC sect left on the cold
This is once again an important case of social and financial criminal law that did not hold up in the Brussels Court of Appeal. The
There is no side to pick when the drift is about sexual abuses of your own students/adepts
“When any type of abuse, sexual or spiritual, requires a cost-benefit analysis, you have failed.” #RIGPA #OKCSpatz #Shambhala
