Buddhism's bad boy: The fall of abusive lama Sogyal Rinpoche
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This is a compelling documentary about Sogyal Rinpoche, who was a prominent Tibetan Dzogchen lama. Rinpoche had been accused of sexual and physical assault and abuse, as well as misusing charitable funds, with allegations stretching back to the 1970s.
In July 2017, eight formerly close students of Tibetan Buddhist teacher Sogyal Rinpoche sent a letter to him and his students detailing the emotional, physical and sexual abuse they'd experienced at his hands, and the decades-long cover up by management of Rigpa, the organization that manages his network of study and practice centers. For the majority of students, reading the attestations of abuse came as a great shock and had a huge impact on their lives.
The twelve page letter, dated 14 July 2017, explicitly describes sexual, physical, and emotional abuse by Sogyal Rinpoche of Rigpa students, extending over a long period. It states that they have been beaten severely, were asked to perform sexual acts and lie in order to conceal Sogyal's misbehavior. The letter also describes that Sogyal has a lavish and indulgent lifestyle, and depicts a cavalier use of donations to support this lifestyle, and a tyrannical and abusive manner towards those who worked closely with him and who were often key in managing the Rigpa organization.
Link to the letter: www.lionsroar.com/wp-content/...
On 11 August 2017, Sogyal retired from his position as Rigpa's spiritual director in the wake of the abuse allegations. He died on 28 August 2019 of a pulmonary embolism in Thailand, where he was being treated for colorectal cancer. Sogyal did not face justice. This documentary examines the sexual abuse in the Buddhism and serves as a good reminder to be careful when entering into any religious group, and to listen when members and ex-members speak out. If you were abused in any way by Sogyal Rinpoche let us know. PLEASE SHARE, SPEAK UP, COMMENT AND LIKE.
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@@Divorcedhousemaid666 SATANISTI
Some of us want to follow some others without question (specially in times of vulnerability and weakness). Never give up your power to question and analyse. Your inner core always 'knows'...
I come from a family in Buddhism which is based on the Philosophy of Life. Reaching adulthood, started to read on Gautama Buddha, the Lord Buddha, who is a Teacher.
The teachings are Do not put on a so called holy person on a pedestal.
In fact the Teacher said you are allowed to question the teachings.
Enlightenment takes aeons to attain.
Do not l repeat do not absorb teachings BLINDLY.
Reach into your inner higher self for attainment n common sense.
One black sheep mistake using the religion should not be used to darken the religion
To all the woman in this video...thank you for sharing your stories and thank you for being brave for other victims.
There are no victims in Buddhism. Take responsibility for your actions.
@@StimParavane Ridiculous! SMH! 🗣
@@meco4068 Have you come across the concept of karma?
@@StimParavane lol, no, enlighten me...
@@meco4068 Sadly, I don't think that's possible.
Wow ! Thank you to the women who spoke their truth. I attended a Rigpa centre for meditation some time ago and went to a talk in Brisbane by Sogyal. His behaviour as reported is totally unacceptable and very damaging to the women involved.
Let’s not judge the whole religion because of someone’s flaws. We have this things happening with all the religion.
totally agree !
if yu were the pilot who lost his hard earned money n his teen daughter raped, molested by the fat aged man Sogyal, what wud you do think????yu'll be ok???
Holistic view😊
Agree
Its not just one or two incidents. There are many sexual abuse and scandal happening around the world in name of guru devotion and tantra practices. Its just not reported and hush hush by the institution.
Brave women speaking out. Keep exposing evil , thankyou 🙏
They took their time.
@@StimParavaneTheravada Buddhism is the genius. I donot belive in laymen.
Buddha said: You have to examine me very well before accepting my teachings. Those students who blindly follow a disgraced Lama should have an equal responsibility as sogyal Rinpoche does.
Why then is it expected that everyone should bow to the dalai lama without question? The hypocrisy is ludicrous.
@@dldf30 there is no coercion to bow in front of Dalai lama. those truely respect for his holiness does bow . And as u said hypocrisy is ludicrous but in case of his holiness i think it's not hypocrisy is the respect ,admire,esteem of people for his holiness .
@@StnzStob My observation is that it's a programmed response in the absence of actual spiritual development and ligitamate awareness.
@@dldf30 The only one you SHOULD bow to is The Buddha. Everything else is optional.
In Gautama's First Turning of the Wheel and during his discourse to the Kalamas he said "..do not be lead by reports or tradition or hearsay. Be not be led by the authority of religious text (the dalai lama), nor by mere logic or inference, nor by considering appearances, nor by the delight of speculative opinions, nor by seeming possibilities, nor by the idea: 'this is my teacher'. But oh Kalamas, when you know for yourself that certain things are unwholesome (fragmented) and wrong and bad then give them up...And when you know for yourself that certain things are wholesome (whole-sum) and good, then accept them and follow them".
The Buddha went even further. He told the bhikkus that "a disciple should examine even the Tathagata (Buddha) himself so that he (the disciple) might be fully convinced of the true value of the teacher whom he follows."
This is the foundation of the teaching of the Buddha. Thus it is clear, Tibetan religion is not Buddhism but a distorted and highly contaminated form of lamaism etc.
The truth is in plain sight for those with the capacity and courage to LOOK.❤
Thank to the creator for giving the women strength to free themselves from this evil manipulation and mind control.
All of these so-called "victims" were then glowing with the conviction that they were so intimate with the Guru. They perpetrated it, willingly participated in it, wished for it to continue. But the day Guru moved on to another "victim", they made a hue and cry, simply out of Jealousy. After the first incident, they would have avoided putting themselves in similar situations if they didnt want it to continue. But they didnt, till he moved on to greener pasture
To all victims under Sogyal. I am a normal person to watch this video and it is my first time to know all of this. I am so very sorry this has happened to all of you. I pray for everyone affected to heal. I am shocked that this has happened. I will NOT participate in anything dealing with the Rigpa organization.
Yep. Much as I love Buddhism, I won't have anything to do with the Rigpa organization either. I stand in solidarity with the victims, and all who are opposed to this kind of abuse. ✊
99% of Rigpa student had positive experience but never are heard. This is the 1%
All of this so called "victims" were glowing then, with the conviction that they were so intimate with the Guru. They perpetrated it, willingly participated in it, wished for it to continue. But the day Guru moved on to another "victim", they made a hue and cry, simply out of Jealousy. After the first incident, they would have avoided putting themselves in similar situations if they didnt want it to continue. But they didnt, till he moved on to greener pasture. Moving on to others without any atttachment to one single women can be sign of higher realisation too.
Your pathetic attempt to justify absolute heresy is deplorable. @@factspoken9062
Please don’t label all Buddhist organizations by this organizations incorrect behavior
Dalai lama had openly criticized about tsogal.tsogal didnt wite the book of living n dying,he just translate it.
In buddhism it is said that we should check the wisdom n qualitie of a person even for more than 10 years before accepting him as master.
Once u know his wisdom n qualitie and see him or her as buddha,devotion will arise it self. There will be no doubt and force devotion.
Once should not follow base only on faith,faith should always be backed by deep analyzation.
@melody Yeah, I saw that. I never thought he was very spiritual but I also had not picked up on how creepy he actually is with children.
@@websurfer5772Now think about we Indians 😢 Our first Prime Minister gave Dalai Lama's refuge in India when he fled from Tibet as a political leader. Afterwards, he left claims over polity and turned full time religious Guru, living a safe life of luxury, forgetting the fact that his presence in India had brought endless enmity with China. Now he and his disciples, other Tibetans refugees have encroached huge property and land in India where even Indians can't enter. All our governments are bound to accept him and his followers because of the vote bank politics. Lama several times criticized the government itself and interfered in our social things in the name of peace. And when his vicious videos with a little boy, harassing lady Gaga and other such went viral, they were all white washed...such pathetic godmen and lecherous are ruling this earth 😡😡😡
I spent time with Sogyal Rinpoche, in Portland, OR, back in the early 1980's. I KNEW he had a degree of deviant sexual energy, and it's good to have it finally confirmed! My experience: We were just talking, in the foyer of the home / counseling center where he was being given space to hold gatherings for Buddhist teachings. It was me, and the woman host (a very savvy spiritual and personal growth teacher herself), and Sogyal. I can't remember exactly what words he used to get physically close to me, but he hugged me, and then wrapped his arms tight around me and lifted me up off the ground, and tried to make it seem like he was just being jovial and friendly. It was surprising, and weird, and the other woman and I both knew it. It was like he was 'copping a feel' as they used to say...and testing out my response to his overture. She and I just tried to brush it off and didn't confront him directly about it. But, I'm sure Sogyal recognized this gesture was getting him nowhere in this context. I sure hope he didn't find a way to take advantage of any of the other women who attended those gatherings here. But, I'm very disturbed to hear, in this video, that he was able to leave many other victims in his wake, over many years of this s**t.
This all illustrates the typical protections given to any religious group, or cult, or even small cloistered community, that doesn't want their 'bad seeds' or any aberrant behavior to be exposed, lest it rock their boats. What a shame to think that this may be as rampant in Buddhist circles as it is in all aspects of Christianity and, truly, all religions worldwide.
Would you mind speaking about this on record?
✊
@@RealWomenRealStories You said: "Would you mind speaking about this on record?" But, for what purpose? Mine isn't a particularly useful incident to add to the pile -- other than added validation that Sogyal had/has a covert, 'off-kilter' sexual energy. But, if you can show me how, or why, my on-record account would be helpful to ongoing investigations and reporting, feel free to reach out. I'm certainly open to hearing from you.
It just occurred to me, I also know a Tibetan immigrant, who escaped Tibet as a teenager and ended up in Dharamsala, India, part of the Dalai Lama's community of Tibetans in exile, and got a degree from their college there. I don't know if he ever crossed paths with Sogyal, but I wonder if he would have any commentary on how much of this behavior exists within the Tibetan Buddhist lamas community. 🌟
[sorry I didn't find your post until now -- the YT 'Notifications' don't always popup at top of list, so I missed yours]
Strong recovery and healing for you survivors. Thankyou for sharing your experience, strength and hope.
Awareness, exposure, protection and justice
This is unacceptable!
I am a Tibetan and a Buddhist. We spread love and compassion. And even if you are atheist we appreciate the the choice. As His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama said’ we can survive without religion but we can’t survive without love , compassion, understanding, trust etc. And the basic root of every religion are love and compassion.
But nowadays by using the name of God and religion, some so called religious leader are doing stupid things for their own interest. And such acts cause shame for their own religion and it’s followers. And particularly in this documentary, I am saddened and ashamed to hear this. This is unacceptable which is pulling the leg of genuine Tibetan Lamas.
Don't blame Buddhism, it's individual himself.none of religion has ever taught hurting other victimizing other.
Yes, it is actually people who are the ones teaching the principles of Buddhism. There are both good and ulterior monks that can give good Buddhist teachings. Probably Karma is trying to teach all people not to be tolerant to deeply unacceptable/unethical human union behaviors of seemingly 'Buddhist masters.'
I have a friend who is a senior student of Sogyal Rinpoche. I had a deep respect for her and wanted to go to the retreats at Myall Lakes with her. For many years I tried and something always happened. I never went but followed some of his teachings through CDs and classes in Brisbane and his book. I know now that perhaps my own wisdom and sense of intuition may have been working …. I never felt a need to have a guru. I never felt that connection. I respect the teachings of the Buddha and many of his followers but I also see the best parts of many religions.
I had a similar experience when exploring Satyananda yoga which ended up exposing similar scenarios.
I am always wary when humans start to elevate themselves and others worship. When there are large amounts of money involved I am suspicious……in 1 comment somebody said the Buddha said to take a long time to assess a guru……12 years….maybe that’s the truth with all relationships
I have a wonderful Tibetan Lama. I was very lucky to find him.
@@stj971 Oh yes, they are all wonderful and ppl. do admire those guys very much - but that does not mean, that they can´t be abusive to ppl. - right. Better watch out - who you are going to worship most - no need to admire or worship any religious leaders, gurus or whatever they call themselves.
I have known many people practicing Dzogchen for decades and done multiple retreats. Suprisingly none of them acheived any worthy realization compared to people who have done less time in other paths (Kabblah, Sufism, Advaita) had several realizations and psychic powers. I had one guy almost cry after 30 years of Dzogchen practice without results, his Dharma brothers tell him he will be realized after death (Bardo). This sounds like Islam or Christianity which promise you results after death. I feel sorry for them.
I met Sogyal Rinpoche in the year 2001, for a seminar, but I was so appalled by him immediately, that I left this place after one day. I also saw the Dalai Lama shortly after, after this, I left Buddhism.
they do not represent gautama buddha buddism. u can practise buddhism in your heart with kindness and love.
@@choosim6858 I believe, that we need spiritual guidance, to not get lost in speculation and phantasies. So, it is difficult to have only exchange with myself, I finally found, what I was looking for, but this not in the Buddhistic way and philosophy, so called. From that point of view, I had a happy end.
these people are not buddhist...they are just trying to defame buddhism@@choosim6858
they are not buddhism
@@freeBirbBirb yes, I know now!
We must learn to recognize the wolf behind any disguise.
I live in Sri Lanka which is predominantly a buddhist country. But I dare say that vast majority of buddhist clergy keep wives in secret live luxurious lives while preaching modesty and non attachment to their followers. Problem is that mass media is so biased in these countries that they never come to light. These countries are completely driven by blind faith and the politicians take full advantage of it
Is it true there are military monks in Sri Lanka
The truth is, there is always a bad boy in all other Religion practitioners as well, who acts mischievous in the name of religion.
Coercive rape is not 'mischief', this man, and hes not alone, is a disgrace and a criminal.
Sogyal Rinpoche is not a monk and he has not taken the oath of celibacy. He is a very learned Buddhist scholar who is very fluid in English language and thus able to teach the teachings to the West.
He did not undergo any monastic training that other monks of his generation had to go through. The thing about reincarnation - you can be special but if you don’t develop your qualities, you will be a nobody. Sogyal’s ambitions were worldly. He was not a qualified teacher nevermind enlightened person. I say this as a dyed in the wool vajrayana practitioner. He scammed a bunch of impressionable westerners. I never liked him, never will.
He is not learned. He did not go through the normal monastic training of a young tulku. This is facts. And he notoriously does not take advice to study or practice from other lamas.
@@lingy74 my friend like I said that he was never a monk and thus did not venture into his teachings through normal monastic school. He was recognized as a truly and received teachings from tutors and from the many great masters he served. The reason he became very learned was he was translating the teachings and inadvertently became learned. You are not aware how much politics is involved when an organization becomes very big, wealthy and powerful. There are enemies both internally and externally.
I am so happy that these women came forward to speak about this, unfortunately cases like these Rinpoche sexual harassing disciples are common and still happening in today buddhism and many other religions.
Though we all fall short, these soul swindlers are of the worst kind of human.
Mimi is a very brave person. My hat's off to her!
Love this channel!!!
Somehow I’m not convinced Mimi’s father wasn’t aware of this happening.
There is a lesson stop worshipping other people. Enlightenment is only through self realization. Masters are only humans.
I request you not to drag his holiness the Dalai Lama’s name. Years ago, he has openly denounced on this consequence.
Please type and search ' suck my tongue ' . You will get conclusion to this
Yeah, and now we have a video of the dalai lama kissing a little boy in his mouth and asking the kid to suck his tongue...
he just asked a little boy to suck his tongue so…
The same Dalai Lama which asked a boy to suck his tongue? He's a freak too.
I'm afraid he's undone himself. He's only human too, but he's in The Club which makes me shudder.
Don’t trust people just because they say they’re religious, not even, and maybe especially the ones with high religious titles.
He is definitely a devil in disguise as a spiritual man!! Any righteous beliefs/religious faith being tarnished are the work of the unscrupulous individuals !! I feel sorry for those women who were being abused by this son of LUCIFER! To tell the truth and shame the devil is the best way forward to have him exposed & charged!! No one is above the law and who cares if he had claimed to be "an angelic spirit "of Buddha.
Don't know why Dalai Lama was dragged into sogyal Rinpoche misbehavior with innocent girls. The culprit himself is sogyal Rinpoche and once his holiness the Dalai Lama said this is a disgrace of Tibetan Buddhism for what sogyal Rinpoche misbehavior. Somewhere not all kinds of misbehavior within Tibetan Buddhism whether any Tibetan Lamas or Rinpochoes doing such behaviour are all not informed to his holiness as of my personal knowledge. Since his holiness is not active on social media and western culture. His holiness is 24 hrs under protection of Indian police and secret service. There are lots of protocols to meet or to inform his holiness with approval from his holiness office and Indian intelligence. His holiness have no control over whole Tibetan Buddhism. But the rest of the world thinks his holiness the Dalai Lama have whole authority to control over Tibetan Buddhism which is completely wrong. This is just my opinion on Tibetan Buddhism which is free for all Tibetan Lamas to practice Tibetan Buddhism of their choice and religious freedom, but in the end, blame game was all on his holiness the Dalai Lama which is not acceptable for Tibetan people. Watch this link, his holiness the Dalai Lama statement on those fake lamasim.
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Don't know why Popes were dragged into other cardinals' misbehavior with innocent boys.
@@xiuchengmu1849 CCP propaganda salesman spotted or could be ghost cult worshippers. Try harder....lol
@@Chetaklee Right, make sure you tell your western friends that all news about cardinals and boys is CCP propaganda.
And then the Dalai Lama showed himself to be worse.
@@websurfer5772 CCP propaganda salesman, get out.
Mr. SOGYAL was never ordained! How he got the title “ Rinpoche “ is dubious. Bad behavior exists in all organizations. Schools, Boy Scouts, sports groups, politics and government, entertainment and media etc etc etc. Only animals seem to have decent morality some even mate and remain monogamous for life- without benefit of clergy courts or lawyers
Do not judge any religion because of one rotten apple. Buddha, always said judge, examine & thereafter only follow
I have an Indian Buddha Tree in my garden. The leaves fall off at Christmas in Australia and these dark green heart shaped leaves fall and are eaten by Insects on the ground, and often become perfect skeleton leaves. The new leaves begin to grow again within two weeks. Very beautiful.
Loving nature so awesomely created to inspire , protect and thankyou 💖
WE INDIANS CALL THAT TREE " PEEPAL"
"Imagine no religion...." John Lennon
John Lennon beat his wife & cheated on her
Find better role models elsewhere
Imagine singing " Imagine" on an expensive piano in a huge mansion in Surrey surrounded my huge gardens and with expensive possessions in the house and Roller parked outside?
I had two great masters as teachers, this kind of thing never happened.Thich Naht Hahn. was so pure and in his sangha were the same.
Thich Nat Hahn is more into Zen practice if that is what you need.
Personally I love his books and teachings
Yes. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying was one of the first that introduced me to a spiritual path, and Buddhism in general. Thank you 🙏
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It's not his ow's practices, he just mentioning other holy lama's teachings. In reality he is evil of Bhudhism and dharma.
People think lamas are god, I feel that’s the mistake. They are definitely highly trained realised Masters “human beings” when one perceives them as god like then you get disappointed. Although it’s unfortunate what happened I still consider him a guru. He’s a trained vajrayana master. His books and teachings definitely helped me come out of darkness during my college days.
@@Soniworld therefore introduction of own's Guru is root path of enlightenment.
Do one of these on John of God from Brazil. Another one of these guru types that used spiritualism while doing horrible things behind closed doors. It had been a huge life goal of mine for a decade to go to The Casa in Brazil. I'm SO grateful he got busted before I could do so.
Yes I agree. I went there three times and could feel the environment was very much like the maphia. Everyone there was wonderful, JOG was creepy as hell!
@@shiningstar5919 WOW! I'd love to hear of your experiences there.
@@gldnsunrising7761 holy, I could tell you that so much magic happened there. When you bring together healers looking for healing from around the world, you experience so much magic. My first nite for example at the local juice bar, I sat with 8 people who all resonated and found out we were all aquarians. The next nite two people had left for home, 4 more people joined the table and they too were all aquarians.. Things like this happened day in and day out. Fate brought so many of us together, it was glorious. Brought me back time after time. Then I started doing Santo daime (ayahuasca) which changed my experiences by far and stopped going there. My gut brought me there and my gut stopped me from going back. Aside from the horrible food Brazilians are fed (unbelievable agent orange and pesticides used) not to mention all the bakery delights, they really had nothing healthy there to eat, so I found myself always hungry because everything was not good for me. Aside from all that, I'm glad I went through all those experiences. JOG was really dark, his minions were a bunch of maphia, running money daily and they controlled who could be healers there, it was one big control opp. Not much more to say about that. Just another chapter in my weird life 🇨🇦
This has nothing to do w the ancient teachings from Tibet.
@@shiningstar5919 Thank you so much for sharing some of your experiences, i was not aware that you had responded :) and yes i can understand what you mean by the magic that happened regaurdless of the person that was at the core of it, its kinda like how whenever a popular pastor from a big church gets busted for being a wolf in sheeps clothing, there is still wonderful groups of ppl who go there for their love of God and wanting to connect with others and do good things for others and have good hearts. And wow wow wow with the syncronicities you and your group had! That is WILD!!! Im curious though if you dont mind me asking, and if its too personal to share i would understand, because our experiences with Mother Aya are so personal, but did the Medicine help you to see more clearly about what was hiding in the shadows there with JOG? Or was it not being being done in an ethical way? Again, its ok if its too personal to share, just curious :) Im glad that regaurdless of who was at the center of it all and his shadows , that you still had beautiful experiences and met soul family
Among the very many enlightening, revelatory and critical comments of sharing, I must put one controversial idea for people to think about. Tibetan "Buddhism" is NOT Buddhism, not for me as a natural born Mahayana Buddhist in North India. The Buddha warned against idol worship and rituals. He had prohibited seekers of Truth and those on a long journey to Enlightenment, from idol worship, even HIS own, for after his physical passing.
Tibetan Buddhism is a perverted form of Buddhism; doesn't mean it won't possess portions of Truth and valuable wisdom, I mean, if that bait weren't there, what else to hook the seeker? However, perverted forms of things, anything (Tibetan Buddhism or Sogyal (I cannot in good grace call him 'rinpoche'), will manifest only perversion - perverted experiences, for those connected to the emanating force/energy/person of said perversion.
Beware, false idols will lead you to false inner landscapes and false reality, no idols. No rituals. No ornate BS structures and money it needs and then that is the focus. Nope.
Inner Buddha in yourself, reached by embodying THE Buddha's attributes. Basically, no riff-raff. No perversions. And yes, No PUNY Sogyal whatever has the power, no matter how "holy" (it's rather perverted) should, can or will EVER take away from the beauty that is The Buddha, and his teachings, maintained only and only by a lineage of small number of monks in Myanmar through the centuries. Vipassana. S. N. Goenka, a wise teacher, a beloved teacher, who took it global. Tibetan Buddhism, as grand, colourful and shiny as it is, is not Buddha Dhamma.
May all be healed amd protected on their journey. Ikhal. ❤
When lama says you are special , don’t believe it. Everyone is just a regular human being.
Women love attention/feel special!! 🤣🤙
@@kamalnath460 *humans.
Agreed with you absolutely.
Thanks for bringing out to the world to judge it
Thats gross
Recommending reading & chanting the Diamond Sutra to knowing the True Buddha! It is not an easy to understand sutra to grasp for those lacking accumulated Good Merits & Wisdom but it's worth the effort!
Funny thing is Lord Buddha never said anything about no Diamond Sutta. I will stick to only what Lord Buddha said.
When people are worshipped and treated like gods, they end up believing they are gods - no matter the religion.
"Power tends to corrupt - and absolute power corrupts absolutely" John Dalberg-Acton.
That´s brainwashing, its very dangerous, you end up suffering more than you are wishing to stop, it´s very harmful to anyone, specially young ones, spirtuality should be free of dogma.
The Prophet Joseph Smith taught, "We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion..."
(Doctrine and Covenants 121:39)
Sogyal was an abusive womanizing monster, but no need to use the Dalai Lama’s picture as a click bait.
how do you know Sogyal rinpoche was abusive?? Did he abuse u ??
@@tashcho4863 we have credible reports from the women he abused, how do you know he's not guilty of abusing those women?
@@colinmckenzie5174 he said she said....is not credible....all those women are adults and yet it took them all those year to come out, why?? what about their role in all this....don't wash their motive with milk to bring someone down
@@tashcho4863 You are a shameless enabler of abuse and rape. People like you are a curse to any religion.
@@tashcho4863
Stop crying about your precious pervert
All these predator priesthoods spring from the same source.
...yes thats called ..a pretentious student with ulterior Motive.....
Its important to study the history of Buddhism to get a better understanding of how Buddhism evolved. The earliest sect is the Theravada Buddhism , then followed by Mahayana Buddhism and finally spreading to Tibet to become the Tibetan Buddhism.
Asoka was the Indian king that promoted Buddhism, however, after his death, Buddhism started to lose its prominence. In order to survives, the monk started to incorporate teachings from the Brahmin. About 1100 years after Buddha went into nirvana, Buddhism spreaded to Tibet. However, it has lost its original flavour, and the one that spreaded to Tibet was heavily influenced by Tantra Sex, and that's the reason why the practice of tantra sex is in the Tibetan school. For those who are interested, its a good practice to do more research before committing to a religion. Its like knowing what we are buying in a supermarket, the ingredients of a product etc. We do that for the food we eat, surely we have to do the same for 'spiritual food'.....
All of this so called "victims" were then glowing with the conviction that they were so intimate with the Guru. They perpetrated it, willingly participated in it, wished for it to continue. But the day Guru moved on to another "victim", they made a hue and cry, simply out of Jealousy. After the first incident, they would have avoided putting themselves in similar situations if they didnt want it to continue. But they didnt, till he moved on to greener pasture
Feel sorry for that who have been victims.🙏🏽 If anyone who seeking a real master then investigates first.🤞dont believe them blindly.
I’m so over these men taking advantage of women in the name of religion!! 😡🤢
This IS religion....
He doesn't look like he's following a harmless sentient free diet, hell of a clue as to how following the dharma is going for him
Any religion that puts someone as a leader or on a pedestal is not understanding the human condition in totality. The very predicament of any religion or spiritual tradition lends itself to the especially vulnerable. Unless the religion also teaches the student or follower the necessity to follow their own inner voice while teaching basic tenets, you are basically creating a cult situation where people give up their power instead of being empowered. Those religious leaders who get a taste of power, and cannot resist it run the risk of not only damaging others, but creating their own downfall eventually. Their downfall is supposed to happen if they find themselves sucked in by power because that is the real path. Unfortunately, those innocents that get taken down, we’re going to have to learn the hard lesson of not giving their power away to any religiosity or spiritual leader.
To resist being beat or abused as a threat to your enlightenment is absolute abuse and to create an environment to convince one of that begs the question: why have you been drawn to this? Therapy might be one’s first choice to freedom. Qualified therapist.
Buddha made it very clear that undertaking the precept of abstention from sexual intercourse is one of the core requisite to the path of enlightenment, not the converse. This is very clearly stated in the Patimokkha. A transgression on any one of the 4 Parajikas, sexual intercourse by monastics being one, is a most serious offence and a monastic must disrobe for such a transgression. One does not need to follow a teacher to gain enlightenment. One just needs a good friend (usually a wise learned monk), kalyanamitta, to guide one on the path to enlightenment. It's a path one has to walk for himself/herself as the Buddha clearly said in the Digha Nikaya - Sutta No. 16 Parinibbana Sutta; "Dwell with yourselves as your islands, with yourselves as your refuge, with no other refuge. Dwell with the Dhamma as your island, with the Dhamma as your refuge, with no other refuge". It is clear from this sutta and a few other suttas that the Buddha did not promote blind faith, blind adherence and simply believing what others teach or said. He had always encouraged the use of one's wisdom and independence of mind to see for oneself the truths. The earliest recorded teachings are in the 5 Nikayas; four of which are considered reliable. These 4 are the Anguttara Nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, Samyutta Nikaya and the Digha Nikaya. The 5th book (Khuddaka Nikaya) contains an assortment of sutta which contain a mix of the earliest teachings of the Buddha with later materials and stories, notably the Jataka Tales. The Jataka Tales are to be read with application of intelligence, great caution and trepidation.
My sincere wishes of success to all who truly seek to learn the truth of our existence and ultimately enlightenment and Nibbana. Sadhu sadhu sadhu
Rinpoche’s book is very good
What has escaped the public attention also has been the connection to the NXIUM scandal which was quickly swept under the rug.
Hopefully peoples will differentiate Buddha’s teachings with so called guru’s that violet his Dharma! Hopefully those Dharma seekers always have faith in the words of Buddha but choose carefully the gurus, who are mortals thus not perfect and avoid especially those who wanted be treated like gods….
As Tibetan woman myself I feel saddened to hear the misconduct of “Guru” like sogyal . The spiritual seekers in West need to to choose their teachers wisely: Did Buddha not advised us to choose a spiritual teacher wisely and analyze his words thoroughly??? It is the biggest sin to misuse Dharma for personal gain and those who are still seeking a Dharma teacher, please go to Buddhist communities and live there for some time becuase the Sanghas are quite well informed, who are genuine good spiritual teachers !!! When you find one , do not follow them like a dog but use your commonsences. We should learn from such case to be more alert than searching for a speedy enlightenment by sweet talkers…! Those who are real interested in Buddhism have to protect the essence of Dharma not become” shopping mall” for spiritual shoppers and watered down to consumer product like misusing esoteric/ tantrums for the money making machines. Tantric practioners are not entertainers and they need life long study in seclusion ….
And to the comment on status of woman: In all patriarchal societies the status of a woman is lower than a man , so is in some regions in Tibet. I my self and many of Tibetan women would not consider themselves as second class citizens .
All these women who competed among themselves to be the chosen one for the Lama's ( Guru's ) attention and willingly threw themselves into his arms and then suddenly realised one day that they had cheapened themselves after falling out of favour have only THEMSELVES to be blamed 😂
They were willing victims so to speak !!!!!!!
I'm a Buddhist, and the Buddhism never says that you must have any Gurus to be a good practitioner. The Rimpoche thingy is not real Buddhism. Nothing holy about these monks. I never trust these people anyway.
I loss respect to Dalai Lama for not disclosing the open letter... he could have put a stop to this
Hes worst he likes children
@websurfer5772 Now think about we Indians 😢 Our first Prime Minister gave Dalai Lama's refuge in India when he fled from Tibet as a political leader. Afterwards, he left claims over polity and turned full time religious Guru, living a safe life of luxury, forgetting the fact that his presence in India had brought endless enmity with China. Now he and his disciples, other Tibetans refugees have encroached huge property and land in India where even Indians can't enter. All our governments are bound to accept him and his followers because of the vote bank politics. Lama several times criticized the government itself and interfered in our social things in the name of peace. And when his vicious videos with a little boy, harassing lady Gaga and other such went viral, they were all white washed...such pathetic godmen and lecherous are ruling this earth 😡😡😡
As a Tibetan, I have heard His Holiness the Dalai Lama publicly condemn Sogyal Rinpoche's behavior and urged other lamas not to do the same. His Holiness further said once you commit a mistake or break your vow, you cannot take it back. I can say confidently that this thing happens very rarely amongst the Tibetan lamas.
Dalai Lama himself has been sexual abusing with Tsering Chenga, the female oracle. She got pregnant and then she forced to moved in Nepal. The Dalai Lama spent a lot money and bought a house for her in Nepal.
pls don't get carried away. churches have been planting propagenda stories to defame Buddhist masters
@@nickdon Tell it to Christianity too. Everything will be alright if it is restricted only to Israel.
@@qnguyen3395 Judaism is the religion of Israel!
@@nickdon Jesus died in Jerusalem. The early Christians were Jewish, until Paul the self-claimed Apostle thought it would be okay to spread it to gentiles as well.
😂😂the white man always take it a step further. Buddhist nations like Bhutan 🇧🇹 don’t have or hardly any of these issues. The people confessing in this documentary seem fanatics to me. I as a Buddhist may visit the monastery once in two years or so, hardly chant any mantras but unconsciously my daily life is steered by Buddhist values taught to me as a child, like taking lives of animals, going after wealth, cheating etc…simple. Once you turn into a fanatic, things can get ugly.
Amen
There is NO religion higher than the truth. Unfortunately no one...NO ONE KNOWS THAT TRUTH.
Congratulations to all women who have spoken the truth! 🙏🙏🙏
Hundred percent agree with you hopefully any person that has been abused by teacher's should come forward and get the support they need and these so called teacher's should be in prison for a very long time
No matter what religious backround you come from, the true human condition will always show its ugly head...History shows us this!!
I think the world should watch this
He will suffer lifetimes for his abuse and harm!
no he wont. that man doesnt look like hes going to live much longer. And surprise, thats it when we pass on
...and so says a Karen for that matter......and off course happens to be a kennedy...
He passed away in 2019.
@@tashcho4863 Stop sympathizing with perverts. He deserves to burn in hellfire
🤮🤮🤮🤮 He lost me at the time he recommended vaccinating! 🤦🏻 It’s been downhill since then.
Yes me too, a puppet unfortunately 😔
My experience is of Theravadin buddhism. While Theravadin buddism has it's own drawbacks, it would be impossible for something like this to happen. The original discipline (vinaya) is applied rigorously, which forbid - for example - a monk even being on his own with a woman. I was aware of this rinpoche because Buddhist that I knew we're attending teaching events by him. At that stage I hadn't heard any rumours about abuse, but I was surprised at the fact that these Buddhist weren't developing their own meditation practice, but seemed to be hanging on every word uttered by this teacher instead. That struck me as odd and wrong at the time. Then rumours started to trickle out about five years ago from people who had direct experience of him, suggesting that he was a bully and a womaniser.
Geeze, no accountability leads to abuses.
Westerners will never get it.
@@stj971
Why are Easterners using Western inventions like light bulbs, internet, cars, computers, cellphones, airplanes etc. etc.?
How about you shut your racist stupidity
As we have seen, every religion and institution has people who take control of followers or students.
I was a Buddhist growing up in Thailand. This kind of story is quite common in my country. Buddhism is a religion that bow-down and worships man who is a sinner like you and me. Now I come to know the Truth. It is sad for me to see when westerners got led to the kingdom of the darkness and the lie.
I pray that Jesus will reveal Himself to more people around the world the way He reveals Himself to me.
God bless you all❤
One sided and rather self serving, there have been even more heinous crimes committed by priests and followers of Christ
because the monk or priests u met didn’t teach u or tell you kalama sutra. irony despite living in so called buddhism land. irony joke i suppose
I left Christianity as the bible is unreliable as it contains too many unfufilled prophecies, self contradictions and atrocities. Here's a sample.
1) End time
Jesus said some of those standing with him shall not !see death till they see the son of man coming in his kingdom Matt 16:28
Jesus said this generation shall not pass away till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away Luke 21:32-33
2) Temptation
God does not tempt man James 1:13
God did tempt Abraham Gen 22:1
3) Earth
Earth abides forever Eccl 1:4
Elements shall melt, earth and the works shall be burned up 2 Peter 3:10
4) power of god
With god all things are possible Matt 19:26
Lord was with Judah, drove out inhabitants of the mountain but not inhabitants of the Valley because they had chariots of iron Judges 1:19
5) Sword
Put aside your sword, for all who take sword shall perish with the sword Matt26:52
He that has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one Luke 22:36
6) crucifixion
They crucified him in the 3rd hour Mark 15:25
About the 6th hour, they crucified him John 19: 14-16
7) Jesus
Jesus never answered Pilate and Pilate marvelled greatly Matt 27:13-14
Jesus answered Pilate John 18:33-34
8) Sins
Everyone bear own sins. Sins not passed to another Deut 24:16
Sins are passed down to the 4th generations Exodus 20:5
All sin thru one man Romans 5:12
Children do not bear parent's sins Ezekial 18:20
Slaughter the children for their father's sins Isaiah 14:21:22
9) god
God does not change Malachi 3:6
God does not lie and repent Numbers 23:19
The lord repented of the evil he thought of doing to his people Exodus 32:14
The lord put a lying spirit in the mouth of some prophets 1 kings 22:23 and god allows people to be deluded Thessul 2:11-12 though lying lips are a abomination to the lord Prov 12:22
New covenants given because first eternal covenants given to Jews were faulty Hebrews 8:7
10) Grace
Man is saved through grace, not works Ephesians 2:8-9
By works a man is justified, not by faith alone James 2:24
11) Parents
Honor thy parents Exodus 20:12
Death for disobeying parents Romans 1:29-32
Whoever does not hate father, mother cannot be my disciple Luke 14:26, Matt 10:34
12) Freewill
Freewill in Christianity is a myth as shown in Romans 9:9-24 where things are predistined and mankind could be punished even for things out of their control.
The list does not end here and anyone of the above is sufficient to prove the bible is unreliable. Since we cannot trust the bible on things we can see, all the more reasons we cannot trust the bible on what it says about things we cannot see.
@@galaxymetta5974 I came to believe because of my experience with the all mighty God. Once you met Him you no longer question about Him.
I will keep you in my prayers.
Yeshua already said to be careful wolves come in sheep's clothing to lead you away. No one is without sin, alleviating a mere human to that level is like taking him to be a God. Historical fact is all these people are still in tombs and graves, only one tomb and hell could not hold him because he had the power to take his life and the power to lift it up.
★ worshiping a religious leader is
equal to putting yourself in a cage
and a religion is a spiritual prison .
Dalai lama kiss a boy in 2023
You think that was the first and only time? I would bet some pennies he is fed fresh kids that get disappeared later on.
It is very sad!! How inocent young women was deceived by falses guru. That chaby guru will go to jail? He deserve stay there several years.
He said : undress
She: this was a test of devotion
🤣🥳🤦🤦🤦
BE CONTENT IF YOU HAVE ROOF AND FOOD FOR THIS EVENING BEFORE YOU SLEEP. TOMORROW YOU WON"T KNOW WHETHER YOU WILL WAKE UP OR NOT -DALAI LAMA
All religions have witnessed such situations...few totally take advantage of the power they feel having reached a certain 'level'...
For all my baptized Christians, “The Devout Life” by Francis de Sales is magnificent. He’s dead, so no creepy stuff.
When behaviours and teachings strayed too far from the ethics the Buddha had laid down via the precepts, it always leads to damage and harm of other beings. There is no such thing as crazy wisdom, only an excuse to abuse and exploit.
where can I find the full documentary?
How stupid to expect the present day Dalai Lama (the one in India) to "speak up".
He is just another 'politician'.
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From claiming to 'not be reborn' to saying that the violent protests of Tibetans is their expression.. which had better not been restrained.
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He has just tried to prop himself has possibly the laat of the incarnations and
be also be in the good books of some people who look up to him.
That is all that there is to the (current) Dalai Lama.
Buddhism only requires practitioner to 1) Avoid Evil, 2) Do Good and 3) Purifying your Mind. Buddha predicted there will be many false prophets, so Buddha thought the Kalama Sutta. The Kalama Sutta states (Pali expression in parentheses):[5]
Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing (anussava),
nor upon tradition (paramparā),
nor upon rumor (itikirā),
nor upon what is in a scripture (piṭaka-sampadāna)
nor upon surmise (takka-hetu),
nor upon an axiom (naya-hetu),
nor upon specious reasoning (ākāra-parivitakka),
nor upon a bias towards a notion that has been pondered over (diṭṭhi-nijjhān-akkh-antiyā),
nor upon another's seeming ability (bhabba-rūpatāya),
nor upon the consideration, The monk is our teacher (samaṇo no garū)
Kalamas, when you yourselves know: "These things are good; these things are not blamable; these things are praised by the wise; undertaken and observed, these things lead to benefit and happiness," enter on and abide in them.'
Thus, the Buddha named ten specific sources whose knowledge should not be immediately viewed as truthful without further investigation to avoid fallacies.
Buddhist practitioner owe unto themself to find a geninue teacher. There is no such thing as a Master.....Only A teacher of Buddhism. Buddha taught that NO ONE should claim that they have special siddhi or special power, even they do have.
Actually as someone has mentioned, reason to study the dharma shouldn't be to boost the ego like a large baloon or it will pop one day. We must study the dharma and practice it to have our egos shattered and crashed. In the Vajrayana, it's the job of the guru to stomp on our egos. But Vajrayana requires both students and guru to check and test each other's qualities for atleast 12 years as mentioned in the texts. But the most important thing is to check your own intention. Don't come to study Buddhism expecting success, financial gain, beautiful relationships, getting beautiful partners, having long healthy life. The intention to study the dharma is to get rid of self grapsing and ego clinging., i e only if you genuinely wish to achieve enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. Otherwise if you want temporary happiness and success in this life, I am sure there are worldly gods you can worship and you can just be a non practitioner but be kind hearted.
Why do we need pope, imam, rabbi, and lama? Buddha taught us to believe in ourselves, not in fallible human or corruptible organisation.
Sickening
Buddha teaching is not a belief system. If you believe something easily get in to Trap.
Pray for human predators who prey
Buddha never gave the Vajrayana teachings, he only gave the Mahayana and Theravada teachings. It's mad that it's still talked about as Buddhism. Vajrayana was taught by Padmasambhava, who lived 800 years after Buddha and taught the exact opposite of Buddha. The sex, psychological, and spiritual abuse is not an exception, it's core practice.
Follow the teachings of any religion but not humans!
Ooh..
my mom is a buddhist and all her family members and villagers go crazy when someone like this lama visits our place,they would go and take blessings and even saw some godman beating people too ...I tell them not to follow anybody blindly but they would get so so offended...
Buddha said...No blind faith
Just look at him .His face tell everything
Attachment is the root of all suffering.
Men must respect women and...women must be respectable!!
We always have someone send by the evil to dirt the name of the purity in each religion.
Before Buddha die, he told Ananda to trust only precepts and other his Sutras with Thus that I heard
Why wondering about that?
Buddhism has nothing to do with "The Path". . I And for that all sorts of psychopaths will be attracted, like in any organisation.
Buddha, yes, Dharma, yes.
Sangha, absolutely no go.
Narrator mispronounced Sogyal
Up is down and down is up and if you ask questions then it's your obscuration. Got it?
A case of the false prophets among us . I feel sorry for the women who were ensnared by this manipulative 'teacher' . I have heard that in some Buddhist monasteries in SE Asia there was sexual abuse of children who were 'cared' for in these institutions .
His book was one of the most enllightening i have ever read. How can he be such a monster and preach truth? I dont get it.