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		volgo on April 21, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Not your Tibetan Buddhism Wouldn't be surprised if it's scandal filled like the Catholic church. When you combine mysticism and people in position of absolute spiritual leadership and people who willingly believe it, you get some interesting relationships...

tombh on April 21, 2018 [–]

It very much is scandal-filled. Just take the recent coming to light of Sogyal Rinpoche's abuses of power: https://www.lionsroar.com/letter-to-sogyal-rinpoche-from-cur...

Not to mention the extraordinary mess that was Chögyam Trungpa.

thanatropism on April 21, 2018 | [–]

I enjoyed reading Lions' Roar until Trump won the election.

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