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by Kelley Lynch Leonard Cohen, Poisoned by Zen "The CIA's Secret War in Tibet," by Kenneth Conboy and James Morrison "The Shadow of the Dalai Lama," by Victor and Victoria Trimondi
April 9, 2005 Dear Tara and Charles, You have both been on my mind for a week
now. I took a drive with my young son, Ray, to San Jose to see Lamasang
(who you refer, in more negative terms, to as Kusum Lingpa -- the Bandit
Lama). Lamasang is quite ill with liver, and possibly lung problems, these
days and I am extremely concerned for his welfare. And, without one moment
of cynicism, I am concerned about your welfare. With love, [The original article can be found here] Addendum emails: From: Kelley Lynch <odzerchenma@gmail.com>
Hi Tara, How are you? Studying up on "samaya?" Did Lady Diana Mukpo give you permission to reprint the Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche's book "First Thought, Best Thought" on your site? Why would Trungpa Rinpoche want to be on your website after your vicious attacks on Gesar and Ashoka Mukpo? I won't be having a "bloody" fight with you over my lovely visit with Gyaltrul Rinpoche, however. His Holiness son met with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (who has also been maligned on your website) and he was unaware of the letter you posted from someone that is no longer in His Holiness' offices. Kelley Lynch P.S. Mimi's baby is not Gyaltrul Rinpoche's, the child has very serious physical issues, you were cruel, and it is also called slander. What could possible insite you to go after Mimi's child? P.P.S. How's the internet "lawyer." Let him know I am bringing your site to the attention of Bruce Cutler. ___________________________________ Tara, When I say "His Holiness" - I mean, His Holiness Kusum Lingpa. I actually also received an email from His Holiness the Dalai Lama's office on the email you have posted on your site. What is your point? That you know better than enlightened teachers? Don't make me laugh, Tara. "Love," ______________________________ from Kelley Lynch <odzerchenma@gmail.com>
P.S. Hi Tara and Charles, don't you have something really rotten to say about Saraha? Why let him off the hook? No gossip from women who knew him? You must be able to dig up some dirt on him, no? "Love," Kelley ________________________________ from Kelley Lynch <odzerchenma@gmail.com>
Dear Roger Donovick, Do you agree with me that Tara and Charles Carreon are mentally ill? Please review www.American-Buddha.com. It appears to be extremely "hostile" and "aggressive." Tara Cooper cannot reply personally and Rutger actually did think they were merely "bored" and spent too much time on the computer. Kelley Lynch cc: His Holiness Sharmapa _________________________________ Gotti Lawyer To Rep Phil Spector
Spector, famed for creating rock 'n' roll's "wall of sound" recording technique in the 1960s, is charged in the fatal shooting of actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion in February 2003. (CBS/AP) When he was at the top of rock and roll's hierarchy as a producer so respected even The Beatles wanted to work with him, Phil Spector huddled in the studios and nightclubs with only the best. Today, Spector is a murder suspect, the Beatles album that had his touch has been stripped of the background sound he added, and all in all, he faces a much colder world. He's still working with only the best - but these days, the chart-toppers are the stars of the legal profession. Tuesday, the Spector story took another strange twist as Bruce Cutler, best known for representing John Gotti, took over the case from Leslie Abramson and Marcia Morrissey, who had themselves taken over from Spector's original attorney: O.J. Simpson dream team lawyer Robert Shapiro. Abramson and Morrissey, who had been handling Spector's defense since February, have a long list of high profile cases but are best known for defending Lyle and Erik Menendez in the 1989 murder of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion. Abramson confirmed Tuesday that she and her co-counsel have resigned as Spector's attorneys, but said they were taken by surprise when Bruce Cutler filed a motion to take over the case while Abramson was out of the country. "We were put in an untenable position, and we were forced to resign," said Abramson. "If we wanted to be ethical and competent, we had to resign." She declined to elaborate. Cutler, speaking from New York, said he has known Spector for a long time and had signed on as his personal attorney before Abramson and Morrissey took over the criminal case. "I was engaged as Phillip's attorney and confidante last January," he said. "Leslie and Marcia were brought on in February, and they quit in July. They just jumped ship, and I had to take control of the ship and bring it into port." Federal prosecutors in New York have portrayed Cutler as "house counsel" for the Gambino crime family and its accused godfather, John Gotti. He won three trials for John Gotti before prosecutors were able to get him disqualified from the defense team by playing 1990 tape recordings on which he had conversations with Gotti about other defendants. Gotti died in prison in 2002. Spector, famed for creating rock 'n' roll's "wall of sound" recording technique in the 1960s, is charged in the fatal shooting of Lana Clarkson at his mansion in February 2003. Clarkson, 40, had met Spector at the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip where she was a hostess. She was best known as the star of Roger Corman's cult film classic "Barbarian Queen." The case is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Oct. 20. Cutler said they will ask for a postponement of the hearing, to give him time to get up to speed on the proceedings. Spector, 64, is free on $1 million bail. ©MMIV CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report. _____________ American-Buddha Librarian's Comments: "The Myth of Shangri-La," by Peter Bishop wrote: Lamas, in their role as ecclesiastic or political administrators, were disliked. Their position seemed dictatorial, almost totalitarian, in its fusion of blatant power with absolute ideological and spiritual control. The situation was described as 'despotic', as 'spiritual terrorism' and 'unlimited tyranny'. [208] Landon was severe in his criticism. No priestly caste in the history of religion has ever fostered and preyed upon the terror and ignorance of its flock with the systematic brigandage of the lamas. It may be that, hidden away in some quiet lamasery ... Kim's lama may still be found. Once or twice in the quiet unworldly abbots ... one saw an attractive and almost impressive type of man; but the heads of the hierarchy are very different men, and by them the country is ruled with a rod of iron. [209] Tibet seemed a country of slavery, severe punishments, torture, political assassinations, mutual distrust. Grenard reported: 'The lower orders, in general, display towards the magistrates and the agents of authority a crawling servility which I have never seen equaled in either Turkestan or China.' [210] Lamaism was believed to be both the agent for this terror and its cause. That scrupulous ethnographer Rockhill, for example, vividly described the action of some police-monks at a market gathering: Suddenly the crowds scattered to the right and left, the lamas running for places of hiding, with cries of Gekor lama, Gekor lama! and we saw striding towards us six or eight lamas with a black stripe painted across their foreheads and another around their right arms -- black lamas ... the people call them -- armed with heavy whips with which they belaboured anyone who came within reach. Behind them walked a stately lama in robes of finest cloth, with head clean-shaved. He had come to enforce ecclesiastical law by knocking down a Punch and Judy show and other prohibited amusements, the owners of which were whipped. [211] With some understatement, Grenard mused: 'the Lhasa government is not a tender one'. [212] Indeed, the focal point of this totalitarianism seemed to be Lhasa, and even the Potala itself. Whilst on the one hand Lhasa was the sacred city, the Rome of Asia, it was also seen as the dictatorial centre of a police state. William Carey, as usual, painted a vivid picture: 'The holy city is more than the home of metaphysical mysteries and the mummery of idol-worship; it is a secret chamber of crime; its rocks and its roads, its silken flags and its scented altars, are all stained with blood.' [213]
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