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Buddhist Horror
Flick by Charles Carreon
It's Tantra Baby, by Charles
Carreon
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"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'. 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.'
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.' 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.'
With some understatement, Grenard mused: 'the Lhasa government is not a
tender one'. 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.'
-- The Myth of Shangri-La, by Peter Bishop |
50 Ways to
Leave Your Lama, by Charles Carreon
The Shadow of the Dalai Lama: Sexuality, Magic
and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism, by Victor and Victoria Trimondi
Tibetan Two-Step, Shuffle & Slide, by Charles Carreon
A Flaming Fistful of Reactionary Wisdom, by Tara and Charles Carreon
Another View on Whether Tibetan Buddhism is
Working in the West, by Tara Carreon
A Visit to Arch Stanton's Dharma Clinic, aka Dr. Death's Reformatory,
by Tara Carreon
Inner Revolution -- Robert Thurman Goes
Back to the Future, by Tara Carreon
Thanks From a Grateful Nation -- Awarding the
Cross of Secret Achievement to the Dalai Lama, by Charles Carreon
Born in Tibet, Again -- The Exile of the
Twelfth Trungpa Tulku -- How Sakyong Mipham Usurped the Trungpa Throne,
by Charles Carreon
Disillusioned by Authoritarian Doctrines, by Charles Carreon
Frequently
Asked Questions, by Charles Carreon
On Hell and Its Habitues, by Charles Carreon
Tantra-Induced Delusional Syndrome ("TIDS"), by Charles Carreon
The Tibetan Wall of Silence, by Charles Carreon
American-buddha.com,
Devotion, Samaya, and Cutting Through to the Very Heart of the Matter,
by Kelley Lynch
Table of Contents
Art and
Photo Galleries:
Critiques of Buddhism:
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50 Ways to Leave Your
Lama, by Charles Carreon
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A Flaming Fistful of
Reactionary Wisdom, by Tara and Charles Carreon
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Awful Tendzin Table of Contents
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A Test for
Authoritarianism, by Skinny
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Another View on Whether Tibetan Buddhism is Working in the West,
by Tara Carreon
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A Visit to Arch Stanton's Dharma Clinic, aka Dr. Death's Reformatory,
by Tara Carreon
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Buddhism's
Pedophile Monks, by Uwe
Siemon-Netto
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Buddhist Abbot Released on Bail for Sex Offences, by Taipei
Times (Master Chihhao)
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Buddhist Fundamentalism and Minority Identities in Sri Lanka, A
review by Avis Sri Jayantha
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Buddhist Modernism and the American Buddhist Lineage, by Laurence O.
McKinney
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Buddhist Nuns Deny Sexual Assault Allegations, by Yu Sen-lun (Nuns from Taichung)
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Call for a New Buddhism, by
Christopher Calder
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Chogyam
Trungpa Table of Contents
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"Democratic Imperialism":
Tibet, China, and the National Endowment for Democracy,
by Michael Barker
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Ding Dong Dzongsar, the Bumbling Apologist Table of Contents
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Disillusioned by Authoritarian Doctrines, by Charles Carreon
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Divisions and Direction of Buddhism in America Today, by Carl
Beilefeldt
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Do Capitalists Fund
Revolutions?, by Michael Barker
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Dr. Rick Strassman's "DMT: The Spirit Molecule", by Charles
Carreon (Unidentified Zen group)
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Echoes of Nalinika,
by Enid
Adam (Pannasara Kahatapitye)
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Embattled Sakyong Steps Down -- Imaginary Press Release Two Years in the
Future, by Tara Carreon
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Ethical and Energetic Unbalances Due to the Magic Structures Underlying
Tantric Tibetan Buddhism - A Personal, Christian Testimony, by Frank
Pedersen
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Excerpts From "The Guru Papers," by Joel Kramer & Diana Alstad
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First
Church of Buddha, Materialist
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Frequently Asked
Questions, by Charles Carreon
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Friendly
Feudalism: The Tibet Myth, by Michael Parenti
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Golden Yokes
Photo Gallery
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Hijacking Human Rights,
by Michael Barker
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His Material
Highness, by Christopher Hitchens
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Inner Revolution -- Robert Thurman
Goes Back to the Future, by Tara Carreon
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Inside the Spiritual Jacuzzi,
by Jesse Walker
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Jetsunma, Queen for
a Day Table of Contents
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Karaoke Monk Booted
Out,
by BBC
News Asia (Phra
Pativetviset)
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Karmapa Kontroversy Table
of Contents
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Kazi Family Values Table
of Contents
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Kloset Kalu, The
Secret Lover Table of Contents
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Kusum Lingked Up Table of
Contents
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Leonard Cohen,
Poisoned by Zen Table of Contents
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Mindful Heresy, by Chimed
Rigdzen
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New Museum Offers
the Official Line on Tibet, by Jim Yardley, 4/17/08, NYT
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Not all Protectors are Created Equal: The Shugden Ban Table of
Contents
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On Hell and Its
Habitues, by Charles Carreon
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Princeton Professor Says No To Sri Lanka Child Monks, by Kyodo
News
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Randy
Sogyal, Best-Selling Lecher Table of Contents
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Revivalist Drukpas and Fundamentalism, by Rakesh Chhhetri
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Seven
Minutes in Tibet -- The Swift, Unfortunate Death of Douglas Seymour
Mackiernan, by Charles and Tara Carreon
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Silly
Seagal, Reincarnated Mobster Table of Contents
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Sleepers Awake!, by
Charles Carreon
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Stepping on Holy Toes, by Rick
Strassman, M.D.
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Strictly Norbu Table of
Contents
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Suck-My-Trizin Table of Contents
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Tantra-Induced Delusional Syndrome ("TIDS"), by Charles Carreon
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Thai
Buddhism and Patriarchy, by Ouyporn
Khuankaew
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Thanks From a Grateful Nation
-- Awarding the Cross of Secret Achievement to the Dalai Lama, by
Charles Carreon
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The Anti-Gurus, by John
Horgan
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The CIA's Secret War
in Tibet, by Kenneth Conboy and James Morrison
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The Dalai
Lama and the Mongol Thugs Table of Contents
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The Dalai Lamas, Prisoners of the Potala Junta,
by Charles Carreon
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The Myth
of Shangri-La: Tibet, Travel Writing and the Western Creation of
Sacred Landscape, by Peter Bishop
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The Heresy of St.
Timothy, by Charles Carreon
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The Misuse of Western Terms by Eastern Mystics,
by Charles Carreon
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The Tibetan Wall
of Silence, by Charles Carreon
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Thorn in the Lotus, by Pema
Zangmo
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The Materialist Manifesto, by
Charles Carreon
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The Shadow
of the Dalai Lama: Sexuality, Magic and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism,
by Victor and Victoria Trimondi
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The Writings of John Horgan,
Table of Contents
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The Writings of Stephen Batchelor,
Table of Contents
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Tsu-Do Zen
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"Vee Have Veys of Making You Love Sentient Beings" -- Nazi Methods of
Inducing "Bodhicitta," by Tara and Charles Carreon
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Victims of Lama Abuse
Table of Contents
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We Be Trippin' With Uma's Dad, aka Bob Thurman, "The Monk",
by Tara and Charles Carreon
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What Does Andrew Cohen Know About Enlightenment?,
by Charles Carreon
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What is Buddhism
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Why I Can't
Embrace Buddhism, by John Horgan
Buddhist
Books, Articles, Practices, Websites, Miscellaneous:
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American-buddha.com,
Devotion, Samaya, and Cutting Through to the Very Heart of the Matter,
by Kelley Lynch
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Bodhisattvacharyavatara, by Acharya Shantideva, translated by Stephen
Batchelor
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Buddhist
Roach Motel
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Commentary on Voidness,
by Geshe Rabten
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Crazy Dharma of An Idiot Who Wears Mud and Feathers for Clothing, by Dudjom Lingpa
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Damtsig.org
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First Thought, Best
Thought, 108 Poems, by Chogyam Trungpa
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How to Question the Unquestionable, by Sangye Khandro
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Nicholas
Roerich Picture Gallery
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Saraha's
Treasury of Songs, translated by David Snellgrove
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The Buddhist
Councils, by thanhsiang.org
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The Five Skandhas, by Chogyam Trungpa
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The Heart of Wisdom, translated by Stephen Batchelor
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The Miraculous Activity Sadhana of
Vajrakilaya, The Razor Which Destroys at a Touch, by Jigdrel Yeshe
Dorje (Dudjom Rinpoche)
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The Protectors, by H.E.
Shenphen Rinpoche
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The Royal Song of
Saraha, translated by Herbert V. Guenther
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The Unfettered Mind,
by Takuan Soho
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The Vajra Heart
Tantra, by Dudjom Lingpa
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Tibetan Buddhism in the West (A
Reply to "Another View"), by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
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Tibetan Deities
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Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness, by Chogyam
Trungpa
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Transcending Madness, by Chogyam Trungpa
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Verses on the
Faith Mind, by Seng T'san, Third Zen Patriarch
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Words for the West: On
Nihilism, Spiritual Surrender, and the Importance of Lineage and the
Guru, by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
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