My favorite quote from this article. It is sad that Robert Thurman uses his position to help spread the Dalai Lamas lies and create disharmony in Buddhist communities, especially since he is a former Buddhist monk. To clarify the terminology here, an initiation (aka empowerment) is a special ceremony in which one forms a connection with a particular Buddha. For his part, Robert Thurman thought it appropriate to portray for Newsweek magazine a murderous Dorje Shugden cult describing it as “the Taliban of Buddhism.” Yet Robert Thurman, presumably before he begot Uma, had been one of the first Western monks with Buddhist vows and had tried twice to obtain Dorje Shugden initiation from revered masters well before the controversy began. Both masters, however, had refused on grounds of his fickle character. Thurman should know quite well what Dorje Shugden actually is about.
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 18:06:43 +0000