There have been a depressing number of scandals in major Tibetan Buddhist organizations, particularly (though not only) in the West.
It clearly has systemic roots - can the disease be identified?
PS. How unprofessional! I uploaded the sound file without the delightful music. This is now the correct one.
Tsopema Nuns
21/02/2026 | 2 mins.
The podcast will have to take a back seat for some months as I work on a project aimed at publishing biographies of a few of the nuns, and the sometimes heroic journeys they undertook to arrive at the caves above Tsopema (Rewalsar) to live and practise.
A Tsopema Nuns blog gives a few details. It should help to find missing pieces in the jigsaw of names and places.
Buddhist retreat - but why?
31/01/2026 | 9 mins.
"To get enlightened" is such a watery explanation. Mindfulness largely misses the point. This was a retreat about a specific deity. Whatever that is!
#Tibetan #Buddhism #Vajrayana #Retreat
Vajrayana is like Mormonism???
03/01/2026 | 11 mins.
Really intended as a brief video on YouTube.
Is the Vajrayana "just" a clever technique within conventional Mahayana, or is it really something different.
About The Double Dorje: Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Season 2 of the Double Dorje podcast had its short "goodby"episode in November 2025.
The future is still undecided!Tips. Travellers’ tales. Perspective. Gossip. Experience. Stories. Wonder.Putting a bit of flesh on the bones of Vajrayana (Tibetan style) Buddhist practice in today’s society.Are you curious about Tibetan Buddhism? But how, and where, and when, and all that? Is the water safe? Or have you taken the plunge, but want to plug into it better? Come - let’s enjoy a bowl of dharma momos in the Double Dorje. Chilli with yours?Special emphasis on Nyingma, Kagyu and on non-monastic practice.
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