Buddhist Aberrations

Book – Single White Monk – about a third of the book addresses the Sasaki scandal and his death – confused personal account filled with rationalizations and willful blindness - http://a.co/8kwF9A3

Tricycle podcast with Jack Shozan Haubner about his book, Single White Monk.. some discussion about the Sasaki sex scandal – but Shozen is a confused apologist and the interviewer does not get to the heart of the matter - https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/single-white-monk-sex-scandal-goes-viral/

Eido Shimano Zen Teacher – Sex Scandal: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/11/from-zen-buddhism-to-preying-on-vulnerable-women/281475/

Eido Shimano Zen Teacher – Sex Scandal: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/the-zen-predator-of-the-upper-east-side/383831/

Open Letter on the Shimano Scandal: https://www.upaya.org/2011/01/open-letter-from-roshi-regarding-eido-shimano/

Eido Shimano - New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/21/us/21beliefs.html

Eido Shimano – Tricycle Obituary and Personal Reflection: https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/death-eido-roshi-metoo/

Eido Shimano – NY Times Obituary - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/obituaries/eido-shimano-buddhist-leader-who-resigned-in-scandal-dies-at-85.html

Shimano in Hawaii: http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/02/27/hawaii-news/scandalized-zen-abbot-spent-4-years-in-hawaii/

Shimano Archive: http://sasakiarchive.com/

Encountering the Shadow in Buddhist America (1990) by Katy Butler: http://katybutler.com/site/encountering-the-shadow-in-buddhist-america/

Events are the Teacher / SF Zen Center crisis – Katy Butler: http://katybutler.com/site/events-are-the-teacher-working-through-the-crisis-at-san-francisco-zen-center/

Essay on San Francisco Zen Center Sex scandal and the role of the Zen master: http://www.thezensite.com/ZenEssays/CriticalZen/Richard_Baker_and_the_Myth.htm

Richard Baker and SF Zen Center: https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Meditating-on-a-20-year-old-scandal-An-2857821.php

Scandals in emerging Western Buddhism - http://dro.dur.ac.uk/3932/1/3932.pdf

Genpo Merzel Zen Teacher – sex scandals: https://www.lionsroar.com/open-letter-to-dennis-genpo-merzel-signed-by-sixty-six-zen-teachers/

Genpo Merzel – Another Zen Sex Scandal: https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/sex-sangha-apparently-we-still-havent-had-enough/

Genpo – more: https://clearviewblog.org/2011/02/23/the-cloud-of-knowing-not-knowing-sex-power-and-sangha/

ClearView Project and Guidelines: http://www.clearviewproject.org/safeharborethics.html - free downloadable PDF - http://www.clearviewproject.org/images/Safe_Harbor001.pdf

New York Times on Scandals in American Zen: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-shocking-scandal-at-the-heart-of-american-zen

More on Zen Scandals in America: http://sweepingzen.com/the-shadow-of-the-roshi-sex-scandal-and-secrecy-in-american-zen-buddhism/

Abuse of Power in American Buddhism: http://www.lionsroar.com/confronting-abuse-power/

New York Times story on Zen scandals: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/world/asia/zen-buddhists-roiled-by-accusations-against-teacher.html

Zen Mythology – Stuart Lachs: https://buddhism-controversy-blog.com/2017/07/16/ready-to-mine-zens-legitimating-mythology-and-cultish-behavior/

Stuart Lachs Page – multiple essays on Zen issues: https://terebess.hu/english/lachs.html

Zen Sex scandals: http://religiondispatches.org/zen-and-the-art-of-the-sex-scandal/

Abuse in Buddhism: https://www.lionsroar.com/openletteronabuse/

Getting a Handle on Scandal – from Buddhist Geeks conference: https://youtu.be/HaYFgDl6Nmw

Zen scandals: https://tricycle.org/magazine/under-lens-american-zen-community-crisis/

Dainin Katagiri Zen Teacher sex scandal: http://sweepingzen.com/a-letter-to-nonin-chowaney-from-sojun-diane-martin-on-dainin-katagiri/

Chapter on Maezumi’s legacy: http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195367645.001.0001/acprof-9780195367645-chapter-9 (need to purchase the book, Zen Masters, to access to full essay – Recommended)

Letter from Maezumi’s daughter: http://sweepingzen.com/a-letter-from-kirsten-mitsuyo-maezumi/ and a response - http://sweepingzen.com/response-to-kirsten-mitsuyo-maezumi/

Dutch Buddhists and sexual abuse: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/05/dutch-buddhists-embroiled-in-sexual-abuse-scandal-nos/

German Zen leader admits to child sex abuse: http://www.dw.com/en/buddhist-priest-in-augsburg-trial-admits-to-child-sex-abuse/a-39279326 and http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/child-sexual-abuse-buddhist-monk-convicted-sentenced-hans-d-augsburg-bavaria-germany-a7836436.html

International Zen Association – from France: http://www.darkzen.org/articles/azi.html

Zen at War / Zen as a Cult of Death - https://apjjf.org/2013/11/30/Brian-Victoria/3973/article.html and http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/11/books/meditating-on-war-and-guilt-zen-says-it-s-sorry.html and http://www.darkzen.org/articles/zenholy.htm

Sexual Ethics, Zen Scandals, and Cults - http://sweepingzen.com/sexual-ethics-zen-scandals-and-cults/

NOTE: Both U.S. Buddhist publications - Tricycle and Lions Roar - have published many essays on the issues related to sexual scandals and spiritual abuse in Buddhist communities, mostly Tibetan and Zen. If you are interested in numerous points of view, recommend visiting both websites and search. www.lionsroar.com and www.tricycle.org

Additional Resources

Canadian Public Broadcasting interviews Shambhala whistleblower Andrea Winn who wrote the "Report Sunshine,* and who says "sexual abuse is embedded in the Shambala Community."

Report on Sogyal Rinpoche

The One Pure Dharma: The New Kadampa Tradition is Controversial--And Growing. Why?

Scherer, Bee (2018). ‘Neo-orthodox Tradition and Transition: Lama Ole Nydahl and the Diamond Way’ (Extended version of ‘A Neo-orthodox Buddhist Movement in Transition: The Diamond Way’, in E. Gallagher (ed.) 2017. Visioning New and Minority Religions: Projecting the Future. London: Routledge, pp. 156-165), available online at https://info-buddhism.com/Ole_Nydahl_and_Diamond_Way_B_Scherer.html In the More tab of that article you’ll find more papers by Bee Scherer.

Surviving Mind Control in the Buddha Maitreya Cult

A Psychological Report on the New Kadampa Tradition - By TENPEL JUNE 6, 2019

Preservation and Transfer of the Knowledge of Tibetan Medicine

Tibetan Buddhism in the West: Problems of Adoption and Cross Cultural Confusion (Stuart Lachs)

David N. Kay (1997). The New Kadampa Tradition and the Continuity of Tibetan Buddhism in Transition. Journal of Contemporary Religion, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 277-293

L.S. Dagyab Rinpoche. Problems in the development of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. From TIBETAN REVIEW October 1992, pp. 15–17. Originally written in German in cooperation with Regine Leisner, translated into English by Susanna Maass-Sagolla. The original was published in the 02/1992 edition of the German magazine Tibet-Forum.

www.yogadangers.com https://www.facebook.com/yogadangersdotcom/ https://www.facebook.com/MeditationDangers/

The Britton Meditation Lab at Brown University: https://www.brown.edu/research/labs/britton/research

Britton Lab research on the “Varieties of Contemplative Experience.” (meaning not-so-good experiences) https://www.brown.edu/research/labs/britton/research/varieties-contemplative-experience

Lindahl, J.R. (2017) Somatic Energies and Emotional Traumas: A Qualitative Study of Practice-Related Challenges Reported by Vajrayāna Buddhists. Religions 8(8), 153; https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/8/8/153.

Taking Responsibility and Seeing Eye to Eye with the Guru – L. S. Dagyab Rinpoche & Norden Dagyab

Woven: Leaving Shambhala

Anders, A.I.M (2020). Psychological and Societal Implications of Projecting the Shadow on the Feminine in Tibetan Buddhist Contexts DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93297, in Psychosomatic Medicine (IntechOpen)

Summary of Reports of Dagri Rinpoche Sexual Assault Allegations – The Advocacy Group, November 9, 2020

Update November, 13, 2020 – FPMT update on the fact findings of the FaithTrust Institute

Update November, 14, 2020 by TARA-SOS

Full CC report

Press Release

CC’s Tweet (which sums it): “Our inquiry into Buddhist charity Rigpa Fellowship found former trustees failed to recognise the seriousness of abuse allegations. Today’s report heavily criticises institutional failings to provide a safe culture and environment.“

Regarding abuse by Dagri Rinpoche within the FPMT

DRAFT Summary Report from FaithTrust Institute (can’t be downloaded but can be read)

Buddhist Project Sunshine

Anders, A.I.M. (2022). Mental health in Sowa Rigpa. Tibetan medicines conceptual contributions to medical diagnostics and treatment of mental diseases based on its merging with Anu- and Atiyoga techniques, Shaker Verlag, Print ISBN: 978-3-8440-8624-9, PDF-ISBN 978-3-8440-8629-4 (open access).

Anders, A.I.M. (2022). Risk factors of mental health in patients from Buddhist groups and related diagnostic issues. A study of group participants of twenty international Buddhist organizations; S. 1-119, Shaker Verlag, Print-ISBN 978-3-8440-8450-4; PDF-ISBN 978-3-8440-8499-3 (open access), Beginn einer Buchreihe: Psychotherapy, Buddhism and Tibetan Medicine.

Two documentaries at ARTE on abuse in Buddhist organizations