Western Vajrayana high-control teacher circles (umbrella)
Umbrella entry for the various individual Western Vajrayana teacher circles whose ex-students have documented high-control patterns (samaya weaponisation, sexual misconduct, financial extraction).
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0 — umbrella for various individual Western Vajrayana teacher circles documented as exhibiting high-control patterns.
In context
Beyond the named major cases (Sogyal Rinpoche / Rigpa, Sakyong Mipham / Shambhala, NKT, Diamond Way), multiple smaller Western Vajrayana teacher communities have produced documented high-control patterns. Common features: living-guru samaya commitment, substantial financial extraction, severance of those who leave.
Timeline
- 1970s+Western Vajrayana communities proliferate
Sources
- Mary Finnigan & Rob Hogendoorn, 'Sex and Violence in Tibetan Buddhism' (2019)
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