What Now? Blog has Moved

The What Now? blog has moved to http://beyondthetemple.com/, and it now called Beyond the Temple. The new blog has all the What Now posts and pages on it, but is organised better for easy acccess to reference material, can be search-engine optimised, and should be less likely to kick your comments into spam. This site will …

From What Now to Beyond the Temple

The What Now? blog is getting a different name, and we're moving to a self-hosted site so that I can set up Search Engine Optimisation, which means that the reference content here will be easy to find via search engines even into the future. We're presently on a free WordPress.com blog and they don't have …

Victim Blaming Disguised as Dharma

Bob Thurman recently did a podcast on abuse in Buddhism, and though he said some  things that some may find helpful in the examination of the issues raised by abuse in Buddhism, I think we need to talk about the part where he fosters one of the ideas that enabled abuse and victim blaming in …

Ato Rinpoche Replies

On November 22, we received a reply from Ato Rinpoche. It was short and to the point, clearly responding to our request. Here is the response: Greetings to the signatories of the letter below! I am reticent by nature and by training reluctant to criticise the behaviour of others.  In the present circumstances, however, I …