Episode 211: New Kadampa Tradition

Dr Michelle Haslam (https://newkadampatraditionreport.org) Joins me to discuss how she was seduced by the idea of living in a peaceful intentional community, only to find out the group's main focus was expansion and encouraging cruelty.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Who is (Was?) Kelsang Gyatso
• The differences between New Kadampa Tradition and mainline Buddhism
• The hypocritical belief system
• What it's like to live on site
• Why some say NKT encourages sadistic behaviour
• How NKT is like NXIVM and Scientology
• And more...

Special Guest: Dr. Michelle Haslam.

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