Lama Tenpa has posted about the latest goings on at Kunzang Palyul Choling: Nothing To Fear
Here we go again.
This is exactly what came out ten years ago in The Buddha From Brooklyn, a biography of KPC’s tulku, Jetsunmma Ahkon Lhamo.
Articles appeared in Mirabella magazine, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, and The Washington Post magazine … all describing KPC financial fraud and abuse of students.
Which leaves us with three simple questions.
1) Why does Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo need a salary of $100,000 a year — half of KPC’s 501(c)3 operating budget?
(Sherrill 236, 308; Blythe 112)
2) Why does she need her students to buy her three houses?
(Blythe 112; Tenpa blog, cult documents, March 2008; Sherrill 78 )
3) Why does Kunzang Palyul Choling feel the need to confront, confine, and in some cases even physically assault members — and then slander them if they leave?
(Revealing the Truth blog, April 7, 2008; Iyer 80; Sherrill 195, 198, 344; Blythe 113; Tenpa blog, nothing to fear, March 13, 2008)
These questions were asked ten years ago and never answered.
Sources:
- Blythe, Will. “Bad Karma,” Mirabella Magazine, 1998
- Iyer, Pico. “The Price of Faith,” Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Summer 2000
- Sherrill, Martha. “The Buddha from Poolesville,” Washington Post, Apr 16, 2000
- Sherrill, Martha. The Buddha from Brooklyn, Random House, 2000
- Revealing The Truth weblog. “Reports From The Field,” April 7, 2008: April 16, 2008
- Tulku Tenpa weblog. “Nothing To Fear,” March 13, 2008: April 16, 2008
- Tulku Tenpa weblog. “Lions Corpse,” March 7, 2008: April 17, 2008
- Tulku Tenpa weblog. “Community Meeting: February 18, 2008,” from Cult Documents For Download, March 2008: April 11, 2008 [Taken off-line but not before I downloaded them. Will upload upon request.]
Tags: alyce zeoli, buddhist, cassidy, corruption, cult, jetsunma ahkon lhamo, kpc, kunzang palyul choing, tulku
