Posts Tagged ‘guru’

Film: Kumaré

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

Kumaré
Directed by Vikram Gandhi
Most of us want to believe in something larger than ourselves, something that connects us to God, the Great Beyond or whatever we might call it. But do we want to belong so badly that, given the right trappings, we’ll believe anything or anyone?
Vikram Gandhi was born in New Jersey to a [...]

Film: Crazy Wisdom

Friday, November 25th, 2011

Directed by Johanna Demetrakas
When Westerns think of Tibetan Buddhism, usually it’s the Dalai Lama who comes to mind. But in 1959, the same year the Dalai Lama escaped the Communist takeover of Tibet, there was another lama on the run—Chögyam Trungpa.
Trungpa was raised with the traditional teachings of the Kagyu lineage, one of four [...]

After Sex, the Spiritual Path

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Why spiritual teachers have feet of clay, by Robert K. C. Forman

Sweat Lodge Deaths & Self-Help Gurus: A Question of Accountability

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

A Tragic Call To Attention

The recent and tragic events that involved three deaths and more than 19 injured and emotionally traumatized at a James Ray “Spiritual Warrior Retreat” deserves to be treated with some gentleness, for this is more than a news item, but a horrific experience of loss and suffering that is having an impact on far more people than only those who were there. It is also a criminal…