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In Chinese internet pop culture, Tibetan Buddhism == 密宗 == having sex with your master.
by est 9y ago
In Chinese internet pop culture, Tibetan Buddhism == 密宗 == having sex with your master.
- volgo 9y agoWouldn't be surprised if it's scandal filled like the Catholic church. When you combine mysticism and people in position of absolute spiritual leadership and people who willingly believe it, you get some interesting relationships...
- tombh 9y agoIt very much is scandal-filled. Just take the recent coming to light of Sogyal Rinpoche's abuses of power: https://www.lionsroar.com/letter-to-sogyal-rinpoche-from-current-and-ex-rigpa-members-details-abuse-allegations/ https://www.lionsroar.com/letter-to-sogyal-rinpoche-from-cur... Not to mention the extraordinary mess that was Chögyam Trungpa.
- thanatropism 9y agoI enjoyed reading Lions' Roar until Trump won the election.
- yorwba 9y agoMy dictionary translates 密宗 as Tantric Buddhism, which in the West is also associated with sexual rituals. (But as I understand, those are not actually as common as some would prefer.)