Monday, September 17, 2018

In Wake of #MeToo, a Tibetan Buddhist lama Offers a Teacher-Student “Sex Contract”

In Wake of #MeToo, a Tibetan Buddhist lama Offers a Teacher-Student “Sex Contract”




The post, which was taken down after circulating for around 24 hours, caused anger, sadness, and 
confusion as supporters discussed the immaturity and inappropriateness of the 
supposed joke. However, as a public posting it was archived and can be found elsewhere online.
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, often addressed with the honorific “Rinpoche” and also known as 
Khyentse Norbu, is a well known Buddhist teacher, writer, and filmmaker from Bhutan. He caused 
ripples in the Tibetan Buddhist communities in August when he wrote a rambling 10,000 word-long 
letter both defending Sogyal Lakar’s abusive actions from within the Vajrayana context and 
questioning the very credentials that Lakar claimed to hold...

The sex contract:

https://thedorjeshugdengroup.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/dzongsar-khyentse-deed-of-agreement-18-x-2017.pdf

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