Comments on: Whinge about E-sangha

By: Matthew O'Connell

Matthew O'Connell — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:49:32 +0000

Namdrol is a traditionalist nut. I discovered the e-sangha today and kept seeing the same name appear again and again with the same short, arrogant vaguely academic leaning. He’s basically an angry Buddhist dogmatist. After leaving behind an obsession with dogma, tradition and so-called authentic Tibetan Buddhism, I forgot that so many Buddhist circles are filled with such closed mind folk.

By: Yet Another One « E-sangha Alert

Yet Another One « E-sangha Alert — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:51:50 +0000

[...] The DangZang blog has moved. The relevant URL is now http://chagchen.org/2009/04/08/whinge-about-e-sangha/ [...]

By: Karl Jacob

Karl Jacob — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:25:02 +0000

they just deleted a thread about david carradines death.

was he a H.H. so ppl are not allowed to talk about him ?

it sucks.

again

and again

and again

and again

I have no other words for it anymore than "spritual fascism".

and I´m nothing but glad to be no buddhist and e-sanga is one of the reasons for it.

By: A Word Witch

A Word Witch — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:51:00 +0000

I would like to comment, specifically, about this exchange:

"Malcolm, however, declared that:

'There is no reason to respect the teachings of other religions' Part of the reason, it appears, is that Christians, for instance, 'don't realize emptiness because they do not have the view of emptiness.'

And here's me thinking that we should learn to respect those with whom we disagree!"

When I took refuge with Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche (of KTD in the USA) in the early 1990s, he explained to us that a part of our refuge vow including showing respect to ALL religions. Since taking this vow was, basically, my introduction to how Buddhism is actually practiced (as opposed to gleaning information from books, which I had done up until that time), I am stunned that there are Buddhists--or people calling themselves Buddhists--out there who would disagree with such an idea.

As my mother was fond of saying, "It takes all kinds to make a world, and we've got 'em."

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:19:00 +0000

Blind leading the blind? That’s e-sangha all right.

By: haydenlaw

haydenlaw — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:23:00 +0000

Alex – your comments are very much on target – but until recently I would have defended E-Sangha pretty vigorously. A good forum requires a very firm moderating hand, imho. But, interestingly, also a visible one. Or maybe as the current political buzz-word has it, it requires transparency. This business of disappearing posts, members, and entire sub-fora is disconcerting and disappointing.

Namdrol is a slightly different issue – quite baffling.