Publisher's Synopsis
Enthralled: The Guru Cult of Tibetan Buddhism exposes the real story behind the recent scandals regarding Shambhala International and Rigpa International, and their head Lamas, Sakyong Mipham, and Lama Sogyal Rinpoche, whose egregious sexual and other abuses of their western students have been all over the mainstream news in the 2017-2018 news cycle. Forcing these lamas to extricate themselves to parts unknown to escape criminal consequences. Enthralled reveals how this is only the 'tip- of- the iceberg' of what lies beneath the smiles of these Tibetan lamas. Chandler's book examines: The history of Tibetan Lamaism and its institutionalized sexual exploitation of young females for the Lamas' secret Vajrayana occult practices that are nothing the Buddha ever taught. How the institution of tulkus, i.e., recognized 'living Buddhas' by the Lamaist hierarchy, ensures despotic fundamentalism that is abusive to everyone; including the little boys who are groomed by Tibetan Lamaism to be its brand names. How Tibetan 'Buddhism' is Lamaism, not Buddhism; an androcentric priesthood engaged in occult, superstitious practices of 8th century Indian Tantric yogis and ancient Bon shaman practices, mixed with traditional Mahayana Buddhism; meeting the criteria of cult-experts Lifton and Singer of what makes a cult a cult, including its guru yoga practices; the most effective of their mind-control techniques. How the sexual and other abuses by these Lamas, and their 'advanced' western inner circle, are not exceptional acts of exploitation done by rogue lamas but are built into the Vajrayana Tantric teachings, themselves. How the roots of the mindfulness explosion originated with two Tibetan Tantric students of the notorious Trungpa Rinpoche; who then joined forces with the Dalai Lama's Mind and Life Institute. A movement that is now 'mega-corporatized.' The same 'mindfulness' practices that are teaching more people to become passive and less rational; no longer able to judge between right and wrong, or lies from the truth. How these Tibetan Lamas have actively joined forces with the Progressive Left's ideology and its 'Green New Deal.' With 'on-the-ground' analysis, extensive documentation, and a fact-filled, personal narrative, Enthralled: The Guru Cult of Tibetan Buddhism, delves deep into the dangers this spread of Tantra through Tibetan Buddhism and its mindfulness movement poses to the separation of Church and State and the foundations of our western democratic values and freedoms.
