‘The stories of former members of high-demand groups don’t get told as often as they should. Being swindled, deceived, controlled, or betrayed in a cultic group is an experience that many thousands of people have been through. Unfortunately, the vast majority of such people who identify their experience as abusive do not speak out’. (Daniel Shaw)
Standard Lauren’s YouTube channel:
Greg Powell’s testimony on the New Kadampa Survivor Testimonies page
Tenzin Peljor: How I got sucked into a cult.
Carol McQuire: Realising the Guru’s Intention: Hungry Humans and Awkward Animals in a New Kadampa Tradition community
Peter Graham Dryburgh: When it’s more than abuse
Andrea Ballance: I am not your teacher, A story of an NKT nun ‘disrobing‘, Talking about profound loneliness, Duty of Care. A cartoon series by Andrea that portrays her experiences is here.
Ivy Wallace: Finally after years of fanaticism I began opening my eyes
Linda Ciardiello: It slowly dawned on me that I had been sucked into a cult
Tenzing Wangdak: The ticking bomb that took 23 years to explode, Part 1 and Part 2.
Matthew O’Connell: Buddhist bullshit.
Stephen Schettini “The Novice: Why I became a Buddhist Monk, Why I Left and Why Learned”
Last time I saw Kelsang Gyatso (anonymous)
Ordained too early (Rob, surname anonymous) The real danger (another Robert, or possibly the same one)
Eighteen months since leaving the NKT (anonymous)
A day in the life of The New Kadampa Tradition (anonymous)
Recovery from The New Kadampa Tradition - A Resource Centre 