(en) Matteo Pistono, In the Shadow of the Buddha : Secret Journeys, Sacred Histories, and Spiritual Discovery in Tibet, New York, Dutton, , 237 p. (ISBN978-0-525-95119-3, lire en ligne).
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Communiqué suite au scandale lié à Sogyal Rinpoché, sur UBF, 3 août 2017 : « Le maître du bouddhisme tibétain nyingmapa, Sogyal Rinpoché, est visé par des accusations concordantes, qui, tel que nous en avons connaissance et telles qu’elles sont énoncées, ne correspondent en aucun cas à l’éthique bouddhiste et se révèlent injustifiables à tous points de vue. Dans l’attente qu’une évolution heureuse soit établie, l’Union Bouddhiste de France suspend la qualité de membre de Rigpa Lérab Ling et Rigpa France ».
« Annuaire des membres », sur L'UBF : Fédération des Associations Bouddhistes de France (consulté le ).
Dialogue Ireland, « Briefing document on Sogyal Rinpoche », sur dialogueireland.org (consulté le ) : « In 1994 the Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama hosted a conference for Western Buddhist teachers. One of the items on the agenda was how to deal with the increasing number of charlatans posing as qualified gurus who were using their positions of power to inflict physical and mental abuse on unwitting disciples: a question prompted in part by Sogyal Rinpoche’s ‘enlightened activities’. The Dalai’s advice? ‘Criticize openly,’ His Holiness declared. ‘That’s the only way. If there is incontrovertible evidence of wrongdoing, teachers should be confronted with it. They should be allowed to admit their wrongs, make amends, and undergo a rehabilitation process. If a teacher won’t respond, students should publish the situation in a newspaper, not omitting the teacher’s name,” His Holiness said. “The fact that the teacher may have done many other good things should not keep us silent.” Again, in 2001, when answering a similar question, he advised potential converts to check a guru’s qualifications carefully; ‘The best thing is,‘ the Dalai Lama said, ‘whenever exploitation, sexual abuse or money abuse happen, make them public. »
Cité dans (en) Dialogue Ireland : « American victim culture, of which weird sexual suits are an integral part… I do not believe gurus are perfect, nor the women who follow them, do not believe that adults who make messy choices are victims of anybody except themselves, do not believe that adult women (or men) who have consensual sex with a guru, superiors, bosses, film producers etc are really in the same boat as Cuban refugees who are sexually exploited because they have no real choice, and certainly not in the same boat as rape victims. I have no doubt but that Rinpoche, like many priests, ministers, gurus, comes onto women. But he comes onto adults. It is not nice, but it is not unusual and it has no bearing on the general message of Buddhism, no more than Paisley behaviour can discredit the message of Christianity. »
(en) Kathryn Goldman Schuyler, Inner Peace : Global Impact : Tibetan Buddhism, Leadership, and Work, , 381 p. (lire en ligne), p. 159.
(en) Stephen Batchelor, The Awakening of the West : The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture, , 435 p. (lire en ligne), p. 72.
(en) Stephen Batchelor, The Awakening of the West : The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture, , 435 p. (lire en ligne), p. 72.
(en) J. Gordon Melton et Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2nd Edition [6 volumes], , 3200 p. (lire en ligne), p. 2416.
(en) H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama et Nyoshul Khenpo, Dzogchen : Heart Essence of the Great Perfection, , 256 p. (ISBN978-1-61180-793-6, lire en ligne).
(en) Kate Wheeler, Toward an New Spiritual Ethic, Yoga Journal, (présentation en ligne), p. 36 : « If there is incontrovertible evidence of wrongdoing, teachers should be confronted with it (…) if a teacher won’t respond, students should publish the situation in a newspaper, not omitting the teacher’s name, His Holiness said. »
Rod Meade Sperry, « Sogyal Rinpoche to enter “period of retreat and reflection” following allegations of abuse », sur Lion's Roar, (consulté le ) : « Following the release of a letter recently issued by current and ex-Rigpa members, which details alleged abuses by Rigpa founder and spiritual director Sogyal Rinpoche... We would like to state clearly that there is no place for abuse in our community... We respect Sogyal Rinpoche’s decision to step back and to enter a period of retreat and reflection, and find it wise... We intend to bring clarity to this situation as soon as possible. »
(en) Richard Sandomir, Sogyal Rinpoche Dies; Tibetan Buddhist Lama Felled by Abuse Accusations, The New York Times, : « Sogyal Rinpoche, a charismatic Tibetan Buddhist teacher and best-selling author who abruptly retired after several of his students accused him of multiple acts of sexual, physical and emotional abuse, died on Aug. 28 in a hospital in Thailand. »
(en) Une interview de Sogyal Rinpoché, (avec Swami Virato), NEW FRONTIER Magazine, Novembre 1993 « Over the past decade he has shared ideas and insights with notable leaders in the field of death and dying including Elizabeth Kübler Ross, Raymond Moody, Stanislav Grof, Kenneth Ring, Margot Grey and Charles Garfield. »
(en) Mick Brown, Buddhism’s bad boy: the fall of Sogyal Rinpoche, Post Magazine, 4 octobre 2017 : « At Lerab Ling, he lived in a chalet decorated with cedar-wood panels that overlooked his own heated swimming pool. There was a giant television on which he enjoyed watching his favourite American action movies. In the “lama kitchen”, attendants were available day and night to provide his favourite dishes at a moment’s notice. »
« Pour parvenir à mes conclusions, j'ai appliqué les normes civiles de preuves du Royaume- Uni (contrairement aux normes criminelles). Cela signife que, pour retenir une allégation, je dois être convaincue, sur la base d'éléments de preuves suffsants, que les agissements se sont déroulés « en fonction de la balance des probabilités ».
En substance, cela signife que, pour retenir l’allégation, il faut que j’arrive à la conclusion qu’il y a plus de 50% de chances que le comportement allégué ait eu lieu.
Si elles étaient avérées, certaines des allégations formulées contre Sogyal Lakar constitueraient un acte criminel.
Je dois préciser qu’au Royaume-Uni, pour qu’une personne soit condamnée pour crime, un niveau de preuve plus élevé est requis : les allégations doivent être « "hors de tout doute raisonnable »". Si tel était le cas pour les allégations contre Sogyal Lakar, il faudrait en référer aux autorités compétentes et j'ai exhorté ceux qui se considèrent victimes d’actes criminels à contacter la police s'ils jugent opportun de le faire. »,[1]
(en) Mary Finnigan, Lama sex abuse claims call Buddhist taboos into question, The Guardian, 1 July 2011 : « In November 1994 an American woman known as Janice Doe filed a $10m lawsuit against the Tibetan lama Sogyal Rinpoche, charging him with sexual, mental and physical abuse. The case was dealt with out of court and Janice Doe signed a non-disclosure agreement in return for a cash settlement. »
(en) Mary Finnigan, « Lama sex abuse claims call Buddhist taboos into question », sur The Guardian, « A more cynical view of this apparent conspiracy of silence hinges on the fact that Sogyal pulls in a lot of money – some of which is channelled into Tibetan worthy causes. »
Cet ouvrage est tiré d'une thèse de doctorat soutenue en décembre 2013 à l'École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris) : Dapsance, Marion, « « Ceci n’est pas une religion » : l’apprentissage du dharma selon Rigpa (France) », http://www.theses.fr/, (lire en ligne, consulté le )
Rédaction ou auteurs secondaires : Patrick Gaffney et Andrew Harvey(en) ; traduction française : Gisèle Gaudebert et Marie-Claude Morel.
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(en) Don Lattin, Best-selling Buddhist author accused of sexual abuse, San Francisco Free Press, 10 novembre 1994 : « Sandra Pawula, spokeswoman for the Rigpa Fellowship of Santa Cruz, [...] declined to comment about the allegations, but said that Rinpoche is not married and does not claim to be a celibate monk. »
