Chutzpah: Geshe Michael Roach's Je Tsongkapa Student Center

[Schrödinger’s Yidam]

A human being has his limits. And thus in every conceivable way, with every possible means, he tries to make the teaching enter into his own limits.
ChNN

HHDL has said that the whole "monks with wives" idea is not Dharma.

[dreambow]

Thanks Haydude, In addition he says that his Diamond Cutter seminars are very popular in China, Tibetan Buddhism's greatest foe. ("When I ask the Chinese about Tibetans," he says, "they say, 'Geshe Michael, you live on Navajo land. When you give the land back, we will.' ") His assistants say they need to hire bodyguards to keep at bay the adoring audiences who want to touch him. His picture is on public buses. In the Chinese industrial­ city of Guangzhou (population 8.4 million), Roach's program is advertised as "King Kong Rules of Success."

[DGA]

Thanks Haydude, In addition he says that his Diamond Cutter seminars are very popular in China, Tibetan Buddhism's greatest foe. ("When I ask the Chinese about Tibetans," he says, "they say, 'Geshe Michael, you live on Navajo land. When you give the land back, we will.' ") His assistants say they need to hire bodyguards to keep at bay the adoring audiences who want to touch him. His picture is on public buses. In the Chinese industrial­ city of Guangzhou (population 8.4 million), Roach's program is advertised as "King Kong Rules of Success."

That's weird.

They kind of have a point about US history. Everyone should read this book, including one M. Roach.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bury_My_H ... unded_Knee

[Fortyeightvows]

I'm wondering if anyone is going to read the novel which was written by one of the people while they were in the 'three year retreat'?
http://www.amazon.com/Superyogi-Scenari ... 1433453492

[Paul]

we all should be concerned that every year he travels the world to spread his mistaken views of karmic principles to large crowds in cities across Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

the problem is that he sells something that is very clearly not buddhism as buddhism and turns this into an ego trip.

I personally think that MR has some kind of mental illness that comes with delusion.

I am convinced that his weird views on emptiness and karma are potent fuel for mental illness. There is a lot of make believe and magical thinking that kind of sounds like the traditional views but is a black hole of solipsism.