58 min

S1E1 What's In A Name? Being a Bad Buddhist..‪.‬ The Bad Buddhist Podcast

    • Buddhism

In this audio essay the host shares some of his personal experiences with Vajrayana Buddhism, both life changing and beneficial as well as those that brought about a great deal of harm and confusion. He discusses practices he thinks need improvement in Tantric Buddhism before it can be successful in the West and those that need to be discarded, with an eye toward creating a safe space for other Buddhists who have encountered abusive or exploitative situations in their practice to ...

In this audio essay the host shares some of his personal experiences with Vajrayana Buddhism, both life changing and beneficial as well as those that brought about a great deal of harm and confusion. He discusses practices he thinks need improvement in Tantric Buddhism before it can be successful in the West and those that need to be discarded, with an eye toward creating a safe space for other Buddhists who have encountered abusive or exploitative situations in their practice to ...

58 min