Deep Cut pulls from our bonus episode archive to unearth previous ideas that remain relevant today.

What the hell happened between the Dalai Lama and that Indian boy? The internet served up a raft of painfully inflammatory takes, so I took a month to talk with Tibetologists and review the literature on sexual abuse in Tibetan Buddhist contexts.

This is a deep, tangled dive. Content warnings apply.

Chapters:

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Single Origins — Pete Kuzma

Show Notes

Stop Sensationalizing the Dalai Lama's Innocent Interactions | A Tibetan's Perspective

Yin Sun

རྒྱ་གར་མཐོ་སློབ་ཀྱི་བྱིས་པ་ཞིག་གིས་མཇལ་ཁ་ཞུས་པ།

Cardi B on Twitter: This world is full of predators.

The Dalai Lama is clearly pedo inclined. He wrote a statement (in third person) after we posted the clip below.

https://twitter.com/MIAuniverse/status/1645530569042956289

MIA on vaccines, vindication and her visions of Jesus: ‘People fear me for some reason’

Himalayan Community comes out with massive outpour of support for HH the Dalai Lama

https://thewalrus.ca/survivors-of-an-international-buddhist-cult-share-their-stories/

Survivors of an International Buddhist Cult Share Their Stories | The Walrus

‘Abuse of Power’ (1999) | open buddhism

Confessions of Kalu Rinpoche

‘Not The Tibetan Way’: The Dalai Lama’s Realpolitik Concerning Abusive Teachers | open buddhism

Independent: Sexual Abuse Allegations in Tibetan Buddhism

Mind & Life Institute statement on the Dalai Lama

Mongolian child named by Dalai Lama as reincarnation of Buddhism's third most important leader | Daily Mail Online

China: Dalai Lama furore reignites Tibet 'slave' controversy - BBC News

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq4hDfaLe6d/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq_1L77vl2L/

Attune to the Body Cues of the Boy in the Dalai Lama Incident + Open Offer for Counseling to the Boy

https://twitter.com/LizCrokin/status/1645971419447148545

Tibetans Say the Dalai Lama’s ‘Suck My Tongue’ Viral Video Is Being Misinterpreted

Brother Lobsang commentary 

“Eat my Tongue” explanation 

Giaco Orofino commentary 

HH Dalai Lama Archetype of Radical Innocence with Robert Thurman : On The Recent Viral Video

Kazi Adi Shakti's essay 

Holopoiesis

MORAL OUTRAGE PORN C. Thi Nguyen and Bekka Williams

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