Alex Wilding

But I was spurred to have a quick look at this topic right now because of an article recently released on the internet by an author known as B. Schofield, or B. Schofield, I'm not sure. An article that genuinely does seem to have gone viral. I've been seeing the link on the pages of all sorts of friends. The article is called Secrets of Shambhala in Pema Chodron's Shadow.

But I was spurred to have a quick look at this topic right now because of an article recently released on the internet by an author known as B. Schofield, or B. Schofield, I'm not sure. An article that genuinely does seem to have gone viral. I've been seeing the link on the pages of all sorts of friends. The article is called Secrets of Shambhala in Pema Chodron's Shadow.

It contains a few bits of information that are new to me, and perhaps therefore to most people, but for the greater part it's an assembly of stuff about Trungpa's behaviour that is already publicly available if only one has the determination to do some digging. I previously knew nothing about Schofield and would not venture to pass judgment on the quality of the journalism.

It contains a few bits of information that are new to me, and perhaps therefore to most people, but for the greater part it's an assembly of stuff about Trungpa's behaviour that is already publicly available if only one has the determination to do some digging. I previously knew nothing about Schofield and would not venture to pass judgment on the quality of the journalism.

But since so much of the content is familiar to people who've kept their ear even halfway to the ground, I'm inclined to give a fair degree of credence to the new material. What the article does, and why I think it has been spread so first and widely, is that it brings together information which...

But since so much of the content is familiar to people who've kept their ear even halfway to the ground, I'm inclined to give a fair degree of credence to the new material. What the article does, and why I think it has been spread so first and widely, is that it brings together information which...

as I said, has been publicly available, but has been scattered in little corners, archives and blogs. The effect of seeing it all described in one place is rather like seeing a car crash and watching it turn into a massive pile-up.

as I said, has been publicly available, but has been scattered in little corners, archives and blogs. The effect of seeing it all described in one place is rather like seeing a car crash and watching it turn into a massive pile-up.

I myself am not really an expert on Trungpa either as a critic or an enthusiast, except for one little corner of his story, which is the fable that he studied at Oxford University. This fable is widely circulated and believed amongst his followers and is touted as evidence of his exceptional genius. The only problem is, it turns out not to be true.

I myself am not really an expert on Trungpa either as a critic or an enthusiast, except for one little corner of his story, which is the fable that he studied at Oxford University. This fable is widely circulated and believed amongst his followers and is touted as evidence of his exceptional genius. The only problem is, it turns out not to be true.

If anyone wants to know more, contact me and I will point you to a blog post that goes into this story in some detail and with plenty of checkable references. Now, it's entirely clear that in his early days, Trungpa was quite charismatic. And that's exactly why I now count myself lucky never to have met him.

If anyone wants to know more, contact me and I will point you to a blog post that goes into this story in some detail and with plenty of checkable references. Now, it's entirely clear that in his early days, Trungpa was quite charismatic. And that's exactly why I now count myself lucky never to have met him.

I got into the Dharma scene in the UK not long after he had been obliged to leave Samye Ling in Scotland. In those days, of course, I was young. I was a naive seeker, and who knows, I might well have fallen under his spell. But I escaped. However, while his behaviour got him ejected from Samye Ling...

I got into the Dharma scene in the UK not long after he had been obliged to leave Samye Ling in Scotland. In those days, of course, I was young. I was a naive seeker, and who knows, I might well have fallen under his spell. But I escaped. However, while his behaviour got him ejected from Samye Ling...

His charisma found fertile ground in the United States, particularly amongst the hippie community, and some of his followers from those days, I think they refer to themselves now as the Old Dogs, are still around. He does have his supporters and defenders. One of the supporters, William Cassidy, who styles himself Urgen Tenpa and sometimes adds Rinpoche to that name,

His charisma found fertile ground in the United States, particularly amongst the hippie community, and some of his followers from those days, I think they refer to themselves now as the Old Dogs, are still around. He does have his supporters and defenders. One of the supporters, William Cassidy, who styles himself Urgen Tenpa and sometimes adds Rinpoche to that name,

recently wrote that, and I quote, these gals crying about sexual matters are either just plain stupid or totally down for it. I trust you, my listeners, not to need a lengthy explanation of how unregenerate such an attitude is. Those who want to know more can simply do an internet search, putting in the two names Cassidy and Zeoli into the search box.

recently wrote that, and I quote, these gals crying about sexual matters are either just plain stupid or totally down for it. I trust you, my listeners, not to need a lengthy explanation of how unregenerate such an attitude is. Those who want to know more can simply do an internet search, putting in the two names Cassidy and Zeoli into the search box.

You'll soon get an impression of who we are dealing with here. Zeoli, I will just explain now, is the legal surname of the woman widely known as Ahon Llamo. What's interesting to me is that, at least at the time that I'm recording this podcast, And, as far as I have seen, none of Trungpa's defenders have yet stood up to say that any particular points in the article concerned are false.

You'll soon get an impression of who we are dealing with here. Zeoli, I will just explain now, is the legal surname of the woman widely known as Ahon Llamo. What's interesting to me is that, at least at the time that I'm recording this podcast, And, as far as I have seen, none of Trungpa's defenders have yet stood up to say that any particular points in the article concerned are false.