Talk:Shambhala Training

I've removed PastorJennifer's cult labelling: this has been extensively discussed in the Chogyam Trungpa article and discussion, which reference the confirmation of Trunpga's status as a major and authentic teacher of Tibetan Buddhism by heads of all the major lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. szpak 17:31, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the quotes around confirmation - please don't edit other people's notes in the Discussion section of articles. szpak 19:58, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The reference used by PastorJennifer, Miracle, Mystery and Authority: The Triangle of Cult Indoctrination, is a general discussion of cults and does not reference Shambhala Training at all. Perhaps it belongs in the cult article. szpak 17:52, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The refusal of Shambhala to countenance any kind of criticism of their cult only reinforces the impression that Wikipedia is being used as a platform for purely promotional purposes. The observation that Shambhala bears the hall marks of a cult is sufficient grounds for inclusion of the reference to Miracle, Mystery and Authority: The Triangle of Cult Indoctrination.

Please sign your notes. If you check the Chogyam Trungpa article, on the founder of Shambhala Training, you will see referenced there statements by the heads of the major lineages of Tibetan Buddhism (Kagyu, Nyingma, Gelugpa), affirming Chogyam Trungpa as a major and legitimate teacher. This is roughly equivalent to the heads of the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Christian Church, the Church of England, and Billy Graham confirming someone as a legitimate Christian. If you consider Tibetan Buddhism, or Buddhism, to be a cult, that's a different matter, for which you should provide authoritative references in the appropriate articles - and not just your observation. Wikipedia is not a venue for personal opinion. szpak 19:58, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm changing PastorJennifer's analogy of biblical revelation to a comparison with tibetan buddhism. The critique overall is quite valid, that an origin of terma seems to contradict that shambhala training is a solely secular meditation tradition. But a comparison of christian and buddhist revelation would be better made on the terma page itself with citations.