Talk:Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition

message: Hello everyone, I too hope you are well 
Forgive my being bold, but I have made a number of changes - 'well-known' is to my mind a matter of opinion. What happened to Conishead Priory after it ceased to be the Manjushri Institute in 1984 seems to me to be nothing to do with an article on the FPMT. I think a citation is needed for the data on the number of centers. 
hope this makes sense, cheers Excellentone 14:07, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, Kopan Monastery used to perform the shugden practice, but not anymore. (Shugden has been known to be an "evil spirit." Don't practice it!) Prowikipedians (talk) 10:39, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: earlier comments

message: who added the long controversy section without giving even a source for it? So I removed it. FPMT is described in detail in Bluck's British Buddhism, David N. Kay's research and Cozort's short research article, see NKT article references. Regarding Shugden there was no notable controversy on it because both lamas accepted to stop that practice and it seems they had no problem of doing so. Or do you have any other source which saying the opposite? Regards kt66
:removed that point completely. My arguments are: 1. no sources were given; 2. that FPMT lost one of their main centers to NKT is may not be a controversy from the site of the FPMT. If someone takes a thing away from me, without my agreement, such behaviour may be controversial from the site of the taker but what is there controversial from the site of the one who lost his belongings to such a "taker"? At the end they never mentioned this lost much in the public they rather "swallowed" it without bringing it to the public. However, if you have sources, we can add of course controversial points, but I have not seen one or a source for it until now and also the section offered no sources. That's why I removed that point completely. Regards, --Kt66 18:19, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: show me the citations please...(just to prevent faked material from being posted on Wikipedia..) Prowikipedians (talk) 10:31, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: removed POV and unsourced controversy stuff

message: So, do we have enough citations yet? Can we remove this tag? Dawud (talk) 14:32, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmn..I'm not sure if we can remove the tag, but I think we have enough citations already, since most of the information comes from the FPMT offical website, Wisdom Archives, etc. Prowikipedians (talk) 10:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "Citations needed" tag

message: It has been brought to my attention that, after visiting several FPMT center articles (such as Kopan Monastery), these articles need to be linked to (FPMT->center) and updated more often.  Any ideas for improvement?  Prowikipedians (talk) 10:36, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  FPMT -- Kopan Monastery & Center (and article?) links 

message: Could someone who is more proficient with images than I, put up some? I would like to see the FPMT's symbol (the mandala which is all over their website--I believe it is Guhyasamaja) as well as photos of Lamas Yeshe, Zopa, and/or Osel; Zina Rachevsky; early meditation courses with lots of hippies; Kopan monastery... that sort of thing. Dawud (talk)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.167.168.47 (talk) 02:49, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem. I have the photos. It might take some time though. Prowikipedians (talk) 12:25, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Request

message: I took it off, given that most of the page seems to have sources, but somebody put it back up. Well--what more do you want? --Dawud  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.167.162.138 (talk) 01:04, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with you. It has enough sources, particularly from the original FPMT website provides PLENTY of information. Plus, I don't know what else to add here. I think some Wikipedians out here may seem to lack some understanding of the structure of FPMT. Spiritually powerful. Prowikipedians (talk) 14:50, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "Need more sources" tag

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Yesterday, I added the following passage:
::In 2019, a group of nuns called for an independent, third-party investigation into complaints of groping, sexual harassment, and sexual assault by Sera lama and FPMT teacher Dagri Rinpoche over a ten-year period. A petition to this effect attracted more than 4000 signatures.The FPMT International Office responded by suspending Dagri Rinpoche from its list of teachers, and commissioning FaithTrust Institute to conduct the requested investigation. Its 19 Sept. 2020 report found the allegations credible, and--since Dagri Rinpoche refused to be interviewed, but issued a written statement asking for forgiveness (he had since been accused of another groping incident, this time on an domestic Indian flight) Lobsang Wangyal, "Dagri Rinpoche speaks out, claims innocence," Tibet Sun (13 May 2019), https://www.tibetsun.com/news/2019/05/13/dagri-rinpoche-speaks-out-claims-innocence --concluded that a preponderance of the evidence confirmed "a pattern of abuse" by Dagri Rinpoche. The report also noted a pattern of "coercive or retaliatory behaviors" aimed at silencing complainants, and criticized the FPMT for its lack of any clear mechanism to handle such complaints (pp. 38-39). Five (out of eight) FPMT board members resigned amidst controversy over whether to release the report. A draft summary report was published, Dagri Rinpoche's suspension made permanent, and FPMT center leaders and registered teachers required to take a "Protection from Abuse" online training course.  "Update from FPMT Inc. (13 Nov. 2020), https://fpmt.org/fpmt-community-news/statement/nov-13-2020-update/    Tenpel (Tenzin Peljor, aka Michael Jäckel), "Fact-Finding Results in Response to Allegations of Sexual Misconduct by Dagri Rinpoche" (17 Nov. 2020), https://buddhism-controversy-blog.com/2020/11/17/fact-finding-results-in-response-to-multiple-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct-by-dagri-rinpoche/ Commenting on the situation, Lama Zopa stated that in his view, "Dagri Rinpoche is a very positive, holy being—definitely not an ordinary person," and urged those who had received empowerments from him to practice guru devotion, seeing only his pure qualities.  "Lama Zopa's Advice to Students of Dagri Rinpoche" (14 May 2019), https://fpmt.org/lama-zopa-rinpoche-news-and-advice/advice-from-lama-zopa-rinpoche/lama-zopa-rinpoches-advice-to-students-of-dagri-rinpoche/  
I had intended to double-check the chronology, and add the FPMT's written response, but Materialscientist reverted all of my edits for that day (not all of which were about Dagri). I re-reverted, but took the above paragraph out, thinking that Materialscientist probably did not mean to revert my unrelated edits.
Sooo... the Dagri Rinpoche scandal is clearly noteworthy. (It made Tricycle and the Indian newspapers.) Materialscientist, surely you cannot be proposing to ignore it altogether. Do you object to my presentation of it? Details, please. --Dawud  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.37.182.223 (talk) 04:15, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: EDIT: After two weeks with no discussion, I have re-added an edited version of the passage (now with FPMT objections to the report).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.37.211.53 (talk) 04:13, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Dagri Rinpoche scandal