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Fallout

By Tahlia Newland

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Fallout

By Tahlia Newland

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When eight students wrote a letter accusing Sogyal Rinpoche, author of the best-selling Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, of decades of physical, emotional and sexual abuse, Tahlia Newland set up an online support group for abuse victims and students of his Tibetan Buddhist community called Rigpa. Appalled by the lack of ethics, the group undertook a journey of discovery during which they uncovered the depth of the trauma suffered by victims, and the fundamentalism and cult behaviour at the heart of the Rigpa community. They learned about destructive cults, trauma and recovery, narcissistic abuse, co-dependency, institutional betrayal, and the methods of mind control used by the Rigpa community, who had covered up and enabled the abuse for decades.
Fallout, Tahlia's memoir of this time, reveals the consequences of spiritual abuse for an ordinary member of an abusive, high-demand religious group and the psychological processing required for healing and cult recovery. Fallout is a cautionary tale for students and potential students of any guru-centred spiritual group. For Buddhist teachers and scholars, it also provides valuable insight into areas of the teachings which can easily be misunderstood and misused. For psychotherapists and counsellors, it's an important case study for anyone working with cult survivors, particularly in a Buddhist context.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
436
Release Date:
2019-07-20
Publication Date:
2019-07-20
Publisher:
Alkira Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0648513041
ISBN13:
9780648513049
Weight:
704 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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