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    Bonus Sample: The Dalai Lama Spectacle

    Bonus Sample: The Dalai Lama Spectacle

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    Bonus Sample: The Dalai Lama Spectacle

    FromConspirituality

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    Length:
    7 minutes
    Released:
    May 15, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    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. 
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    Why cover this, and why now?

    Summary

    The Clip

    Virality

    Two Orientalisms

    Outrages and Pilled Mindset

    What do Tibetans and their allies say?

    Kazi Adi Shakti, Thi Nguyen, Becca Williams


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    Released:
    May 15, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    A weekly study of converging right-wing conspiracy theories and faux-progressive wellness utopianism. At best, the conspirituality movement attacks public health efforts in times of crisis. At worst, it fronts and recruits for the fever-dream of QAnon. As the alt-right and New Age horseshoe toward each other in a blur of disinformation, clear discourse and good intentions get smothered. Charismatic influencers exploit their followers by co-opting conspiracy theories on a spectrum of intensity ranging from vaccines to child trafficking. In the process, spiritual beliefs that have nurtured creativity and meaning are transforming into memes of a quickly-globalizing paranoia. Conspirituality Podcast attempts to bring understanding to this landscape. A journalist, a cult researcher, and a philosophical skeptic discuss the stories, cognitive dissonances, and cultic dynamics tearing through the yoga, wellness, and new spirituality worlds. Mainstream outlets have noticed the problem. We crowd-source, research, analyze, and dream answers to it.