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Mary Finnigan

Mary Finnigan is a journalist and a writer on Tibetan Buddhism

March 2013

  • Makha Bucha Day Buddhist holy day

    Cif belief
    William Roache misunderstands karma – it is not simple cause and effect

    Mary Finnigan
    Mary Finnigan: The Coronation Street star joins a long list of celebrities who have misinterpreted Buddhist and Hindu philosophy

October 2012

  • Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama answers questions at a news conference in Manchester

    Cif belief
    The lamas who give Tibetan Buddhism a bad name

    Mary Finnigan

    Mary Finnigan: Don't be taken in by the Shangri La factor. If seeking guidance in Buddhism, choose your teacher carefully

June 2012

  • Björk is performing at the Fes festival this year.

    Cif belief
    The Fes festival resonates in the real world

    Mary Finnigan

    Mary Finnigan: Faouzi Skali founded Morocco's spiritual music festival, a haven of peace among the bloodshed across the Arab world

March 2012

  • buddhist monks

    Cif belief
    The YouTube confessional sending shockwaves through the Buddhist world

    Mary Finnigan
    Mary Finnigan: Young Kalu Rinpoche's traumatic revelations highlight the dissonance between Tibetan tradition and 21st-century life

November 2011

  • Tibetan Buddhism

    Cif belief
    The Buddhist organisations that are thriving during the debt crisis

    Mary Finnigan
    Mary Finnigan: In times of financial hardship, meditators are still willing to pay large fees to hear the teachings of high-profile Buddhists

September 2011

  • Buddhist monks

    Cif belief
    Mingyur Rinpoche, the millionaire monk who renounced it all

    Mary Finnigan
    Mary Finnigan: The Buddhist teacher's decision to leave his monastery suggests a revival of the principles laid down by the Buddha

July 2011

  • A Tibetan Buddhist nun

    Cif belief
    Lama sex abuse claims call Buddhist taboos into question

    Mary Finnigan
    Mary Finnigan: Allegations against Sogyal Rinpoche highlight the dangers of Buddhist injunctions against gossip and insistence on loyalty

May 2011

  • Tibet's 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje

    Cif belief
    No role for the Karmapa

    Mary Finnigan

    Mary Finnigan: The Dalai Lama has acted shrewdly in giving up his political position and removing the need for a regency

March 2011

  • Bodhisattva Of The Hell Beings statues in Bintan, Indonesia

    The question
    Hell as a temporary measure

    Mary Finnigan
  • George Michael

    Cif belief
    George Michael needs a lesson in karma

    Mary Finnigan

July 2010

  • Cif belief
    The triumph of Tibetan Buddhism

    Mary Finnigan

    Mary Finnigan: On the Dalai Lama's 75th birthday, Tibetan Buddhism continues to spread, despite myth-making and scandals

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