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Corboy note: CEI message board participant facet contributed this item in another section of the CEI message board. Corboy has put a copy here.
Awhile back, in 2009 the DL received 1 million dollars from Keith Raniere's group.
[dailygazette.com]
More here:
[www.google.com]
One article mentions this:
[www.refinery29.com]
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Dalai Lama Signing Taschen Books new
Posted by: facet
Date: August 02, 2020 12:16PM
I hope this is posted in the correct section, apologies in advance if it is not.
I received a marketing email from Taschen Books, something that I signed up for in 2009 and never heard anything from since.. until now.
The Dalai Lama has teamed up with Taschen and others in order to sell highly priced books that he has signed.
[www.taschen.com]
There are other editions too. This one is $12,425 usd or uk £9,500.
I wonder what everyone’s cut is?
Corboy note: CEI message board participant facet contributed this item in another section of the CEI message board. Corboy has put a copy here.
Awhile back, in 2009 the DL received 1 million dollars from Keith Raniere's group.
[dailygazette.com]
More here:
[www.google.com]
One article mentions this:
[www.refinery29.com]
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On May 6, 2009, the Dalai Lama arrived in Albany, New York to speak on the topic of compassionate ethics during difficult times at the inaugural World Ethical Foundations Consortium conference that would be attended by 3,000 NXIVM members at Palace Theatre. High ranking members of NXIVM joined him on stage. At one point, the Dalai Lama placed a traditional ceremonial Tibetan scarf, known as a khata, around the Raniere’s neck. The WEFC was a non-profit organization established by Raniere alongside sisters and NXIVM members, Sara and Clare Bronfman. Sara in particular is credited with helping book the Dalai Lama to speak at the event, thanks to her relationship with his “personal emissary of peace” to the United States, Lama Tenzin Dhonden. Some allege that she was romantically involved with Dhonden.
This is where it gets tricky. It is unlikely that the Dalai Lama knew the depths of corruption and abuse beneath the surface of NXIVM, especially given that, in 2009, most people only knew it as a zealous self-help organization. When the Dalai Lama’s appearance was first announced, the Albany press was quick to question why he would associate himself with the “cult-like” organization. This was still years before the break of any major news story on NXIVM. The first whistleblowers who spoke out against the sex cult were all still a part of the organization at this time.
In each of their testimonies, the illusion was very much still intact at this point, at least for them.
Two local colleges, Skidmore College and Rensselaer Polytechnic declined to host the event. The Dalai Lama even received emails complaining of the association, reports Vanity Fair. During the month before the conference, the blowback was so bad that the Dalai Lama actually canceled his visit. Little is known about how he was convinced to reinstate the engagement, but it is believed that Sara and Clare Bronfman flew to Dharamsala, India to beg him to change his mind. Apparently, their persuasion worked.