Watch this short video: a senior Lama, on camera, tells the women in his audience that anyone who exposes another guru’s sexual abuse — as I did in Enthralled — has committed one of the “five heinous sins,” worse than killing another person. This is the theological threat used inside Vajrayana Buddhism to enforce silence about abuse:

A senior Tibetan Buddhist Lama, on video, tells women in his audience that anyone who exposes another guru’s sexual abuse — as I did in Enthralled — has committed one of the “five heinous sins,” worse than killing another person. This is the theological threat used inside Vajrayana Buddhism to enforce silence about abuse.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtwwS1sHeTM

For the broader essay on the coordinated Vajrayana operation this threat serves: https://extibetanbuddhist.com/lobster-stories/

The reissued edition of Enthralled: The Guru Cult of Tibetan Buddhism arrives in 2026 with a new preface and full index.

— Christine Chandler