Two former Rigpa students recall the abusive behavior of their teacher and the moment they realized it was not “crazy wisdom.”

Tibet’s most famous holy madman

When crazy wisdom is used as a scam or excuse by unscrupulous teachers, it can take any of three general forms. In the first, teachers claim outright that some or all of their actions are crazy wisdom. In the second, they make no such claim, but publicly sing the praises of crazy wisdom, behave badly, […]