Reader: That’s no monk, that’s Lama Tenzin (with Raniere disciples)

In an earlier story I wrote that The Venerable Lama Tenzin Dhonden, a special emissary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who is a Buddhist monk, visited Sara Bronfman in Albany.

The Venerable Lama Tenzin Dhonden, as I wrote, “In the sex charged society of the love cult of Raniere, …was transformed by Raniere’s ethical tools.”

Sara’s mother’s friend (Sue White) came unexpectedly and found Sara and Lama Tenzin in the hot tub kissing and cuddling amorously/

Kristin Keeffe called it, “canoodling.”

Barbara Bouchey, another inner circle female, said, “Yeah, they weren’t having sex, but they were in the hot tub in a hot-necking embrace.”

Bouchey also said, “I’ve showed up to her house a couple of times and the two of them come out of that bedroom.”

Keeffe said, “I’ve seen him come out of the fucking bedroom. It wasn’t even a secret.”

Raniere evidently knew. He use to say to Sara in front of other people, referring to Lama Tenzin, ‘how’s your husband?’”

 

Apparently this has offended one reader.

He writes:  It strikes us as disreputable to allege that The Venerable Lama Tenzin,.  monk of the Tibetan Buddhist order should have had a sorded affair with Sara Bronfman.

Tibetan monks observe strict rules of conduct with women.

They respect women but, by virtue of their monastic vows, do not touch women nor drink alcohol.  These rules were developed to avoid giving rise to misunderstanding or suspicion. Another male must be present when a monk and a woman would be otherwise alone together.

To prevent physical contact with a woman, a monk will generally set down a cloth to receive things offered by women.

The monk’s precepts do not allow him to even to lie down in the same sleeping quarters as a woman.

According to The Theravadin Buddhist Monk’s Rules (and rules for monk are generally the same the world over): a monk has to be accompanied by a man whenever he is in the presence of a woman; on a journey; or sitting alone in a secluded place. Generally, monks would also refrain from carrying on correspondence with women, other than for matters pertaining to the monastery, travel arrangements, providing basic information, etc. When teaching Dharma, even in a letter, it is easy for inspiration and compassion to turn into attachment.

You say Lama Tenzin, a high ranking monk, was alone in a bedroom with Sara Bronfman.  If what you say is true Lama Tenzin must be defrocked – but I doubt it is true.

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Sir;

I am only quoting what others witnessed. I have no personal knowledge but it seemed to be common knowledge that Lama Tenzin adopted the Vanguard’s view of relations with women.

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You write that a monk is to spread a cloth so that he does not physically touch a woman. Here are two pictures of the Lama Tenzin for your consideration.

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  • Lama tenzin is a well-knoen charlatan as many tibetan insiders would tell you. He was caught several times embazzling donation funds to the charity he heads. He uses his connection to dalai lama to fool donors into thinking he is a moral monk. Far far from truth. He corrupts money to buy expensive gifts to sara bronfman so that he cab maintain illicit affair with the heiress. He is a wolf in monk’s clothes- he is not a simple buddhist monk. His religion is sex and money. He is currently under FBI investigation for serious criminal conspiracy.

  • Lama tenzin is a well-knoen charlatan as many tibetan insiders would tell you. He was caught several times embazzling donation funds to the charity he heads. He uses his connection to dalai lama to fool donors into thinking he is a moral monk. Far far from truth. He corrupts money to buy expensive gifts to sara bronfman so that he cab maintain illicit affair with the heiress. He is a wolf in monk’s clothes- he is not a simple buddhist monk. His religion is sex and money. He is currently under FBI investigation for serious criminal conspiracy.

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His work has been cited in hundreds of news outlets, like The New York Times, The Daily Mail, VICE News, CBS News, Fox News, New York Post, New York Daily News, Oxygen, Rolling Stone, People Magazine, The Sun, The Times of London, CBS Inside Edition, among many others in all five continents.

His work to expose and take down NXIVM is featured in books like “Captive” by Catherine Oxenberg, “Scarred” by Sarah Edmonson, “The Program” by Toni Natalie, and “NXIVM. La Secta Que Sedujo al Poder en México” by Juan Alberto Vasquez.

Parlato has been prominently featured on HBO’s docuseries “The Vow” and was the lead investigator and coordinating producer for Investigation Discovery’s “The Lost Women of NXIVM.” Parlato was also credited in the Starz docuseries "Seduced" for saving 'slave' women from being branded and escaping the sex-slave cult known as DOS.

Additionally, Parlato’s coverage of the group OneTaste, starting in 2018, helped spark an FBI investigation, which led to indictments of two of its leaders in 2023.

Parlato appeared on the Nancy Grace Show, Beyond the Headlines with Gretchen Carlson, Dr. Oz, American Greed, Dateline NBC, and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, where Parlato conducted the first-ever interview with Keith Raniere after his arrest. This was ironic, as many credit Parlato as one of the primary architects of his arrest and the cratering of the cult he founded.

Parlato is a consulting producer and appears in TNT's The Heiress and the Sex Cult, which premiered on May 22, 2022. Most recently, he consulted and appeared on Tubi's "Branded and Brainwashed: Inside NXIVM," which aired January, 2023.

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