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Almost Awakened: 148: Sexual Abuse In The Zen Buddhist Community

In This Week’s episode of the Almost Awakened Podcast, Hartley and Reel peek behind the curtain of Zen Buddhism to discuss the rampant sexual misconduct happening there. We are so used to hearing about sexual abuse with Catholicism or Mormonism or the Jehovah’s Witnesses but while sort of unexpected, Buddhist circles are also deeply affected by these atrocious acts. We sit down with TikTok’r @LifeAfterZen to discuss this sensitive issue and to learn how we can better be aware of and address the such problems.

RESOURCES:
https://www.shilohproject.blog/sexual-misconduct-and-buddhism-centering-survivors/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzoMdW8GEVI&list=PLpxqAk60QqWrlqnlVVWr4IvLyv1GtBw5I&index=2
https://www.religionandsexualabuseproject.org/
https://tricycle.org/magazine/sexual-abuse-in-buddhism/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-shocking-scandal-at-the-heart-of-american-zen
https://tricycle.org/magazine/sex-sangha-again/
https://www.lionsroar.com/openletteronabuse/

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  1. Big fan of todays podcast. Can i just ask- I wanted to buy some merch for my grandsons, but when I click the link at the top of the page it takes me to a site called ‘Exmo’, full of ex mormon. is that intentional?thanks guys

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    1. Almost Awakened is a single podcast within an umbrella of podcasts. The non-profit over those is “Mormon Discussion Inc.” whose mission is to help people have enough info so as to be able to deconstruct in healthy ways and to have the available information needed to make informed decisions along with helping people have the tools to lead a healthy happy life after deconstructing. Almost Awakened falls into the latter and our Merch is there along with the merch of the other podcasts. Donations made to the Almost Awakened Podcast go directly to that podcast.

    1. Almost Awakened is a single podcast within an umbrella of podcasts. The non-profit over those is “Mormon Discussion Inc.” whose mission is to help people have enough info so as to be able to deconstruct in healthy ways and to have the available information needed to make informed decisions along with helping people have the tools to lead a healthy happy life after deconstructing. Almost Awakened falls into the latter and our Merch is there along with the merch of the other podcasts. Donations made to the Almost Awakened Podcast go directly to that podcast.

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