Response to Facebook Shambhala Open Discussion

 

We are absolutely against any smear campaign. We are only interested in the truth and will not participate in any smear campaign nor have FACT, Inc's name included in any way regarding that. The only way we are willing to participate is if there is true fact finding and evidence to substantiate allegations.

FACT, Inc. and Tibor Stern on behalf of Sharon Stern Estate is always willing to help all victims, including Naropa / Shambhala victims. 

FACT, Inc., nor Tibor Stern, will not be financing any kind of lawsuit nor will we seek out any suit against Naropa or Shambhala.   

Tibor Stern on behalf of Sharon Stern's Estate reserves the right to sue Naropa at    anytime for her wrongful death. We will help coordinate any efforts for justice by survivors who are willing to come  forward. 

We will not be part of any smear campaign. Please refrain from using FACT, Inc's and Tibor Stern's name for your interests.

Sincerely, 

The F.A.C.T., Inc Team 

The Dangerous Duo

The Dangerous Duo

Disclaimer: F.A.C.T. is not responsible in any way for the information provided to us by victims or witnesses of the following alleged abuse.

This evil duo is destroying innocent, vulnerable children and young, female students through the controversial, grotesque, sad and suffering in nature, destructive dance of Butoh.

            Ryuji Oka aka Rizome Lee 

Allegations have surfaced and were filed against Lee

for pedophilia with 3 girls ages 5-15 years old. 

We will notify all related authorities worldwide to stop these dangerous psychopaths from further harming, abusing and exploiting innocent children and vulnerable, young female students.

"My name is [male, name protected].  I am from Canada.  I was a witness to the September 20, 2019 pedophilia confession of "Rhizome Lee" while participating as a student within programming of Subbody Butoh School in India.  After this confession, I understood that "Rhizome Lee" had a history of victimizing children. 

I give permission for Tibor to use this information."

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"...We recently heard the confession of our mentor/ teacher (Ryuji Oka, a Japanese national living here on a tourist via, also known as Rizome Lee) that he had sexually abused three underage girls over the last 15 years.  Since we heard this statement, we contacted a psychologist who connected us to your organization. 

We are concerned about future victims and there are currently 2 children who live with the family that works for him at the Subbody Resonance Butoh dance studio in Jogiwara, Dharamsala, Kangra. 

In late August 2019, [male, name protected], [female, name protected], and a group of former students first heard the information from [female, name protected] (another guide) at a retreat in Serbia. She told us that Oka had had a history of sexually abusing underage girls."

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This letter is a written confirmation that I was a witness to the confession of Ryuki Oka also known as Rhizome Lee, made on September 20, 2019 at the Himalaya Subbody Butoh School in Dharamsala, India.  In his confession Oka expressed that he had received sexual pleasure from touching three (3) young girls ages 5 to 15 years.

I give you permission to use this letter.

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Hi, My name is [name protected] (people know me as [name protected]) from South Korea.   

I visited Lee about a week after he confessed in class.  One friend of mine and I went to his office to confirm what he did to the children of one family who were working in school and the children from neighborhood.  He confessed he took one girl after another coz for him it felt like real love.  He said he started getting close to them by playing some role play and so on and after he said he even asked them to be his girlfriend.  He said after one rejected him he needed to find another victim.   

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Katsura Kan

Katsura Kan was found guilty a Florida

court for the wrongful death of his student

Sharon Stern.

Link to documents in wrongful death suit

Katsura Kan admitted to having sex with 160 of his female students. Complaints came in from one

of his female students who was allegedly drugged and raped by him. 

It is hard to believe that Naropa University in Boulder Colorado would employ this kind of evil teacher

to lecture in the classroom in the subjects of philosophy and psychology, thereby putting their aspiring

and ambitious students at risk. 

Katsura Kan was a frequent guest teacher of Lee's school, the Himalaya SubBody Butoh School. When

the student complained about Lee's pedophilia, he ignored the warnings and continued his engagement 

with the school and Lee. 

 

Tibor Stern approached Naropa University/ Shambala with regard to correcting the (in our opinion) troubling relationships between teachers and students in order to stop what we believe is the continued sexual exploitation of students by faculty.  Such exploitation has been occurring since the inception of Naropa/ Shambala and has been well-documented throughout the history of the school.  Naropa's response was that 'we have heard enough from Tibor Stern'.

Please share this post.  By sharing this post worldwide, we believe that you will help us in the fight against injustice and abuses and protect innocent human beings from harm.

We will keep you updated.

F.A.C.T. Inc. Team

Naropa University, Shambhala Buddhism, Shambhala International

This is what F.A.C.T. Inc brought to light as soon as our founders daughter, Sharon Stern was driven to suicide by her Naropa teacher. Naropa University refused to implement changes when Tibor Stern suggested to help the University put in place a manual for teachers proper behavior with students.

                                In our opinion Naropa University must be Shut Down!

Daily Camera Guest Opinion July 9, 2019

By Darryl Collette

“As a recent graduate of Naropa University in Boulder, repeat visitor of Shambhala Mountain Center, and longtime student of Shambhala I felt compelled to reach out to the Daily Camera this week. As you may already know, news has been coming out all month about Shambhala assisting multiple pedophiles in avoiding prosecution.

The word back from Naropa has been “we are disconnected from Shambhala for decades.” The word from Shambhala has been “we could have done better.” As someone who has attended both organizations, I now find myself deeply ashamed for every dollar and minute they got of mine.

In my time studying at Naropa University I was repeatedly told that Naropa and its contemplative approach to education come directly from the teachings of Chogyam Trungpa. The Shambhala school of Buddhism was covered extensively in Buddhist Psychology Part 1 and 2, maitri (a meditation invented by Trungpa), as well as Senior Seminar Part 1 and 2. All of these classes were mandatory for my contemplative psychology degree. The majority of these classes were taught by ex-followers of Trungpa. Upon the recommendation of the college I went on retreat at Shambhala Mountain Center yearly and took Shambhala meditation classes at the Boulder Shambhala Center.

I write this because the idea that Naropa and Shambhala are separate is as much a lie as that Naropa is a secular university.

I am deeply ashamed to hear that Shambhala has repeatedly stepped between pedophiles and any meaningful repercussions for their actions, but I cannot say I am surprised.

Trungpa slept with his students. This has always been known. His son Sakyang Mipham was accused of sexual assault last year. I repeatedly heard about Naropa teachers having sexual relationships with students in my time as a Naropa student. I personally witnessed Naropa teachers dating students they had taught. I repeatedly heard about a situation where a Naropa student was in a sexual relationship with with a teacher’s underage son.

This is what I heard as a nontraditional Naropan trying to keep my head down and just get to graduation. I can only imagine what other stories exist. As the Denver post quoted a former Shambhala Mountain Center staff member in its last article about the allegations: “Every young girl I knew had something happen.”

Enough of the lies.”

Direct Link to Daily Camera Article

Additionally, in July 2019 The Daily Camera released an article reporting in part, "Detectives in Colorado have been investigating sexual assault allegations with ties to Shambhala for months — and records from a recent arrest detail an apparent effort to shield a suspect from prosecution by addressing the allegations within the Shambhala community.

Last year, Larimer County sheriff’s detectives opened an investigation into what a Boulder police report describes as sexual assaults at the Shambhala Mountain Center. Larimer sheriff’s officials declined to elaborate, but last week confirmed their probe remains ongoing."

So far two arrests have been made as a result of these investigations. 

"The first arrest came in February, when former Boulder Shambhala meditation instructor William Lloyd Karelis, 71, was booked on suspicion of sexually assaulting a young girl he mentored in the early 2000s. Karelis has denied the allegations through his attorney."

"Boulder police arrested a second former Shambhala member, Michael Smith, 54, on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage girl he met through the Buddhist community in the late 1990s. Those allegations originally had been reported to Boulder police in 1998 after the victim informed one of her mother’s friends about what she said happened — but Smith wasn’t named as a suspect or arrested."

For further research here is a link to over 40 media articles regarding Shambhala Buddhism, Shambhala International, Naropa University, Sakyong Mipham and Chogyam Trungpa.

https://shambhalalinks.blogspot.com/2019/09/httpswww.html?m=1&utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Thank you,
The F.A.C.T. Inc Team