Rigpa-commissioned investigation upholds serious allegations against Sogyal Rinpoche
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Institutional event
Evidence status
Official finding
Authority role
founder and Tibetan Buddhist teacher
Organization
Rigpa
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The cited record identifies guru devotion, spiritual hierarchy, and institutional dependency as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is founder and Tibetan Buddhist teacher.
- Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
- Institutional obedience or isolation
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2018-08-22 · final report
Independent investigation commissioned by Rigpa. Multiple allegations upheld under the report’s stated civil standard; not a criminal adjudication.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- guru devotion
- spiritual hierarchy
- institutional dependency
Research clusters
Cited record
Sources
- commissioned investigation investigation report Karen Baxter, Lewis Silkin LLP, independent investigation report commissioned by Rigpa (Aug. 22, 2018).
The report sets out its commission, methods, participation limits, and findings concerning physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and the role of spiritual authority.
- organization record commissioning record Rigpa Germany, notice publishing the commissioned independent investigation.
Rigpa’s own notice confirms that the organization commissioned and published the investigation.
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- https://info-buddhism.com/PDF/Lewis-Silkin-report.pdf Corpus classification: commissioned-investigation; evidentiary role: investigation-report. SHA-256 f5912f4691765e2b7e70f4f477bd6cd135613a688d16627f0264a300ce7198ec
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- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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- Source and tier basis
- https://www.rigpa.de/der-von-uns-in-auftrag-gegebene-bericht-der-unabhaengigen-untersuchungskommission-zu-den-anschuldigungen-gegen-sogyal-rinpoche-ist-veroeffentlicht/ Corpus classification: organization-record; evidentiary role: commissioning-record. SHA-256 8b5fd21a9394814742822cd23a72e30965ab88a00f80d53a33efcc05722c8269
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- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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