Dagri Rinpoche: commissioned investigation finds a pattern of sexual misconduct; barred by FPMT
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Official finding
Authority role
senior Gelug incarnate lama and teacher
Organization
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT)
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The investigation found the pattern of misconduct was enabled specifically by Dagri Rinpoche's position as a trusted incarnate lama, which gave him unsupervised access to and authority over female students and discouraged reporting.
- Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
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Proceedings
2020-11-01 · official finding of misconduct
FPMT / FaithTrust Institute (commissioned investigation). After three women accused Dagri Rinpoche of sexual misconduct in 2019, FPMT commissioned FaithTrust Institute to investigate. In November 2020 it concluded, on a preponderance-of-evidence standard, that he 'engaged in a pattern of intentional and inappropriate sexual behaviour that persisted over many years'; FPMT permanently barred him from teaching at its centers.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- authority and trust as an incarnate lama providing unsupervised access to students
Cited record
Sources
- organization commissioned investigation institutional inquiry finding 'Conclusion of Fact-Finding Assessment Regarding Dagri Rinpoche', FPMT (Nov. 2020).
FPMT publishes the FaithTrust Institute finding that Dagri Rinpoche engaged in a years-long pattern of sexual misconduct, and his permanent bar from teaching.
- institutional reporting institutional inquiry report 'Dagri Rinpoche found to have committed sexual misconduct, FPMT states', Lion's Roar (2020).
Corroborates the finding and the bar.
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- https://fpmt.org/fpmt/announcements/updates-regarding-dagri-rinpoche/ Corpus classification: organization-commissioned-investigation; evidentiary role: institutional-inquiry-finding. SHA-256 608d7ad331604a3e2791c1703205a10f04184864679437d3a25a29593b5be83c
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- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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- Source and tier basis
- https://www.lionsroar.com/dagri-rinpoche-found-to-have-committed-sexual-misconduct-fpmt-states/ Corpus classification: institutional-reporting; evidentiary role: institutional-inquiry-report. SHA-256 359c39466aee03c3afb0b9408c1f79443a95470ff489e902a972e4a9deea0850
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- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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