New York Post

Boorish ‘Buddhist’ sex shock

Devotees ‘abused’

- By MELKORKA LICEA

A Dalai Lama wannabe was more like a gross Svengali, according to a damning report.

Once one of the world’s most respected Buddhist teachers, Sogyal Rinpoche (inset) forced his devotees to have sex with him and wipe his posterior, an internatio­nal Buddhist organizati­on called Rigpa found in an investigat­ion.

“Sogyal and the girls thought everything that went into him and came out of him was holy,” one accuser said in the report. “So the girls wiped his a-- for him. He liked to have work gatherings while he took a s--t with the door open,” she said.

“He also chewed his food then exchanged it with a kiss to the girls. I think he partly believed what he did was good for his students. But his main focus was on sex and sensual pleasure.”

One male student described his “abject humiliatio­n” when Rinpoche cupped his testicles in front of a group of people.

Rinpoche, who has sold more than 3 million copies of his tome, “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying,” subjected some of his inner circle “to serious physical, sexual and emotional abuse,” The Sun of Britain reported.

The British government is also investigat­ing claims from former followers that Rinpoche twisted his teachings to coerce beautiful women, whom he called his “Dakinis” (angels), to serve as his “harem.”

In the 2011 documentar­y “In The Name Of Enlightenm­ent,” a former follower claimed Rinpoche sexually exploited her.

“There was a moment when I was alone in his room with him. And then he said, ‘Undress’ . . . I just considered it another test of devotion,” she said.

He then proceeded to have unprotecte­d sex with her while saying, “Look into my eyes, this is the moment you connect with your master,” she claimed.

The report also details Rinpoche’s alleged use of donations to fund a lavish lifestyle, including fine wines, Cuban cigars and a chauffeur-driven Mercedes.

The accusation­s forced Rinpoche, who was labeled a “disgrace,” to step down and apologize.

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