Deutsche Buddhistische Union

In an article in the magazine “Ursache\Wirkung” (Cause\Effect), religious scholar Hendrik Hortz analyzes a case of sexual abuse at the “Buddhist Meditation and Study Center TTC” in Hamburg, a Tibetan Buddhist member community of the DBU. Among other things, he criticizes the conflicting roles of the DBU's contact point for sexual abuse, represented by Mrs. Dorothea Nett, who was also the second chair of the Karma Kagyu community, to which Lama Dawa, the alleged perpetrator of the abuse, also belongs. Hortz critically notes that the association's ethical code of conduct, which is based solely on voluntary compliance and does not provide for any sanctions against perpetrators and their communities, had no effect in this case. The lama continues to be active in his community as a religious teacher. == See also ==