Why are Buddhist magazines ignoring the murder of Akong Rinpoche?

I’m saddened and baffled that the glossy Buddhist magazines have been silent about the murder of Dr. Akong Tulku Rinpoche, founder of Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Scotland.

As this article in The Guardian says, he was key to the flourishing of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.

He wasn’t flashy and didn’t seek to become a celebrity, which I suspect is the reason the Upper Middle Way magazines aren’t paying any attention to his death. Samye Ling is a marvelous place o...