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Chatellier also provides his completely different background as a medical assistant and security guard, in an advertisement on a security personnel employment site. Dated 2012, his detailed CV, apparently posted by himself in search of employment, makes no reference to any kind of training or interest in Buddhism, nor to his role as Lama Shenphen Rinpoche as described above and elsewhere.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chatellier |first1=Ronan |title= |
Chatellier also provides his completely different background as a medical assistant and security guard, in an advertisement on a security personnel employment site. Dated 2012, his detailed CV, apparently posted by himself in search of employment, makes no reference to any kind of training or interest in Buddhism, nor to his role as Lama Shenphen Rinpoche as described above and elsewhere. On the contrary, according to his CV the only kind of traceable and formal training he has received since 1990 appears to be as a doorman ("Door Supervisor") and security guard at S.I.A. in London, in April 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chatellier |first1=Ronan |title=Advertise on Close Protection World |url=https://www.closeprotectionworld.com/members-looking-for-work/66964-search-close-protection-missions-protection-humanitarian-diplomatic-missions.html |website=Close Protection World |publisher=CP World |accessdate=3 August 2018 |date=19 June 2012 |quote=e.g., 2001: volunteer in children hospital for street children, St-Petersburg, Russia; 2003: volunteer in an orphanage, St-Petersburg, Russia. 2011/04: Security guard and door supervisor training at SIA London}}</ref> |
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Chatellier is also listed as the country representative for France of the International Bodyguard and Security Services Association (IBSSA).<ref>{{cite web |title=REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF IBSSA |url=http://www.ibssa.org/index.php?topic_id=9 |website=IBSSA |accessdate=3 August 2018}}</ref> |
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Shenphen Rinpoche is an alias assumed by Ronan Chatellier (born 10 January 1969 in France). He claims to be a Tibetan Buddhist Lama. He says he was initially ordained as a novice monk in 1985 at the age of 16 by Geshe Tegchok and given full ordaination by Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama in 1980, although the Dalai Lama's office could not confirm this.[1] He quit acting as a monk in 2008, abandoning his ordination. According to a document in his possession, Chatellier has supposedly been recognised as the tulku of Lama Gendun Rabgye, of Karnang, an obscure monastery in a remote area of eastern Tibet.[2][citation needed] However, according to multiple reports in leading Slovenian newspapers, e.g. Slovenske novice (the largest newspaper in Slovenia) and Dnevnik (Slovenia) (the third-largest), he has been wanted by the police and the civil courts there on both civil and criminal charges from 2012 to 2017 when the Slovenian statute of limitations on the criminal charges may have come into effect. In the meantime, until 2017, he appears to have been a fugitive, on the run from Slovenian justice, see Legal Accusations and Public Record in Slovenia.
Teachers
Chatellier says that his first teacher was the Gelug master Khensur Geshe Tegchok. Other important teachers are Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, the 14th Dalai Lama, Gomo Tulku, Lama Gendun Rinpoche, and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.[citation needed]
Activity
After a few years in a monastery, Chatellier claims to have studied medicine in Paris at Faculté Libre des Sciences de la Santé but has not provided any evidence in support and he is not listed anywhere as a graduate of this institute.[citation needed] Over the next five years, he claims to have engaged in humanitarian activities, mainly in India, but also in Nepal and Russia (for street children).[citation needed] Catellier claims to have created AMCHI Association, an unknown association that, he says, organises humanitarian missions.[citation needed]
Between 1998 and 2001, following the request of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Chatellier was director of a retreat centre in Greece.[citation needed] In 2000, Chatellier claims to have created Buddhist Congregation Dharmaling. He claims to have then moved to Spain to open a small center, until 2002.[citation needed]
From 2002 until sometime after 2012 when he is alleged to have quit Slovenia to avoid justice, according to his own publicity Chatellier was living in Slovenia permanently as a Slovene citizen, where he opened a Buddhist temple in Slovenia,[3] with a full program of teachings and practice.[citation needed]
Professional Background
Chatellier also provides his completely different background as a medical assistant and security guard, in an advertisement on a security personnel employment site. Dated 2012, his detailed CV, apparently posted by himself in search of employment, makes no reference to any kind of training or interest in Buddhism, nor to his role as Lama Shenphen Rinpoche as described above and elsewhere. On the contrary, according to his CV the only kind of traceable and formal training he has received since 1990 appears to be as a doorman ("Door Supervisor") and security guard at S.I.A. in London, in April 2011.[4]
Tradition
Claiming to have been traditionally trained and to have received transmissions from various masters of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition in Dharamsala and Sera-Jhe Monastery (India), but also in Kharnang Monastery (Tibet), Chatellier also says he has made efforts to teach a Buddhism cleared from cultural, political, and educational impregnations from Tibet.[citation needed]
However, in his professional security bodyguard CV mentioned above under 'Activities', he states that his stay in Sera-Jhe in India was not at a monastery but at a refugee camp. It also states that rather than receiving traditional training from masters of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, as stated above without citation, he was, in fact, working as medical assistant, although he does not appear to have any formal medical qualification or other credentials.[5]
Chatellier says that he encourages a form of Buddhism more engaged with society, proposing more services to the general public (visits to hospitals, education in school), applying Dharma in everyday life.[citation needed] To that end, Chatellier claims to have made efforts to adapt — without deteriorating — the Tibetan Buddhism lineage toward the West.[citation needed] This adaptation also includes clothing: Chatellier declares that he has created a more western type of "Buddhist uniform".[citation needed]
Legal Accusations and Public Record in Slovenia
From 2012 onwards, Slovenian newspapers have reported on problems Ronan Chatellier (a.k.a. Shenphen Rinpoche) has experienced with the authorities and others in that country. Allegations of sexual misbehaviour have been made against him as well as of taking a loan of €90,000 from a student of his who was a Buddhist nun against assurances that were not fulfilled, and using the funds for his personal ends. It was also reported that he is alleged by the Slovenian police to have staged two phoney knife attacks against himself in Slovenia and of giving false testimony in order to have an excuse not to return to Slovenia to face additional legal charges made against him in the courts. In summary, as at 2018 he faces a civil lawsuit for the return of the €90,000 loaned by the nun, but the criminal charges for false testimony and perverting the course of justice for the alleged staged attacks on himself may have lapsed in 2018 due to the Slovenian statute of limitations. The newspapers also report that allegations of sexual offences against minors were withdrawn by the alleged victim at the last minute when the case came to the Slovenian court. Chatellier is also reported as having an application refused by the authorities for a licence to obtain and bear firearms for the alleged purposes of self-defence against supposed assailants. These reports also say that having left Slovenia for France he has pleaded medical reasons for not being able to travel to Slovenia to face the charges, while failing or refusing to provide medical certificates to substantiate the alleged medical condition which prevents him from doing so; the court action thus being delayed, it is reported that in 2017, the charges may have lapsed due to the statue of limitations.[6][7][8]
Having thus quit Slovenia to live in his native France again, on social media and his websites and elsewhere Chatellier has strenuously denied as false and slanderous all such allegations by the police as reported in Slovenian newspapers. Concerning Masa Gedrih a.k.a. Tenzing Wangmo, the Buddhist nun who, it is alleged, was persuaded to sell her flat and hand over the proceeds to him, he has issued his own 'Public Statement' portraying her as 'bitter' and 'vengeful' and accusing her of telling lies and slandering him. At the same time he acknowleges that she sold her flat in order to loan him the proceeds of €90,000, and that he used her money for his own purposes including covering his personal living costs and feeding his children. He also makes it clear, in this public statement, that, despite her requests to repay the loan, he has no intention to repay until he is legally obliged to do so which will be in 2032. As of 2018 this case is still proceeding against Chatellier in the Slovenian courts.[9][10]
References
- ^ Lovšin, Peter (2012-05-26). ""Budistični vodja" v priporu zaradi suma spolnega napada na otroka" ["Buddhist leader" arrested on suspicion of sexual assault on a minor]. Dnevnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2018-08-13.
- ^ Buddhist Congregation Dharmaling - Recognition documents Archived 2010-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.dharmaling.org/en/ljubljana-center Temple in Ljubljana
- ^ Chatellier, Ronan (19 June 2012). "Advertise on Close Protection World". Close Protection World. CP World. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
e.g., 2001: volunteer in children hospital for street children, St-Petersburg, Russia; 2003: volunteer in an orphanage, St-Petersburg, Russia. 2011/04: Security guard and door supervisor training at SIA London
- ^ Ronan Chatellier (19 June 2012). "Search Close Protection missions, protection of humanitarian or diplomatic missions". CP World. Close Protection World. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
1990-1995: dispensary then hopital of Sera-Jhe (Tibetan refugees camp), Bylakuppe, India. Daily patients, emergencies, training of nurses, class of hygiene for schools
- ^ Celec, Bostjan (2 December 2017). "Za sodišče prebolan, potuje pa po svetu" [Too ill for the court, but he travels around the world] (in Slovenian). Slovenske Novice. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ Various reporters. "Search Keyword: Ronan Chatellier". Slovenske Novice. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ Furlan, Mojca (14 December 2016). "Nekdanji budistični vodja Ronan Chatellier se izgovarja na bolezen" [Former Buddhist leader Ronan Chatellier provides illness as an excuse] (in Slovenian). Dnevnik. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ Chatellier, Ronan. "Response to article in Slovenske novice on 20th of June 2017". Dharmaling Buddhist Congregation. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ Furlan-Rus, Mojca (24 January 2018). "Budistična nuna za Rinpočejev blagor prodala stanovanje, potem pa obubožana iskala hrano po smetnjakih" [The Buddhist nun sold her apartment for Rinpoche's benefit, then went broke and living on food found in rubbish]. Dnevnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 7 August 2018.
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