There's a common story from Tibetan Buddhism that is told by many of the core members from this organization and it gets tossed around a lot without much understanding, and it's the story of Milarepa.
For those who do not know, Milarepa is one of Tibet's most famous yogis and an accomplished practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism. When he was a child he lost his father and also his wealth. His wealth went to his aunt and uncle and they even made Milarepa and his mother their servants. His mother would then take Milarepa and have him learn sorcery to take revenge on his aunt and uncle. He succeeds in taking revenge, but he eventually realizes this isn't good and that he should right his wrongs by finding the correct teacher, which would be Marpa, one of Tibet's most renown Buddhist teachers at the time.
Before Marpa was willing to accept Milarepa as a student, Milarepa had to undergo a series of challenges which included building a tower and then destroying it three times. He builds it one more time and he finally is accepted as a student.
Note: Tibetan Buddhism has a lot to do with esoteric transmission, meaning that teachings are to be given and received directly from teacher to student and without a sense of context of the practice there would not be any empowerment or the teaching will fail.
Buddhadojo uses this story a lot when Karma Yoga projects fail. They treat each start up project that fails as building a tower and destroying it again as if you're burning off negative karma according to their misuse of this story.
The issue arises when this organization's core members tell you that you need to be Milarepa whenever a project fails because you have done nothing similar to him in that you never committed anything close to using sorcery to enact revenge on your own family, so why would a teaching from Marpa be for you? And why would your so called "teacher" from Buddhadojo be taking on the the role of Marpa telling you to do something over and over again when they are not him and don't even have the lineage to even be him? They are not Marpa. You do not bear Milarepa's karma.
The core members of this cult take advantage of this story for their own benefit and misrepresents it. They take away the story's authenticity by including parts that help them and removes parts that do not serve them. They are using Buddhism to fulfill their capitalist pursuits. They are taking your free labor to support their organization. In addition, they make individuals feel guilty if they are not committed to a project. In fact, you have to be on a karma yoga project to be a part of their organization. They say that a person has a set of behavioral patterns and to change their patterns, they need to do the task that challenges their ego and limited skillset in order to grow and learn, which is working extended hours for a startup project, "Bodhiwoods Workdays," or something related to building their cult.
