Editing Buddhafield (religious movement) (section)

=== Beliefs ===
Buddhafield largely espouses [[New Age]] ideas. Jaime Gomez thinks of himself as God, and encourages his followers to think of themselves as God as well.<ref name="Valentini2016">{{Cite magazine |last=Valentini |first=Valentina |date=2016-01-19 |title=Inside Sundance's Holy Hell, With Exclusive Photographs of Cult Life at Buddhafield |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/photos/2016/01/holy-hell-buddhafield-photographs |access-date=2019-06-18 |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Buddhafield uses the Sanskrit word [[shakti]] (meaning "power") for Gomez's alleged power transference to his followers using his finger.<ref name="HolyHell" /> Gomez also cites the [[Bhagavad Gita]] as a source.<ref name="HolyHell" /> Gomez demanded his followers remain [[Celibacy|celibate]] despite himself allegedly having sexual intercourse with various followers. Drugs and alcohol were also banned from use while in the group.<ref name="Yuan2016">{{Cite news |last=Yuan |first=Jada |date=2016-09-02 |title=The Totally Insane Story of Holy Hell Director Will Allen's Escape From a Cult |url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/09/holy-hell-director-will-allen-cult-escape-story.html |access-date=2019-06-18 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

Buddhafield followers change names while in the group.<ref name="HolyHell" /> ''Holy Hell'' director Will Allen explained that "A lot of the principles of the East vs. West that we were doing—surrendering to the guru, dropping your ego, taking your shoes off before you walk into a room and leave the world behind—we didn't think of it as giving our power, we thought of it as empowering."<ref name="Wang2016" /> Three to five hour ballet practices two to three days each week were often a part of the group's activities, with members even missing their jobs for practice.<ref name="HolyHell" /><ref name="Yuan2016" /><ref name="Valentini2016" /> The resulting performance was never shown to anyone outside of Buddhafield.<ref name="HolyHell" />