It is true that Lama Tseta has disrobed and apparently he has found himself a girlfriend. This is the kind of damage CTA is doing to the Sangha and Tibetan Buddhist community. They don’t encourage Sanghas to hold their vows but they tempt them with money and cause them to walk away from the Dharma practice.

CTA has not done their job to preserve Buddhism. In contradictory, China has set up many Buddhist Institutes to preserve and spread Buddhism. They have a very organised and systematic way to ensure there is no mis-interpretation of Buddhist practice. They make sure the religious values preached are not in conflict with the values of the country.

One person who is very close with the CTA and is doing something bad to Dorje Shugden followers is the so-called Buddhist expert, Robert Thurman. Robert Thurman wants money and fame, by working with the CTA, he is allowed to have a close relationship with the Dalai Lama and get endorsement from the Dalai Lama so his books will become popular and very sellable.

CTA want to find a scapegoat for their failure to bring Tibetans back to Tibet. Therefore, they created Dorje Shugden ban. In order to support their ban, they hire these people to say the untrue about Dorje Shugden. Many people suffer because of this ban but CTA just doesn’t care about it. Money and power are their priority.

There is no way Lama Tseta can defame and do anything with the Shugden monk and monastery. The truth will always reveal and if we are the one keep waiting and don’t do much then we will never go anywhere.

First, he started to tell lies, created schism in Buddhist community. Then, he disrobed and found himself a girlfriend. He seems to be enjoying his secular life very much. I am sure he will eventually get married and have a few children.

This is what happen when we abandon Dorje Shugden. Our mind will become very unstable and easily influenced by wrong view. We will put Dharma practice secondary and dwell deeper in samsara. If Lama Tseta still believes in Karma and rebirth, he should start to do purification practice now and be regretful of what he has done.

In this modern time, again, they do not want to take responsibility for the failure to bring the Tibetans home. They have to push the responsibility to someone else and Dorje Shugden is the perfect one as he will not be able to defend himself. He was a very convenient target.

Even though there are many proofs that Dorje Shugden is not an evil spirit, the CTA continues to accuse Dorje Shugden. To make their statements more convincing, they pay money to Sangha such as Lama Tseta, Tenzin Peljor to spread the lies. This is how evil the CTA is, they are not interested to preserve the lineage, they are in fact destroying the lineage because their own interest is more important.

Sharmapa Rinpoche is the highest authority in the Karma Kagyu after Karmapa. By age-old tradition, Sharmapa is the one that confirms the real incarnation of Karmapa. He recognized Thaye Dorje as the genuine Karmapa. But Dalai Lama endorsed Orgyen Trinley as the real Karmapa. Dalai Lama is a great lama but there has never been a tradition of him recognizing a Karmapa.

Both ‘Karmapas’ have big followings in and out of Tibet. So which one should we follow? We have to follow the genuine Karmapa. If we follow the fake one, we will get fake teachings, fake lineage and no results. We can even take rebirth in the lower realms.

Only the Tibetan leaders can tell us which is the real Karmapa. You have told us which one is the real Panchen Lama. We follow the Panchen of your choosing. Since then we have condemned China and condemned the fake Panchen Lama. Now it is the same situation with Karmapa. We have denounced the fake Karmapa and ask him to step down. He is destroying the Karma Kagyu Lineage.

This issue has torn the Karma Kagyu sect in half. There are many who are so confused and some gave up Tibetan Buddhism altogether because of this. We must solve the confusion. This does not look good for the Tibetan government in exile because the confusion was started by Tibetan government. I support Dalai Lama and Tibetan government. But so many of us need to know the real Karmapa already. Don’t remain silent. Which one is the real Karmapa.

Tibetan government in exile, you have created two Gelugs (Pro-Dorje Shugden and against), you have created two Panchen Rinpoches, two Karmapas, two Dromo Geshe Rinpoches, two Kundeling Rinpoches and so on. When are you going to solve all the confusion. You are destroying Tibetan Buddhism.

Note what Namdol Lhagyari said is progressive and unlike the usual Tibetan rhetoric:

“The problem I see right now is how reliant we are on one individual,” Namdol Lhagyari, 32, the youngest member of Tibet’s exile parliament, said. “I understand that every freedom movement requires one role model, one leader, who would push everyone in the right direction, bring everyone to one goal. But he has reached an age where we will have to prepare ourselves for a post-Dalai Lama.”

Source: https://themediaproject.org/news/2018/12/3/as-the-dalai-lama-ages-tibetan-exiles-turn-to-secular-unity-over-sacred

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These are important points to remember:

1. Tibetan lamas and monks SHOULD not enter politics. They should not hold positions of power, leadership and political roles. It will demean the Dharma. They are not trained, nor qualified nor have the credentials to be in government. They also do much damage to religion as people start to respect them less. The lines between respecting them as spiritual beings (sangha) and speaking against them when they are in government and make wrong decisions become blurred.

2. Monks and nuns should not get involved with the running of the country but should stick to education. Giving good education to the public about ethics, morality and in some cases Buddhism. No one wants to see a political monk or nun. Because it contradicts the very reason they renounced the worldly life in order to enter a life of contemplation, learning, meditation and gaining enlightenment.

3. Look at other countries where Buddhism is strong where sangha is sangha and never get involved with government or being public officials. In Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Sri Lanka etc where there are tens of thousands of sangha, you don’t see them in the government at all. Local or national governments both do not have sangha. Even in Christian countries you don’t see priests in government. That is Tibet’s big mistake to place monks/high lamas in so many government positions and as public officials. Very dangerous for the country as it has proven with Tibet and Tibetans.

4. Monks, nuns and high lamas should do dharma practice, produce books, videos, give teachings, guide the public, do funerals, blessings, be a nurturer, study dharma, build real temples, keep existing temples spiritual, animal shelters, environmentalists, be mediators, help with orphanages, shelters, the poor, half way houses, poor houses, and basically all sorts of charities that benefit the mind and body of sentient beings that is NOT GOVERNMENT BASED. If sangha gives good education, they can produce kind and good leaders to run the country.

Tibetans should never never never allow Sangha (monks, nuns and spiritual personages) to be involved with government, politics and rule of law because it ends up in disaster. That is how Tibet lost it’s country and will never get it back. There are too many monks in the Tibetan Parliament and as leaders remember Samdhong Rinpoche as the prime minister of exiles. That was very bad. The King of Tibet currently is a monk. How does that look? Very political.
Tibet made that huge mistake and Tibet will never recover from it.

Forum: http://www.dorjeshugden.com/forum/index.php?topic=6226.0

Dhamchoe Nyima also finds it is ridiculous to accuse Dorje Shugden practitioners are Chinese spies and they take money from China. This triggers him to investigate further with Lama Tseta. True enough, Lama Tseta is telling lies and he is not able to produce any evidence to support what he says about Dorje Shugden practitioners. But what upset Dhamchoe Nyima is the disharmony and division Lama Tseta caused with his speech.

Lama Tseta is a big disappointment. As a monk, he should be spreading Dharma, not divisive speech. But for the sake of money, he tells lies and disparages a Buddha. He should disrobe immediately since he is not keeping his vows, he gives Sangha community a bad name.