Did the CTA make a mistake?
Dear friends, Shocking conflicting news reports which serve to further confuse readers on over nine major Indian news portals are here for you to examine. Who has done this? Of course the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) of Dharamsala which has undermined themselves further. They cannot seem to make up their minds whether their state Dharma…
Refuting the Dalai Lama’s Statements Concerning Dorje Shugden
By Steve Lee The Dalai Lama visited San Francisco, California recently (22 February 2014) to speak at the American Himalayan Foundation. During his speech, the Dalai Lama made a few statements regarding Dorje Shugden, referring to a picketing crowd of Dorje Shugden practitioners just outside the hall. The Dalai Lama’s statements were documented in an…
Support the protests
Dear friends, The peaceful removal of the undemocratic ban that infringes on religious freedom of worship of Dorje Shugden is a concern for everyone. We therefore encourage the kind assistance of everyone towards the International Shugden Community (ISC) who are determined to remove the ban through peaceful means bringing no harm to His Holiness the…
Good Question
by Gereon Willamar A friend of mine who is not a Buddhist asked: I read some interesting online news that some Tibetan Buddhist people are not allowed to pray to this deity called Dorje Shugden. Why is this so? I thought Buddhism taught freedom of religious views and practices, tolerance, acceptance, love, giving, non-violence, compassion…
Newspapers Say The Ban is Down?
By Saavie Acker Losar is the most important holiday for Tibetans and also widely celebrated by Tibetan Buddhists worldwide. Marking the turn of a new year, it is a day for Tibetans and Tibetan Buddhists alike to make offerings to the Gurus, Enlightened Beings and Dharma Protectors in appreciation for the year that has passed…
The opinion of one
Dear friends around the world, If you have your personal religious beliefs, you have every right to it and you have every right to express it and share it with others. There is nothing wrong about you having your personal beliefs, except when your beliefs materialize into a ban which brings pain, separation, schism and…
Lama Yeshe and Geshe Rabten
DorjeShugden.com wished to remind recipients that over the years, FPMT have chosen to ignore their founder Lama Yeshe’s deep reliance on Dorje Shugden for his organisation’s growth. Now that Lama Yeshe and Geshe Rabten’s reincarnations have returned, it shows clearly that Dorje Shugden’s practice does not have an adverse effect on practitioners in any way, shape or form.
Pills that give blessings and protection
Ever wished there was a pill that could cure all ills? Such a pill may have to remain in the realm of fantasy, but there is something close enough – holy relic pills of Lama Tsongkapa, blessed by Dorje Shugden! Tibetan medicinal pills are formulated based on traditional scriptural recipes, combining ancient Ayurvedic herbal knowledge…
Petition to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
We at dorjeshugden.com rejoice in seeing this petition in change.org, calling upon everyone for a common humanitarian cause – “RELIGIOUS FREEDOM” and to an end to the persecution of Dorje Shugden practitioners for their religious beliefs. We thank Darren Prout from the United Kingdom for speaking up on behalf of all who are suffering and…
Extensive media coverage of Dalai Lama protests
Dear Shugdenpas, DorjeShugden.com is glad to bring you breaking news about the International Shugden Community’s latest peaceful demonstration in San Francisco, California. The ISC has been diligently planning this protest months in advance, after the Dalai Lama’s 4-day California schedule was announced. The first day of the Dalai Lama’s visit to California coincided with the…
Dalai Lama angrily replies to peaceful nun
Dalai Lama’s reaction in this video is quite surprising in that he is angry, with pointing finger and curt. Dalai Lama does not give much chance for the nun to speak nor shows any compassion or care towards this ‘enemy’. No dialogue is allowed regarding the Dorje Shugden ban by the Dalai Lama. Publicly Dalai…
New Abbot of Shar Ganden Enthroned
The Venerable Abbot of Shar Gaden Monastery, Geshe Lobsang Jinpa, was born in 1940 in a village named Medhu Kunga, near Lhasa, in Tibet. His father’s name is Sonam Bhakdo and his mother is Yeshe Kyemo. At the age of 9, he fulfilled his wish to ordain as a monk and was admitted to Gaden…
Trisur Rinpoche in Shar Gaden Monastery, India
His Holiness Gaden Trisur Lungrik Namgyal Rinpoche, the 101st Ganden Tripa, was born in 1927 in the Dawa region of Eastern Tibet. At the age of 8 years old, His Holiness joined the local monastery in Yangding and was consequentialy ordained as a monk. Later His Holiness entered Gaden Shartse Norling College. While a student…
Tibetan Kashag Makes Dalai Lama Out To Be A Liar
by Shashi Kei It has been over half a century since Tibet was forcibly taken over by China. Since then, the Tibetan people have come to be defined by their struggle to regain their country and reinstate their beloved Dalai Lama in the Potala Palace. So far their struggle has not yielded anywhere near the…
Peaceful Dorje Shugden
The first of DorjeShugden.com’s postcards, sent to educate recipients on the undemocratic nature of the ban and the way in which it suppresses religious freedoms.
New Geshes at Shar Ganden Monastery
The above picture was posted on Shar Ganden’s Facebook page and reveals the successful candidates who have been awarded the prestigious Geshe degree this year. The Geshe degree is a culmination of years of study according to the excellent Gelug educational system and lineage, and is one of the highest accolades in the Tibetan tradition…
Dorje Shugden monks offer felicitations to the New Abbot of Shar Ganden
The first historical abbot of Shar Ganden Monastery has served the monastery’s learning of sutra and tantra curriculum well. His Eminence Jetsun Losang Pende is now retiring as the abbot. He will continue to teach his hundreds of students and remain in deeper spiritual meditational retreats within the Monastery and also travel from time to…
I’m not a Buddhist now, am I?
I can’t say that I was ever interested in religion. I had been raised in one of the world’s major religious traditions but over the years, some of the things I witnessed led to my disillusionment. I’d pretty much lost faith in anything to do with bettering myself, with spiritual progress, with helping others. I…
The Act of Giving!
Giving is a basic Buddhist virtue that goes back to the practice of selflessness, without which one can hardly call oneself a serious Buddhist practitioner. Giving consists not so much of the act of giving, but of the intention to give or share what one has with others. This feeling of wanting to give or…
Video Response to Dalai Lama’s Speech
This video is in response to the recent teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Sera on Lam Rim (December 24, 2013-January 4, 2014) where the ban against Shugden is mentioned again for 27 minutes. It seems at every teaching and public gathering the Shugden ban and the witch-hunt against practitioners are repeated. After…
Shugden’s Ban in the Press
Media-Friendly Pope Francis: True Reformer of the Catholic Church? By Johannes Nugroho on 12:14 pm December 19, 2013. Pope Francis has just been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, undoubtedly an important recognition for a pontiff who has been endeavoring to bring the Roman Catholic Church closer to the realities of the 21st century,…
27 minute speech
During the recent Jangchub Lamrim teachings at Sera Monastery (December 25, 2013 to January 3, 2014) in Bylakuppe, the Dalai Lama spoke again on the issue of his banning the practice of Dorje Shugden that he initiated in 1996. It has been over 17 years since the Dalai Lama first shocked the Tibetan Buddhist world…
Dharma Demystified: The Mantra of Dorje Shugden
The practice of reciting mantras as a formal way of practice originates from ancient India. The Sanskrit word ‘mantra’ literally means mind protection, after ‘manas’ for mind and ‘tram’, which means to protect. Thus, mantras are a sacred verbalized formula recited to enact protection and transformation of the mind. The use of mantras came from…
Enlightened Art: From Paper to the Streets
Imagine walking down the street and BAM! You see a huge mural of Dorje Shugden painted in the most contemporary way, where each stroke is a study of NEVER2501’s artistic precision. At 32, Italian artist 2501 or never2501 has been painting scenes that leave not only his mark on canvas, paper or street walls, but…
Segyu Gaden Phodrang Monastery
Segyu (or Segyued) Monastery is one of the most important historical Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the Gelug tradition. It was founded in the middle of the 15th century by Jetsun Sherab Sengge, a direct and principle disciple of Lama Tsongkapa, founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is in Segyu Monastery that the…
Dorje Shugden’s got your back
The ancient Tibetan tradition of creating Ruels – the most powerful of Tibetan protective amulets/talismans – can be traced back some 300 years and it is a practice that has been carefully preserved till this day. The rituals of creating these protective amulets have been performed by generations of high lamas such as Abbots, Rinpoches,…
Dharma Demystified: Melody of the Unceasing Vajra
By Steve Lee According to the colophon, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama composed this auspicious prayer during his brief stay at Dungkar Monastery, the seat of the legendary Domo Geshe Rinpoche, prior to his exile into India. The Dalai Lama was requested to compose this prayer by Dorje Shugden himself, via the famous oracle…
Information Kit Index
For newspaper journalists and bloggers, Human Rights bodies, Government officials, practitioners of Dorje Shugden wanting to know more, and existing Buddhists who are undecided about the Dorje Shugden controversy…
Advanced Information Kit
The ‘status’ of Dorje Shugden as an important deity is reflected in the fact that the highest Gelugpa Lamas of this century regard Dorje Shugden as an important enlightened Dharma Protector and propitiate him as such…
Intermediate Information Kit
The reasons the Dalai Lama gave for the Dorje Shugden ban were not consistent and changed from one set of reasons to another based on the audience…
CTA creates violence again
By: Kay Beswick On December 27, 2013 around 4:00 AM in the morning long-time assistant of His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche Gen Chonze was making water offerings in Trijang Ladrang in Shar Gaden Monastery. Gen Chonze is already 84 years old and has been serving Trijang Rinpoche’s previous incarnation and the current one till now for…
Basic Information Kit
Dorje Shugden is the Wisdom Buddha, Manjushri, manifesting in the form of a wrathful and worldly Dharma Protector and has been propitiated as such by the highest Gelugpa and Sakya masters for some 360 years…
Spiritual Information Kit
For the serious spiritual aspirant, knowing the history of a certain practice that we are about to engage in is absolutely essential. Just as it was stated in the Lamrim, knowing the greatness of the Lamas allows us to…
Complete Collected Writings of H.H. the 10th Panchen Rinpoche Lobsang Trinley Lhundup Gyaltsen (1938-1989)
His Holiness the All-Knowing Panchen Rinpoche was a massive figure among the Tibetans for centuries. Known for his scholarship, occult abilities and strong compassion to disseminate the dharma to all who came in contact with him. We are very fortunate the complete compilation of his writings, meditations and prayers are offered here. Although it is…
Unclean Offerings Should Be Returned
There were many sincere Dorje Shugden practitioners that lived within the walls of Ganden Shartse monastery in the past. Many of these practitioners were great Tulkus, Geshes and ordinary hard-working members of the monastic community. Needless to say, many of these practitioners have contributed everything they had towards the sustenance and expansion of Ganden monastery…
Congratulations to our World Peace Competition Winners!
Dear Readers, DorjeShugden.com is proud to announce the winners of our recent World Peace Photography competition. We wholeheartedly thank all participants for your entries and endless support in perpetuating our great Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. May the merits of spreading Dorje Shugden’s practice to many and the awareness generated from this competition be one of…
Shartse’s Abbot sees Trijang Rinpoche: The Conclusion
By: Kay Beswick Background: H.H. the Dalai Lama instructed the Abbot of Gaden Shartse Monastery (Shartse Khenpo) to make a trip to the USA to seek audience with Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche’s current incarnation (Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche). The aim of the visit was to request Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche to return to Gaden for a visit and…
The Ghost Of Tibetan Democracy
By Shashi Kei Tibet is supposed to be a democracy. At least that was the intention of the Dalai Lama, to bequest on his people the gift of freedom guaranteed by a Constitution [1], and let them have their civil liberties, something that the Tibetan people never enjoyed having lived as serfs in a feudalistic…
Dorje Shugden goes to Liaoning, China
Dorjeshugden.com has received news that a new 5-foot Dorje Shugden statue has been brought to Liaoning, China. This beautiful statue will be installed in a chapel of Rui Ying Si 瑞应寺, a Mongolian-Tibetan Lamasery located in the Mongolian Autonomous part of China. Rui Ying Si was built during the Qing dynasty in 1669 and the…
Lama Thubten Phurbu visits Shar Gaden
Lama Thubten Phurbu, a prominent Gelug lama, is at the forefront of spreading Je Tsongkhapa’s tradition inside Tibet. He recently visited Shar Gaden Monastery and the following are video recordings of his visit. Lama Thubten Phurbu’s visit is an indication of the close ties between Dorje Shugden lamas within Tibet and those outside of Tibet….
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A Tribute to His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche
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Dalai Lama Admits He Was Wrong About Dorje Shugden
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