The Benefits of Dorje Shugden’s Puja
Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden is an essential protector for this era. At the most basic level, Dorje Shugden is able to solve various supernatural disturbances that one may encounter, such as spirit disturbances, sorcery or negative energy…
True Spiritual Leadership: Karmapa vs Dalai Lama
On 11 June 2014, the world lost a light when news of the passing of Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche Mepham Chokyi Lodro surfaced. Devotees from all around the world mourned and prepared for the final rites of H.H the 14th Shamarpa, which the late master himself had indicated should be performed in Nepal…
Hamburg: Peaceful Demonstration Coverage
23 – 26 August 2014 marks the second time in 2014 that the International Shugden Community (ISC) has held a peaceful demonstration in Germany, to appeal to the Dalai Lama to lift his ban on Dorje Shugden’s practice. As always, DorjeShugden.com brings you the latest photos, videos and media coverage of this peaceful protest by dedicated Shugden practitioners…
Sera Mey’s Actions Confirms Shugden Lies
The once-great monastic university Sera Mey betrayed its core principle of upholding the truth, and began to expel its own monks whom it could not coerce into being disloyal to their gurus and Dharma protector. Whatever values its founder bestowed onto this great university was expensed to secure a convenient but immoral place on the politically correct side of the Dalai Lama…
Oracles: Enlightened or Not?
This video highlights nuances in Tibetan Buddhist culture and ritual to make a distinction between worldly and awakened beings, through the tradition of oracles in Tibetan culture…
Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche leads Vajra Yogini Fire Puja
The world is watching the activities of H.H. Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche, full of expectation that he will continue the great work of his predecessor, Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang. Most recently, Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche led a Vajra Yogini retreat and fire puja in TBI from 28th June to the 27th July…
Don’t Enroll Your Children in Shugden Monasteries
In the video, one will witness firsthand the Dalai Lama firmly discouraging parents from sending their children to Dorje Shugden monasteries. The Dalai Lama clearly states that Dorje Shugden practitioners are against the Dalai Lama (although it is in fact the Dalai Lama who created this standoff against Shugden practitioners) and implies that Dorje Shugden monks use fraud and deceit to recruit new monks…
Activities and Events at Shugden Centres Around the World – September 2014
September 2014 is another exciting month to immerse yourself in discovering the teachings of Lama Tsongkhapa’s tradition, in events conducted by Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries and Dharma Centers around the world led by Dorje Shugden teachers…
CTA, Stop Irritating China
It is clear from recent events that wherever the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA; Tibetan leadership based in Dharamsala) does not have a strong influence, there is harmony and Lama Tsongkhapa’s lineage is able to thrive in its most traditional form. In Tibet, where the CTA is not able to influence the local population, Dorje Shugden’s…
Radio Free Asia – Biased Reporting
Radio Free Asia (RFA) is a not-for-profit corporation aimed at providing “information to people living under repressive regimes in Asia”. Based out of Washington, USA, the service broadcasts in several languages and they are known in Tibetan communities for reporting current events within Tibet and the Tibetan diaspora. Their Tibetan Service however, has mostly skirted…
UPDATE: The Shugden Controversy: A Panel Discussion
Our email From: DS Admin Date: Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:09 AM Subject: SOAS The Shugden Controversy Panel Discussion To: [email protected] Dear Dr. Hill, It has come to our attention that SOAS will soon be hosting a panel discussion on the topic of “The Shugden Controversy and the 14th Dalai Lama”. I represent the…
9th Monlam Chenmo in Chogdong Monastery, Tibet
Chogdong Monastery (or Chagdrung Monastery) in Kham, Tibet celebrated their 9th Annual Monlam Chenmo festival in July 2014. The celebrations centered around a vast open plain, with huge tents erected to accommodate the thousands of monks and lay people who gathered to celebrate this auspicious occasion…
An unexpected blessing and gift
Dear friends, There has been a lot of debate in regards to the practice of Dorje Shugden. However, rather than involving ourselves in the arguments posited by either side, perhaps we should come to a conclusion on Dorje Shugden and his practice through our own study of the issue. His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche was…
Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk and His Heart Disciple, Trichen Lama
Prior to the unfortunate accident, Geshela had spent the later part of his life giving Praktimoksha vows and teachings to the younger generation of Buddhists, both lay and ordained. Geshela also passed all the lineages he held to his heart disciple, Trichen Lama, thus ensuring the continuity of the pure Tantric and Sutric teachings of the Ganden tradition…
Supporting the Growth of Dorje Shugden in South Africa
Vajrapani Kadampa Buddhist Centre (VKBC) in Johannesburg, South Africa recently held a Dorje Shugden teaching and empowerment ceremony in June 2014. The administrators of VKBC had written to DorjeShugden.com requesting sponsorship of Dorje Shugden pendants…
Download: Music Delighting the Ocean of Protectors
The most definitive and complete document on VAJRADHARA DORJE SHUGDEN, his nature, function and history, written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s root Guru, Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang, available in English, Chinese and Indonesian. click below to view/download the complete text (143 pages, PDF, 1.6MB) No Acrobat PDF Reader? Click here to download JPG picture…
The ‘Unthinkable’ Spiritual Leader
In a recent interview, the 14th Dalai Lama referred to the ongoing but recently escalated Gaza crisis as “unthinkable” on the basis that he did not expect “such violence from people who claim to hold religious principles”. Commenting on the failure of others to abide by their respective religious tenets, the Dalai Lama went on…
200,000 gather for a milestone event!!
31 July 2014 marks a day of rejoicing as the world celebrates the return of the great Dharma master, H.E. Denma Gonsa Rinpoche, and his enthronement in Gonsa Monastery, Tibet. Over 200,000 (more than the population of Tibetans in Exile) were in attendance…
First Ever Dorje Shugden Graphic Novel in Mongolian
DorjeShugden.com proudly presents the first ever graphic novel on Dorje Shugden’s life in Mongolian. This graphic novel was produced with the motivation of bringing Dorje Shugden all over the world. So that the blessings of his life story may pervade and touch lives everywhere. We at this website are committed to this goal…
FPMT, Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden
Recent Facebook postings regarding Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa have brought attention once again to FPMT and its relationship with the 14th Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden…
The Dark Side of the Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama preaches love, compassion and tolerance to the rest of the world but his tone is infinitely darker when speaking to Tibetan audiences about the Dorje Shugden ban…
A Tribute to Kyabje Yongyal Rinpoche
As Tibetan Buddhism struggled to regroup and rebuild after the fall of Tibet, Yongyal Rinpoche was a beacon of hope and strength in the monastic community, tirelessly teaching at Sera Monastery in India for 14 years…
Dalai Lama’s Meddling in the Recognition of Tulkus
The Tibetan leadership, in an effort to wield greater control over the masses, sought to regulate the recognition of Tulkus in order to achieve this aim. The government has even gone to extreme lengths of banning and sometimes concealing certain incarnations for political reasons…
Dalai Lama asks Monks to ‘Remember The Buddhist Faith’
In a series of 2013 interviews and statements related to the sectarian clashes in Myanmar that left around 200 dead in the state of Rakhine and approximately 140,000 homeless, the Dalai Lama pled with the Buddhist monks of Myanmar to “remember the Buddhist faith”…
Activities and Events at Shugden Centres Around the World – August 2014
August 2014 is shaping up to be a busy month for Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries and Dharma Centers around the world that have Dorje Shugden lamas as their spiritual guides or heads…
Dear Jamyang Norbu… I have a question for you
Dear Jamyang la, I read your article “The Dialectics Of Being Sheep” with a smile on my face. And yes, I do subscribe to Eli Wallach’s parting advice in The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. So here I am guns ablazing. You called the Tibetans sheep!
Evidence of the CTA’s clandestine activities?
Information has recently come to light that seems to point to the CTA’s shadowy presence in clandestine activities. A search of GTVT’s website raised eyebrows when the ‘name server’ of this new hate-website appeared suspiciously similar to the ‘name server’ of TheTibetPost.com…
Zava Damdin Rinpoche spreads Dharma in Mongolia
His Eminence Zava Damdin Rinpoche is an erudite Lama of the Gelug tradition and in accordance with the teachings, has brought innumerable benefits to those he meets. A modern Lama with a passionate heart to bring the teachings of the Incomparable Lama Tsongkhapa to his people and country, Zava Damdin Rinpoche is now building a…
The Right Place at the Right Time
Sometimes we just need the right conditions to appear, and this time, I believe very much that it was because of my consistent prayers to Dorje Shugden that we got a second chance…
Another Threatening Letter!
Yet another group, a newly formed pro-Dalai Lama faction known as the GLOBAL TIBETAN VOLUNTEERS FOR THE TRUTH, has recently issued a statement that is nothing less than a threat against Dorje Shugden practitioners…
DorjeShugden.com receives a threat
Every single day, four million Dorje Shugden practitioners are subjected to vulgarities, and threats of violence and harm by Tibetans who, since 1996, have been consistently misinformed, alarmed and provoked by their leadership. Above is one such example, which was left as a comment on the DorjeShugden.com Facebook page. To think that someone took the…
A True Inspiration: Claudio Cipullo
By: Michaela Smith Every now and then, we come across personalities that touch and inspire us Dorje Shugden practitioners. In the middle of hypocrisy and suffocating pressures to be politically correct, to ostracise our Guru and fellow Dharma practitioners who practice the Lord Protector Dorje Shugden, one person stands out. Claudio Cipullo was a student…
Berkeley welcomes Dorje Shugden
DorjeShugden.com is proud to announce that our third mural has been completed, and this time it is in Oakland-Berkeley, California! This mural was conceptualized to reach a younger generation who would see it as a photo opportunity and spread it around on social media, and therefore multiply the number of people blessed by Dorje Shugden…
CTA’s Subtle Discrimination
We at DorjeShugden.com bring you recent and current proof of discrimination against Dorje Shugden practitioners, some of which are instigated on a large scale by none other than the Dalai Lama and his administration…
Saga Dawa Celebrations in Shar Gaden
Saga Dawa, the holiest time of the Tibetan year, is celebrated throughout the entire fourth month of the Tibetan lunar calendar. Tibetan lunar month begins and ends with a new moon, and the full moon day that falls in the middle of the 4th month is known as Saga Dawa Duchen…
Dalai Lama speaks out against caste based discrimination, but how about Shugden people?
Recently the Dalai Lama visited Zanskar and speaks out against caste based discrimination: “I found out that some castes were considered lower caste and others don’t eat and drink with them”… “Monks also don’t go to their house to perform prayers”… “But I went along with them and took a picture with them”… “It is…
400,000 in Chatreng Sampheling Monastery!
An astounding 400,000 people attended the Monlam Festival in Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche’s Sampheling Monastery in Chatreng, Tibet from 5-12 March, 2014. The Gelugpa Monlam Chenmo (or Great Prayer Festival) was established by Lama Tsongkapa in 1049…
Tagtshang Lhamo Setri Monastery
Lhamo Setri Monastery is one of the earliest monasteries that enshrined Dharmapala Dorje Shugden as a Dharma Protector. A massive statue of Dorje Shugden astride a black horse stands in the main prayer hall of Lhamo Setri Monastery…
An Appeal Against Violence
I recently came across an inflammatory letter purportedly from Tashi Peljor, Jangchup Choden, Tenzin Wangyal and Tenzing Wangchuk, addressed to all Tibetans in general…
Vegetarianism in Buddhism
Buddhism has three main schools of thought – Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana – and a superficial examination of these three schools (or vehicles) reveals what appears to be conflicting views on the practice of vegetarianism…
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