CTA: A stunted democracy
It has been a turbulent few years for the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA; Tibetan leadership), fraught which many exposes about their behavior and lack of concern for their own population. It is a view that is rapidly picking up steam amongst the Tibetan community These are the facts: There are never any new viable candidates…
MP Lhagyari Namgyal Dolkar embarrasses Dalai Lama, attacks his student
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Solaray Kusco In the latest shocking incident to take place in Dharamsala, the member of parliament (MP) Lhagyari Namgyal Dolkar has been filmed violently attacking an American-Chinese tourist, a…
Crisis of confidence in Tibetan leadership
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. Life without the Dalai Lama? By: Ringzin Tsomo October 2, 2017 DHARAMSALA, INDIA – high in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains, something strange is afoot. For the first time…
CUTS hero questions Tibetan Prime Minister
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Jangchup Wangmo On July 14, 2017, the Tibetan Prime Minister Sikyong Lobsang Sangay visited the Central University of Tibetan Studies (CUTS) in Varanasi, India. Varanasi is known throughout the…
The double standards of Dharamsala
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Solaray Kusco Few communities in the world are as closely associated with the words ‘refugee’ and ‘human rights’ as the Tibetans. Their struggle over the last 60 years…
Dharamsala abuses the Dalai Lama
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Solaray Kusco In the 60-odd years that has seen the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) milking the international community for every dollar they can, no other refugee community has been…
Shouldn’t Dorje Shugden people be allowed to redeem themselves?
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Kay Beswick One of the main points of contention against Dorje Shugden is that engaging in his practice leads us to the three lower realms. His practitioners are frequently…
The Dalai Lama accepts money from China
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Solaray Kusco This article, published in the Hindustan Times, is the latest in a long list of publications highlighting the Tibetan leadership’s financial inefficiency, irregularities and hypocrisies. For the…
Should the Sakya Lineage Be Dissolved?
By: Shashi Kei When the 14th Dalai Lama officially banned the practice of the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden in 1996, His Holiness inflicted more than just a dent on the credibility of a Protector the Gelugs have worshipped for almost 400 years. He in fact exposed to doubt and ridicule, the very foundations of the…
Make A Difference Today: Say Yes to Religious Freedom
On the 20-year anniversary of the Dorje Shugden ban, we at DorjeShugden.com wish to bring to light once again the history of this unethical ban, the sufferings it has caused and what all Shugden Buddhists around the world are tirelessly petitioning for. This is also a reminder that the fight to lift the Shugden ban is far from over, and that we should once again rekindle our resolve to see the end of such faith-based discrimination that has no place in the 21st Century.
Where is Tibet: A litany of lies from the Tibetan leadership
By: Kay Beswick The Tibetan exodus began in 1959 when the People’s Liberation Army entered Tibet and His Holiness the Dalai Lama subsequently fled into exile. In the ensuing 60 years, the exiled Tibetan community established themselves in 24 settlements throughout India, on tracts of land generously granted to them by the Indian government. The…
The importance of clearing the lamas’ names
By: Kay Beswick Dorje Shugden practitioners have been standing up for their religious freedom for the last 20 years, with no end to the ban in sight. When things seem bleak, it is common for disappointment and despair to set in. In such times, it is helpful to remind ourselves why we are fighting…
The Karmapa oppressed by Dalai Lama loyalists
by Michaela Smith The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. In an interesting turn of events, an explosive open letter to the Dalai Lama has recently come to light. Written by Lodreu Rabsel Rinpoche, who served as the General…
Lama Yeshe’s Cremation
By: René Muller In 1984, at the age of 49, Lama Yeshe passed into clear light. His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche (1905-1984 CE) was the lama who performed his last rites and cremation. Zong Rinpoche was no ordinary lama but a highly realized Gelugpa lama and a disciple of His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, the…
Tibetans Finally Speaking Up
By: Ringzin Tsomo For the last 60 years, the Tibetan Government-in-Exile has exploited, abused, marginalised and persecuted their people. For the first time in six decades, since the Tibetans first entered a life in exile, we are seeing more and more examples of ordinary Tibetans speaking up against this exploitation. In years gone past, Tibetans…
A Dalai Lama Insider Returns to China – Has the Defection Begun?
By: Shashi Kei The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. On September 2nd 2015 the Tibetan government-in-exile celebrated its 55th ‘Democracy Day’ with the usual grandiloquent speeches about how much the Tibetans owe the Dalai Lama and…
The Dalai Lamas – A Divine Comedy
In a 2001 interview with the Dalai Lama in the book “The Dance of 17 Lives” by Mick Brown, the Dalai Lama inferred that the 16th Karmapa, whom he had on numerous occasions acclaimed as Buddha Akshobhya, was not at all learned and in fact had told lies about the Dalai Lama…
The Unreliability of the Nechung Oracle
It is widely believed that, since the time of the 13th Dalai Lama until today, the Nechung oracle has been under the influence of an evil spirit instead of Nechung/Pehar, thus causing much mischief and problems for the Tibetan peoples such as the untimely death of the 13th Dalai Lama…
CTA Pays For Anti-Shugden Websites
By Kay Beswick For the last 60 years, since they first entered exile in 1959, the Tibetan community has been the recipients of millions of dollars of aid from generous donors all over the world. Western governments especially keen to exploit Tibet’s position as a political thorn in China’s side pumped money into the…
Did Reuters get it wrong?
By Kay Beswick One of the oft-repeated allegations is that Dorje Shugden practitioners are funded by the Chinese government, as part of their strategy to split the Tibetan community. This same allegation was the focus of a recent Reuters special report on the issue, titled “China co-opts a Buddhist sect in global effort to…
The Ruling Empire of Dorje Shugden
Any enlightened being, whether they belong to any of the four classes of Tantra or not, manifest their Enlightenment with a following or entourage. This can be seen even in the case of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni and his 16 Arhats. Just as a king needs ministers in order to manage and execute the necessary…
Power Places of Dorje Shugden
In conjunction with International Religious Freedom Day on 27 October 2015, DorjeShugden.com would like to share with you some of the power places that are very closely associated with the World Peace Protector Dorje Shugden. May we always have the fortune to be in one of these sacred places.
First Ever Dorje Shugden Graphic Novel in Italian
DorjeShugden.com proudly presents the first ever graphic novel on Dorje Shugden’s life in Italian. 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…
License to Kill?
In the landscape of today’s Tibetan Buddhism, it appears that crimes are being committed that go beyond just the breaking of spiritual vows, but involve threatening the lives of others, all in the name of religion. Surely, this cannot be what the Buddha taught…
Why Protestors Say The Dalai Lama Is Lying
Even as the Dalai Lama and his government fail to justify their violations of Shugden practitioner’s rights, his vehement denials of the religious ban indict him when we consider that both his and the CTA’s official websites are rich repositories of evidence of their deception…
Wear for Protection and Blessings
If a Buddha image or statue can plant the seeds of enlightenment and bless all who see it, so can a Buddha pendant! And what if it is a Dorje Shugden Buddha pendant?
An Exclusive Interview with Geshe Sopa
Very rarely can one find a monk who is so humble and yet has quietly accomplished such virtuous works from building monasteries to serving the highest of lamas. Thus, it was a great privilege for DorjeShugden.com to speak with Geshe Zopa to get his views about the Dorje Shugden conflict…
An Exclusive Interview with Adar Tsering
Few names have become more synonymous with the struggle for the Tibetan people to regain their rights to practice their beliefs than Adar Tsering, a familiar Tibetan face at the protests organized by the International Shugden Community. DorjeShugden.com recently had the pleasure of speaking with Adar Tsering to get his views…
An Exclusive Interview with Claudio Cipullo
With over four decades of exposure to high lamas and key events in Tibetan Buddhism, Claudio’s experience provides important insights into the Dorje Shugden ban. It is interesting and noteworthy that with the onset of the Dorje Shugden ban, a practitioner of Claudio Cipullo’s caliber chose to continue with his Dorje Shugden practice…
Recalling The Tibetan Identity
Considering their influence over the population, it beggars belief that the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has yet to condemn self-immolations as un-Buddhist, to prevent further loss of life. More surprisingly, the CTA even published on their website an article in support of self-immolations, titled “Is self-immolation anti-Buddhist?”
A Helping Hand For Nepal
Since the catastrophic earthquake hit Nepal, killing more than 9,000 people, and causing tremendous suffering and pain, Lama Gangchen Help in Action sprung into action, collecting relief funds and dispatching much-needed help…
Tsem Rinpoche the Brave
When in April 2015 Tsem Tulku Rinpoche announced to the world that Kechara Forest Retreat houses the largest Dorje Shugden statue in the world, it goes without saying that it created ripples across the Tibetan Buddhist communities the world over. In perfect solidarity with their guru, the Kecharians, the name of Tsem Rinpoche’s students and followers, started making their own Shugden video testimonies…
The Largest Dorje Shugden Statue in the World!
This massive 24ft statue, the largest Dorje Shugden statue in the world, is housed in Kechara Forest Retreat, an hour’s drive from the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. This retreat center is the latest initiative of Kechara, a Buddhist organization founded by H.E. Tsem Rinpoche in the year 2000…
An Exclusive Interview with Kelsang Ananda
Recently, DorjeShugden.com had the opportunity to speak with Ven. Kelsang Ananda about the Dorje Shugden ban. This is an insightful interview with a sincere Dharma practitioner and a teacher of the Buddhadharma who tells us why the protests go way beyond just the interests of Western Buddhists protecting their rights – they are also an act of compassion for those who have no voice against their oppressors…
Why doesn’t the CTA help Nepal?
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. As information of Nepal’s earthquake disaster dominates word news, and nations of the world scramble in support of the beleaguered Himalayan state, the one “nation” that has for over 50…
DorjeShugden.com Offers Our Prayers to Nepal
Dorjeshugden.com would like to express deep sadness for the people and nation of Nepal who have been struck by the recent devastating earthquakes. It is with deep sorrow that we bear witness to the desolation of so many historic monuments and also to the homes of the people in the land where our Lord Buddha…
Who was Trijang Rinpoche?
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso has likened Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche to “a vast reservoir from which all Gelugpa practitioners of the present day received ‘waters’ of blessings and instructions…
Man Evicted from Samdhong Rinpoche’s Talk
On the 16th of April 2015, Samdhong Rinpoche gave a talk on Mind Training and Compassion Applied to Everyday Life and that was followed by a discussion with Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Samdhong Rinpoche was the first ‘elected’ Kalon Tripa or Prime…
The Great Lama Je Pabongka According to His Disciples and Others
My guru, kind-in-three-ways, who met face to face with Heruka, whose name I find difficult to utter… Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche Dechen Nyingpo was an unbelievable lama who lived in the early part of the twentieth century [biography]. His two main students, Kyabje Ling Rinpoche and Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, were the most highly esteemed Gelugpa Lamas…
Michael Richards on Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche
Pabongka Rinpoche was probably the most influential Gelug lama of this century, holding all the important lineages of sutra and tantra and passing them on to most of the important Gelug lamas of the next two generations…
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