The ramifications of Karmapa’s shocking special message
This year, attendees at the Kagyu Monlam Festival received a special message from Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje wherein he openly expressed his frustration, the reasons for his frustration and, in his own words, his ‘depression’…
#thankyouindia2018 event fails
In the wake of Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale’s memo discouraging Indian officials from attending events hosted by the CTA, it has now come to light that the main event of the CTA’s year-long #thankyouindia2018 campaign has been moved from Delhi to Dharamsala…
India’s confidential memo on the Tibetans leaked
On 26th February 2018, a classified directive from the Indian Cabinet Secretary discouraging Indian officials from attending events held by the Tibetan leadership in India was leaked to the press…
Tibetan exiled government regime falling apart
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 All the signs are there, pointing to the implosion of the Tibetan leadership. In recent times, Tibetans have learned about US$1.5 million that was embezzled by one…
Gaden Shartse Monastery’s new abbot is not compassionate
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 MUNDGOD – Some disturbing news has come to light recently with the publication of two letters detailing the expulsion of monks from Gaden Shartse and Sera Jey…
Tibetans rejected by Botswana
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: Steve Lee In this day and age, as the world is becoming increasingly connected due to the Internet and globalization, it is economic might that now determines the politics…
Dalai Lama Named In $1 Million Scandal
On 24th January 2018, the Daily Mail ran a story with a blistering headline, “Dalai Lama was paid $1 MILLION to endorse women-branding ‘sex cult’ after secret deal between Buddhist’s celibate U.S. emissary and his Seagram billionaire ‘lover’”. While some Dalai Lama fans may discredit the Daily Mail as a gossip-mongering tabloid, the story itself is an extension of The Guardian’s news about the dubious activities of Tenzin Dhonden…
Why are rangzen people allowed to live in Tibetan communities?
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: Ringzin Tsomo DHARAMSALA – The past few months have been awash with news about Lobsang Sangay and Penpa Tsering’s catfight dragged into the public eye. While the Tibetan public’s…
The Dalai Lama’s Change of Tune
After over half a century of rousing Tibetan and global support against China, the Dalai Lama’s reversal in his stance and attitude towards China is not without some serious implications and repercussions…
Who is lying, Samdhong or Sangay?
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: Shashi Kei After 60 years of dashed hopes, the Tibetan world was recently set ablaze with news of Samdhong Rinpoche’s supposed visit to China. Word first broke in The…
Confirmed: Dalai Lama’s envoy Samdhong Rinpoche visited China
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication by Tenzin Monlom. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected] By: Tenzin Monlom It is indeed good news that many media publications have announced the ‘private visit’ to China by His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s emissary Samdhong…
Does Tenzin Dhonden prove Dalai Lama is not psychic?
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: Ngawang Dhondup When The Guardian first broke the story of the Dalai Lama’s personal emissary’s involvement in corruption as well as other salacious activities, few were surprised. They also…
Tibetan leadership allows 151st tragic self-immolation
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] Dear readers, Why are the Tibetan government-in-exile not ordering their people to stop the self-immolations? For everything else, the Tibetan government acts as a dictatorship and not the democracy they…
१४ औ दलाई लामाले नेपाललाई रिस उठायो।
बुद्धधर्मिहरुका लागि दर्शन गर्नै पर्ने यहाँ चार तिर्थस्थल हरु छन् । त्यो मध्धे एउटा बुद्धको जन्मस्थान लुम्बिनी पर्दछ रा लुम्बिनी अहिले नेपाल भित्र पर्छ। सन् २४५ बि.सी. मा सम्राट अशोकाले त्यहाँ खम्बा उठाउँनका साथै शिलालेख गरि त्यो स्थललाई बुद्ध को जन्मस्थान पुष्ठी गरिको थियो।
The 14th Dalai Lama Angers 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] By: Shashi Kei There are four places of pilgrimage that are considered a must-visit for all Buddhist practitioners of all traditions. One of these places is the Buddha’s birthplace in…
NOVEMBER 2017 KOLKATA – Dalai Lama wants to be a part of 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 On 23rd November 2017, the Economic Times reported on the Dalai Lama’s latest remarks captured at a sharing organized by the Indian Chamber of Commerce. During the…
US$1.5 million siphoned by Tibetan government
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 Although it attempts to function as a democratic governing body, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA; the Tibetan leadership based in Dharamsala) is in actuality a privately-funded administration…
The Dalai Lama’s Fatigue
The past few months have not been easy for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who has had to cancel a number of meetings and appearances citing exhaustion. Today, His Holiness announced an indefinite leave of absence from his public engagements…
If Lobsang Sangay Had Honor, He Would Resign
One of the strongest indicators that the CTA is not a real democracy is the stark absence of a viable, functioning opposition party. In the recent 2016 Sikyong (Prime Minister) elections, it seemed as though a contender had been found in the form of Penpa Tsering…
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…
Indians openly demand Tibetans go home
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 2014, the Indian government initiated a policy called the Tibetan Rehabilitation Policy (TRP). Supporters say that the TRP was the Indian government’s attempt to boost the…
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…
Tibetans comment on lack of US support
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 “Sanguine” can be defined as optimism or positivity and it is true to say that in the current climate, the Tibetans have very little to be optimistic…
Why is the Tibetan government arguing about petty things again?
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 As yet another session of their so-called Parliament draws to a close, Tibetans are yet again having to deal with news that their political representatives have embarrassed…
Why the CTA doesn’t talk about Gorkhaland
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: Ringzin Tsomo The Gorkhaland issue in West Bengal, India, has been a hot topic on various online news portals and social media platforms for the last couple of months…
Dalai Lama’s emissary in big trouble
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] Dalai Lama’s emissary in sex, cult scandal By: Jangchup Wangmo One year ago, news broke of one of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s personal and close associates being implicated in…
Tibetans reject 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] By: Ashok Rao Celebrated in Dharamsala, the heart of the Tibetan exiled community, Tibetan Democracy day or ‘mangtso duechen’ is supposed to be a grand event. In the past, Tibetans…
Australian PM has no plans to meet Dalai Lama 2017
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: Ashok Rao The Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has decided not to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama during a visit by the Tibetan leader in 2017. This is…
Tibetans rejected by Bhutan
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 Of the four modern day countries that border with historical Tibet – India, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar – Bhutan has always been traditionally closely associated with Tibet….
Tibetans rejected by 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] By: Tsering Bruckman In an unprecedented move back in 2005, the Nepali authorities shut down two key offices associated with the Dalai Lama in the country’s capital city, Kathmandu. It…
Tibetans rejected by Pakistan
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 There is more disappointing news for the Sikyong Lobsang Sangye as he embarks on yet another tour of America to curry favor with the West and raise…
The Tibetan leadership has destroyed Tibetan Buddhism
In Tibet, politics and religion have always been inseparable. The justification for this dangerous mix was that Buddhism would ‘cleanse’ and protect politics from abuse. However, it is much more common to see the religion being abused to explain away certain actions and decisions by the Tibetan government which seem to be devoid of logic and common sense.
The real reason the Tibetan leadership does not condemn self-immolations
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: Steve Lee A comment from an ex-CTA (Central Tibetan Administration) insider on a TibetSun.com article reveals a rather insidious agenda brewing right in the heart of the Tibetan leadership….
Tibetan leadership sabotages Indian citizenship
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 Below are two articles received reviewing the Tibetan leadership’s stance towards applying for Indian citizenship. In a scathing review of the Tibetan leadership’s latest actions, Mila Rangzen…
Panchen Lama’s historic 2017 visit to a Dorje Shugden monastery
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: Steve Lee The highest-ranking lama of Tibet, the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu officially visited Denma Gonsa monastery on the 19th July 2017. This massive Dorje Shugden monastery…
Member of Indian Parliament Questions 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: Ashok Rao After having received the kindness of India for over six decades, there is still no sign of reciprocity from the Tibetans. This fact is now being highlighted…
Tibetans rejected by Sweden
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: Ashok Rao In a move that is beginning to be mirrored by many others, Sweden announced in June 2016 that it no longer accepts the Tibetan Yellow Book as…
Tibetans rejected by Italy
By: Kay Beswick One by one, the world’s nations are dissociating with the Tibetan leadership. On June 28, 2016 Swedish authorities announced a change in regulations, saying that they no longer accepted the Tibetan Identity Certificate as a valid identification document. The Identity Certificate, popularly known as the Yellow Book thanks to its cover, is…
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…
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