Quote: Phelgye Ling Monastery’s senior administrator’s refusal to conduct the DS puja when requested by the Kopan Monastery’s monk is an example of the repercussion of FPMT’s action to ban DS practice. We can’t imagine what other heavy negative karma that FPMT has to absorb in the future - broken samayas with Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, disrespecting DS, creating schisms to name a few.
I agree with Vajratruth. How could the said senior administrator refuse to help conduct a DS puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche! "
I disagree. Those monks of Pelgyeling are risking their lives in continuing to faithfully follow their Gurus instructions and practise Dorje Shugden. Lama Zopa is actively trying to destroy the practise of Dorje Shugden, see :
In the FPMT (Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition) Handbook, Lama Zopa says:
"All those who offer service or teach in FPMT centers are committed to follow the advice of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
As an example, His Holiness has prohibited the practice of the so-called protector, Do Gyel (Shugden), so teachers or others affiliated with the FPMT should not engage in this practice."
This also extends to ordination. From the IMI/FPMT website:
Students considering ordination should also:
have had Buddhist refuge for at least five years,
have lived with lay vows for at least three years,
NOT be a Shugden practitioner,be at least 20 years of age, etc etc
also from Lama Zopa:
http://www.lamayeshe.com/index.php?sect=article&id=335Dorje Shugden is a spirit or mundane Dharma protector that some believe is a fully enlightened being. He has become a rallying cry for some who wish to return Tibet to a theocracy (His Holiness the Dalai Lama wants democracy) with one school or sect as the official ‘church’. No FPMT center does this practice and all fully support His Holiness the Dalai Lama's wish that this practice not be done. For more information, see
http://www.tibet.com/dholgyal/index.html.and :
If those gurus who used to do the practice still had the same aspect now, if they were still alive in that aspect, they would also change. For example, His Holiness himself did the practice in Tibet for a short while, but after extensive analysis, checking many experiences and signs, and considering the advice of many other high lamas who advised not to do the practice, His Holiness also decided against it.
It is not only His Holiness who is saying not to do this practice. Before His Holiness, many other high lamas, holders of the entire Buddhadharma, also instructed their monasteries and students not to do this practice. After checking in many ways, His Holiness came to the conclusion that for the benefit of individual people as well as the world in general, he would stop doing this practice and also advised others to stop. Therefore, if those gurus who did the practice still had the same aspect, they would stop. Also, many gurus, many great teachers who are still living, have stopped as well, even though they used to do the practice before.
Even though many people, groups, and monasteries have asked His Holiness to change his advice on this, he has remained firm. Since he arrived at his decision through many years’ analysis, there has been no change; His Holiness always says the same thing in this regard. As His Holiness has said in many teachings, he will never change his opinion on this matter. If His Holiness the Dalai Lama is not Chenrezig, if he’s not Buddha, who else is there in the world that you can point to as Buddha? If His Holiness is not the Buddha of Compassion, then it’s a mistake to call other lamas Buddha, who are said to be incarnations of a Buddha.
[Rinpoche then explained in detail how His Holiness is Chenrezig and how the guru is Buddha.] end quote Lama Zopa
It is very clear what he is saying here !!!! DL is right , Dorje Shugden is bad and you should give up the practise !
also:
Lama Zopa:
Then, I want to specify one extra point, on the basis of the usual examination that is explained in the teachings. I want to add that, if you are making a new Dharma connection with a teacher, you should examine to make sure that that teacher is not someone who is against His Holiness Dalai Lama with respect to the practice of what’s called döl-gyäl, the protector Shugden. Make sure that that person does not do the practice. These days, that’s an extra analysis you should make. In that way, you’ll avoid problems in future.
Recently, I also introduced a new guideline for the protection of the centers and their students, which is not to invite to the center teachers who do the protector practice and are therefore against His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Is this not clear
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I remember reading an article in the FPMT Mandala magazine, many years ago, where he travelled to Mongolia (if I remember correctly Bakula Rinpoches monastery) and he gave money offerings to the monks, but only to those who did not practise Dorje Shugden. He said they too would get offerings if they renounced their DS practise.
Vajra
