H.H. Ganden Tripa’s Dedication to Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche
April 23, 2009 I, the undersigned, Lungri Namgyel, the official head of the Gelug order of Tibetan Buddhism (Ganden Tripa) and successor to the said order’s founder, Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), whose headquarters are Ganden Monastery in Karnataka state, south India, hereby confirm that: • His Eminence Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche, having been educated in the teachings…
Comment on Karmapa’s Statement
Some comment, please read to the end: Karmapa softens stance on China (2009) Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7946099.stm The Karmapa Lama – Tibetan Buddhism’s third-highest figure – has spoken of his admiration for Chinese culture. The comment made in an interview with the BBC Chinese Service suggested a willingness to co-operate with China. He said he backed the…
Politics is Politics is Politics
BEJING POLITICS VERSUS DHARAMSALA POLITICS: POLITICS IS POLITICS IS POLITICS… Comment on the Current Tibetan/Chinese Conflict Excerpted from Gelek Rimpoche’s Sunday Talk, March 16, 2008 Let’s try to understand the current situation in Tibet. This has been going on for fifty years. The Communist Chinese have always been suspicious of monasteries and Buddhism. For example,…
Are Great Lamas Fickle???
I was thinking that it wouldn’t make any sense that great lamas just gave up a lifetime of practice and commitment to Dorje Shugden because the Dalai Lama said to. It doesn’t make sense. Because: That would mean that all these great omniscient lamas weren’t omniscient after all?? That they were very fickle and also…
Liberation Stories
STORY 1 The “Charitable Assistance Society of Thousand-Arm Chenrezig” (CASONLINE e-news) in Singapore announces a Cittamani Tara empowerment with Loseling Khen Rinpoche, Abbot of Drepung Monastery (Feb 2007): A Most Precious and Unique Tara Cycle The practice of this Cycle of the Cittamani Tara is unique in it being one of the rarest cycles of Tara practices…
Suppression Stories
SUPRESSION STORIES OR HOW THE TIBETAN GOVERNMENT USES HIS HOLINESS AND HISTORY TO SUPRESS DORJE SHUGDEN IN THE NAME OF FREE TIBET AND NON-SECTARIANISM Most governments use distorted history and falsified ‘facts’ to remain where they are – in power and looking smart. Why should the Tibetan one be different? Here follows a study of…
Sanctified Sectarianism
When was the last time you heard Gelukpas telling other lineages which practices were appropriate for them? As if they knew the other schools better than them? As if they had thoroughly studied and practiced them? As if each lineage, although interdependent spiritually, wasn’t a completely independent body of transmissions, methods and customs? When Geluk…
Letter of The Day
Reading from Gary’s deep insight and writing, I was thinking that it wouldn’t make any sense that great lamas just gave up a lifetime of practice and commitment to Dorje Shugden because the Dalai Lama said to. It doesn’t make sense. Because: 1. That would mean that all these great omniscient lamas weren’t omniscient after…
Universal Protector of Future Buddhism
Part 1 – Great King whose Time has Come HUM Unimpeded in power and miraculous emanation, unrivaled in wisdom and compassion, Great King of Dharma Protectors whose time has come, Dorje Shugden, Five Families and Principal, and hundreds of thousands of millions of billions of entourage… It is a proverbial saying that nothing is stronger…
Why Not Just Kill Him and Let Him be Forgotten?
They can bury me in earth, drown me in water, burn me in fire but they cannot destroy what is not object to destruction. Do not worry – soon the sun will shine. One of the reasons why Tibetan Buddhism is so famous and respected is because of the powerful antidotes to black magic and…
Supramundane and Mundane Dharma Protectors
Supramundane or enlightened protectors Supramundane protectors are emanations of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who have taken on this role to avert inner and outer obstacles to the practice of Dharma. In Vajrayana practice, along with the “Three Jewels” (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha), there are the “Three Roots” – Guru, Yidam, and protector. The Guru gives blessing,…
Purposes of the Controversy – Spreading Dharma Without and Within
The trap of taking sides – only a Buddha can know As Buddha Shakyamuni did with his “evil” cousin Devadatta, to subdue the dualistic minds of their students and to strengthen the Buddhadharma’s roots in this world, enlightened masters have always enacted dramas of “good versus evil”, acted as if insane, and appeared in any…
The Dalai Lama’s and Tibetan Buddhism’s Way into Our World
Quite literally, His Holiness’ way from isolated Tibet onto the stage of the world at large was paved by Gyalchen Dorje Shugden. In 1959, in Tibet ’s besieged capitol, Lhasa , as HH Trijang Rinpoche writes in his autobiography, he was increasingly worried about His Holiness’ safety. The state oracle’s advice having not been clear…
Contemplate This
CONTEMPLATE THIS…Instead of turning away people who practise Dorje Shugden, we should be kind to them. Invite them, teach them, slowly and give them logic and wisdom without fear, then in time they give up the practice assuming it is ‘wrong’. Wouldn’t that be a Buddhistic approach to all ‘wrong-doers’? Actually Dorje Shugden practitioners are…
A Brief History Of Opposition To Shugden
Measures Taken by Various Learned Non-Sectarian Scholars and Great Practitioners Against the Practice and Propitiation of Dolgyal or Shugden Edited and Compiled by The Dolgyal Research Committee The Government of Tibet in Exile PREFACE This leaflet, dealing with the measures taken by various learned scholars and great practitioners against the practice and propitiation of Dolgyal…
The Shadow of the Dalai Lama
THE WAR OF THE ORACLE GODS AND THE SHUGDEN AFFAIR The Tibetans can be described without exaggeration as being “addicted to oracles”. The most varied methods of augury and clairvoyance have been an everyday presence in the Land of Snows since time immemorial. The following types of oracle, all of which are still employed (among…
Dalai Lama’s office disapproves Singapore Expo on “Buddhist Relics”
The Buddhist Channel, December 4, 2006 Relics Expo organizer “Gelugpa Buddhist Association Singapore” not recognized by HH Dalai Lama Singapore — The office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed its concern about the so-named “The Buddha and His Principal Disciples’ Relics Grand Cultural World Exhibition”, from December 9 to 17, 2006 at the…
Dorje Shugden Outcasts in India
France 24 documentary about the Dalai Lama’s religious persecution of Dorje Shugden practitioners in India. Dorje Shugden practitioners have become outcasts in their own communities in India due to the Dalai Lama’s political ban against them.
Western Shugden Society Protests in New York City
Evacuated by NYC Police – The Western Shugden Society were peacefully protesting against the Dalai Lama’s ban on Dorje Shugden when they were surrounded by a mob of angry Tibetans. Dalai Lama Protest at Radio City Midtown Clash Over Dalai July 18th, 2008 By Pilar Conci and Jamie Schram from the New York Post Followers…
Australian News :Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden Controversy
An interview with Australian Buddhist nun Kelsang Lachog of the Western Shugden Society on a Australian news program.
Dalai Lama Taken to Court for Religious Discrimination
The Dalai Lama has been taken to court for religious discrimination for his ban on the Buddhist deity Dorje Shugden.
Dalai Lama Protests Around the World
A musical production about the Western Shugden Society’s protest against the Dalai Lama’s ban on Dorje Shugden.
Western Shugden Society Protests at Colgate University
Western Shugden Society protests outside the Dalai Lama’s teaching at Colgate University in New York.
The Dalai Lama’s Advice Concerning Dorje Shugden
Part of a speech the Dalai Lama gave enforcing the ban on Dorje Shugden and a glimpse at what followed. The monks immediately started expelling and harassing monks that wish to remain steadfast to their practice. This is encouraged by Dalai Lama. This speech was given in Drepung Monastery with monks from Gaden, Sera, Tashilunpo, Nyingma,…
Dalai Lama and the Iraq War
The war in Iraq had no popular mandate from any nation and no legal mandate from the international community. Since the invasion there have been several hundred thousand civilian casualties and nearly 5000 Coalition soldiers have died. If ever there was a war that could be definitively condemned it is this one. But the Dalai…
Is the Dalai Lama a Buddhist Master?
The Dalai Lama is the most famous Buddhist teacher alive – but what is the caliber of his talks? Is he the real deal – an authentic Buddhist master – or just a showman in robes? Watch the Dalai Lama talk and decide for yourself .
Dalai Lama and the CIA
This is a short clip from Penn and Teller about the state department documents that reveal the details about money the Dalai Lama received from CIA. Footages in Tibet of the CIA training site, the first firearms drop, interviews with guerrilla trainees… Interesting historical documentary featuring footage and rare black and white photos of CIA…
Dalai Lama and Human Rights
The Dalai Lama received the Lantos Human Rights Prize in Washington in October of 2009. Does he deserve it? Thousands of Shugden practitioners have been outcast from the Tibetan in Exile communities due to the Dalai Lama’s ban on the practice of Dorje Shugden. This video includes a speech by the Dalai Lama enforcing the…
The Dalai Lama Bans and Encourages the Ban of Dorje Shugden
Thousands of Shugden practitioners have been outcast from the Tibetan in Exile communities due to the Dalai Lama’s ban on the practice of Dorje Shugden. This video includes a speech by the Dalai Lama enforcing the ban video clips of the effects of his words on Shugden practitioners.
Dudjom Rinpoche and the Dalai Lama
This is a brief video about Dudjom Rinpoche and how he was falsely accused of being a Chinese spy by the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in Exile.
Dalai Lama Meeting with Barack Obama
VOAvideo Reports : February 19, 2010 — U.S. President Barack Obama met Thursday at the White House with the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, despite diplomatic protests from China. The meeting took place amid growing tensions between Washington and Beijing. Elizabeth Lee has this report.
Dalai Lama Controversy in the News
This video highlights news articles about the Dalai Lama controversy in the news.
The Dalai Lama and Feudal Theocracy in Tibet
Webster Tarpley debunks some of the myths about Tibet and the Dalai Lama on Russia Today.
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