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La deuxième femme affirme avoir été molestée par Dagri Rinpoché

admindev — Sun, 05 May 2019 10:45:33 +0000

Dagri Rinpoché Thupten Lundrup Tenpey Gyaltsen, alias Thupten Jangchup, qui travaille au bureau du Dalaï Lama et qui est étroitement associé à la Fondation pour la Préservation de la Tradition Mahayana (FPMT) au Monastère de Sera Jey, est actuellement en garde à vue après avoir été accusé d’avoir agressé une femme lors d’un vol Delhi-Dharamsala. Selon des sources, ce n’est pas la première fois qu’il le fait, mais les incidents précédents ont été étouffés.

“Les personnes qui commettent des abus sexuels ne se soucient pas de l’enseignement du Bouddha. Rendez-le public par le biais des médias, même s’ils ne tiennent peut-être pas compte des enseignements du Bouddhisme sur le comportement éthique, ils en prendront probablement conscience si leur visage apparaît dans les médias.” ~ S.S. le Dalaï Lama (Ladakh, 2017)

10 Mai 2019 Tenzin GaphelDHARAMSALA, le 9 mai: Dans une autre allégation de attentat à la pudeur contre Dagri Rinpoché, une Espagnole a affirmé avoir été agressée par le haut professeur du bouddhisme tibétain il y a dix ans, alors qu’elle était religieuse. Dans une vidéo publiée mardi sur YouTube, Jakaira Perez Valdivia a affirmé que Dagri Rinpoché l’avait agressée il y a 10 ans chez lui, derrière le monastère de Namgyal, lorsqu’elle lui avait rendu visite pour lui demander conseil pour son problème de dos (douleur).

Jakaira Perez Valdivia

Elle a déclaré qu’il lui avait fallu beaucoup de temps pour s’exprimer publiquement au sujet de son calvaire, parce que des gens avaient essayé de la convaincre du contraire, que le Rinpoché l’avait fait par compassion. Elle a également affirmé que beaucoup d’autres femmes avaient également été agressées par Dagri Rinpoché. “Beaucoup de filles et de femmes; des femmes laïques, des religieuses, occidentales, tibétaines et indiennes ont été agressées par Dagri Rinpoché », a affirmé l’Espagnole en les exhortant à se faire connaître et à raconter leur histoire. L’allégation de Jakaira fait suite à une allégation similaire portée contre Dagri Rinpoché, il y a environ une semaine, par une Indienne qui avait accusé le professeur bouddhiste tibétain de l’avoir agressée dans un vol à destination de Dharamsala au départ de Delhi. «Une femme de Kinnaur âgée de 30 ans a accusé Rinpoché de l’avoir agressée le 3 mai sur un vol matinal Air India de Delhi à Gagal (Dharamsala)», ont rapporté plusieurs journaux en langue hindi, citant une complainte officielle déposée au poste de police de Gagal. Rinpoché, âgé de 65 ans, aurait été arrêté par la police pour enquête, après quoi il aurait été libéré sous caution. Dagri Rinpoché, l’un des lamas en tournée (titre pour un enseignant du Dharma dans le bouddhisme tibétain) de la Fondation pour la Préservation de la Tradition Mahayana (FPMT), donne de nombreux enseignements en Europe et en Asie. Les tentatives faites par Tibet Express pour obtenir une réponse de Dagri Rinpoché via Facebook et son adresse de messagerie personnelle n’ont suscité aucune réaction, tandis que de nombreuses tentatives d’envoi de courriers électroniques au bureau international de la FPMT et à son président / PDG via le site Internet de la fondation ont échoué. Dagri Rinpoché est la réincarnation de Pari (Dagri) Dorje Chang, un grand érudit bouddhiste de Lhassa. Il est né au Tibet en 1958 et a grandi pendant la révolution culturelle de 1966 à 1976. Après son évasion du Tibet en 1982, il étudie la philosophie bouddhiste pendant 17 ans et obtient le diplôme de Geshe Lharampa. Sa Sainteté le Dalaï-Lama, chef spirituel tibétain, a toujours dénoncé les comportements irresponsables et contraires à l’éthique de la part d’enseignants bouddhistes. “Les auteurs d’abus sexuels se moquent totalement de l’enseignement du Bouddha”, avait déclaré le Dalaï Lama lors d’un problème similaire au Ladakh en 2017, et encouragé les adeptes bouddhistes à rendre publics les comportements d’enseignants abusifs en s’adressant aux médias. «Rendez-le public à travers les médias, même s’ils ne tiennent peut-être pas compte des enseignements du bouddhisme sur le comportement éthique, ils en prendront probablement note si leur visage apparaît dans les médias», avait déclaré le Dalaï Lama.

Dagri Rinpoché est en effet un molester sexuel en série

Il y a 10 ans, elle était religieuse et Dagri Rinpoché a essayé de la forcer à avoir des relations sexuelles.

Ou regarder sur YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T05xLBZ_1WU

TRADUCTION (cliquer pour élargir)

Bonjour à tous. Je m’appelle Jaki, mon prénom tibétain est Kunsang. Je fais cette vidéo sur le problème de Dagri Rinpoché parce que je n’ai pas de compte Facebook et que c’est le seul moyen de le rendre public. Toutes mes excuses aux suiveurs du «Awakening Project» (projet éveil) de mon autre chaîne YouTube, car je vous dois une vidéo depuis tant de mois et je publie celle-ci en premier. Mais je suis sûr que vous comprendrez pourquoi, et désolé aussi si je vais lire un peu, c’est juste que j’ai tant de choses à dire mais je ne veux pas que la vidéo soit trop longue, alors je veux juste me concentrer sur les points importants. Je fais cette vidéo parce que Dagri Rinpoché m’a aussi agressée il y a plus de 10 ans, alors que j’étais nonne bouddhiste et que je vivais à Dharamsala, d’accord. Je ne veux pas entrer dans les détails dans cette vidéo au sujet de ce qui s’est passé parce que c’est très long et très douloureux. Donc, si vous voulez savoir exactement ce qu’il m’a fait, vous pouvez lire ma déclaration solennelle que j’ai faite au poste de police de Kangra, elle compte 4 pages et je la partage également. Donc, vous pouvez le lire si vous le souhaitez. Vous pouvez voir ce qui s’est passé, il a mis ses mains sur moi, il a essayé de me déshabiller, c’est si long, ça fait 4 pages, alors vous pouvez le lire si vous voulez. Et après cela, après avoir fait cette déclaration, il m’a fallu beaucoup de temps pour avoir le courage de le faire, car pendant plus d’un an, des gens ont essayé de me convaincre que cela ne s’était pas produit ou que c’était simplement par compassion. Il me donnait un massage et toutes sortes de choses que vous pouvez imaginer. Je suis sûr que vous pouvez imaginer, de plus, j’étais une nonne bouddhiste et la situation est très stressante, et chaque fois, après avoir été maltraité ou sexuellement agressé, on se sent coupable, on se sent confus, on se blâme, “Pourquoi suis-je restée?”, “Pourquoi l’ai-je laissé venir près de moi?”, “Pourquoi l’ai-je laissé toucher ?”, et ainsi de suite. Donc, cela durait depuis plus d’un an et c’est normal parce qu’après un abus, il faut plusieurs années, parfois toute votre vie, pour commencer, voire même y travailler, mais certaines personnes qui me soutenaient m’avaient convaincu de faire cette déclaration et je l’ai faite. J’ai eu 2 copies certifiées conformes chez le notaire. J’en ai envoyé un au bureau de Sa Sainteté le Dalaï Lama et un au bureau de la FPMT et que puis-je vous dire, rien ne s’est passé. Je veux dire que le bureau du Dalaï Lama a organisé une réunion avec moi et Dagri Rinpoché, qu’il a essayé d’empêcher. Il a essayé, Dagri Rinpoché a essayé d’empêcher la tenue de cette réunion et ils ont donc organisé une réunion. J’ai essayé d’enregistrer la réunion avec le lecteur mp3 mu, ils m’ont dit que je ne pouvais pas le faire, que pour des raisons de sécurité, je devais l’éteindre. Alors, je devais l’éteindre. Je n’ai pas d’enregistrement de cette réunion, malheureusement. Et pendant la réunion, Dagri Rinpoché m’a présenté ses excuses. Il a dit que tout ce qu’il avait fait était par compassion, qu’il ne le ferait plus. Il allait être plus attentif quant à la façon de se comporter devant les femmes occidentales. C’est toutes sortes d’excuses, etc. Donc, j’ai accepté les excuses et je ne suis pas allé à la police. Et après cela, certains centres de la FPMT ont dit que Dagri Rinpoché disait que la réunion avait pour but de m’excuser auprès de lui et que je pleurais et implorais son pardon. Je ne peux pas y croire, c’est absolument fou. C’est un mensonge. Donc, cela signifie que Dagri Rinpoché, en plus d’être un pervers, c’est aussi un grand menteur parce que je ne me suis jamais excusée. Je n’ai rien à lui excuser, et c’est lui qui devrait s’excuser auprès de toutes les femmes qu’il a agressées toute sa vie. Alors, c’était la réunion du dalaï-lama, il s’est excusé, puis il a menti à ce sujet, alors ils n’ont rien fait à la fin, c’est vrai. Et aussi de la FPMT, je n’ai littéralement rien reçu que du genre, “Oh, il va bien, il te donnait un massage par compassion”, et c’est tout, ils ont collé à cette version. J’ai essayé de contacter beaucoup de gens. Certaines personnes ont apporté leur soutien, mais les institutions n’ont absolument rien fait. Non seulement après moi, mais avant moi, beaucoup de filles et de femmes – femmes laïques, religieuses, occidentales, tibétaines et indiennes – ont été agressées par Dagri Rinpoché. Je ne sais pas de quelle manière nous devons l’expliquer encore et encore. Dans mon cas, cela fait plus de 10 ans que je le dis, plus de 10 ans. Beaucoup de vies ont été détruites, la foi de nombreux pratiquants du Dharma en a été sérieusement affectée. La vie de nombreuses personnes dans le Dharma a été sérieusement affectée et beaucoup de ces victimes n’ont toujours pas réussi à surmonter le traumatisme causé par l’agression de Dagri Rinpoché. Je parle en particulier de jeunes nonnes occidentales, de jeunes nonnes occidentales que je connais et les autres le savent aussi. Mais ils n’ont toujours pas le courage d’en parler. Donc, après tout ce qui s’est passé, c’était encore pire parce que quand je suis intervenu, je suis devenu la mauvaise personne, d’accord. Quand j’ai pris la parole, je me suis dit: on m’a dit que j’étais fou, que je réagissais de manière excessive, que je voulais attirer l’attention. S’il vous plaît, sérieusement, regardez-moi. Avez-vous vu une photo de Dagri Rinpoché? Pourquoi voudrais-je attirer la personne, l’attention d’un tel homme? Allez, sérieusement! Et beaucoup de gens l’ont défendu et le défendent encore, ce qui, je pense, est complètement fou. Mais je veux aussi dire que je comprends, surtout les moines et les nonnes qui ont été ordonnés par lui, je comprends. Et s’il vous plaît, je veux demander au public de leur pardonner et de les comprendre. Parce que vous ne pouvez pas imaginer ce que c’est de penser que toute votre vie est un mensonge… Imaginez les personnes ordonnées par Dagri Rinpoché. Imaginez, pour recevoir l’ordination dans la tradition bouddhiste, dans la tradition monastique, il est très important que vous les obteniez d’un moine pur, un moine qui a des vœux purs. Imaginez que vous ayez été ordonné et qu’après cela, vous vous rendiez compte que peut-être, juste peut-être, vous n’aviez même pas obtenu les vœux. Vous n’avez jamais été moine ou religieuse, car un gelong pur ne vous a jamais donné les vœux [note: moine pleinement ordonné]. C’est … Je ne sais pas, si vous n’êtes pas un pratiquant du dharma, ni un moine ou une nonne bouddhiste, je ne suis pas sûre que vous puissiez comprendre à quel point c’est terrible et traumatisant, mais il ne s’agit pas seulement des vœux de libération , ainsi que les personnes qui ont prononcé les vœux du bodhisattva et les initiations tantriques avec lui. Ils ne peuvent pas faire face à la réalité, c’est trop douloureux. Alors pardonnez-leur s’ils le défendent, c’est trop dangereux de voir la vérité… Donc, même maintenant, après l’incident, les versions que j’ai entendues des centres FPMT indiquent qu’elles étaient d’accord avec la version de Rinpoché, qu’il souriait à la femme dans l’avion mais qu’elle s’est fâchée contre lui. Allez, à quel point vous croyez que nous sommes stupides? Comment pouvons-nous être si stupides, sérieusement? À quel point pensez-vous que les gens du monde entier sont stupides? Et les femmes qui ont été agressées, combien de temps pensez-vous qu’elles vont le supporter? Il a déjà 65 ans. Vous avez une idée du nombre de femmes qu’il a agressées tout au long de sa vie, simplement parce qu’il s’en tire, parce qu’il est Rinpoché? Ce n’est pas juste. Donc, je veux juste dire à cette femme qui a été agressée dans l’avion par Dagri Rinpoché, merci, merci beaucoup de l’avoir dénoncé. Vous avez fait ce que beaucoup, beaucoup d’entre nous n’ont pas fait ou ne pourraient pas faire ou n’ont tout simplement pas eu le courage de le faire. Merci beaucoup parce que vous n’êtes pas bouddhiste, ni occidental, et que vous ne l’aviez jamais vu auparavant, alors vous n’avez aucune raison d’avoir inventé ça. Je vous remercie. Je suis tellement désolée de ce que vous avez vécu. Je sais ce que vous avez vécu, et si vous avez besoin d’aide dans le procès en justice contre Dagri Rinpoché, contactez-moi. Je vous enverrai toutes les informations que j’ai. Je ne suis pas en Inde maintenant, mais quelque chose peut être arrangé si vous le souhaitez. Je veux aussi dire à la police de Kangra, j’ai essayé d’entrer en contact avec le journaliste qui a écrit les articles et avec la police de Ganggal et avec la police de Kangra et je n’ai pas pu, mais si vous voulez, voici la copie de mes déclarations statutaires. Si celles-ci peuvent soutenir le procès contre Dagri Rinpoché, je ferai tout ce qui est nécessaire pour cela. Et je veux aussi dire aux autres femmes, à toutes les autres femmes qui ont été molestées par Rinpoché, que je sais que vous avez été molestées par lui, et vous savez que je sais. Je sais que vous regardez cette vidéo et je sais que vous savez que vous avez été molestées et que vous n’avez rien dit. Vous savez, ceux d’entre vous savent de qui je parle, s’il vous plaît. J’ai respecté votre vie privée, tout le monde a respecté votre vie privée pendant 10 ans, voire plus. Il est maintenant temps de parler. Regardez, maintenant qu’il vient au public et que tout le monde sait ce qu’il a fait, vous n’avez plus besoin de vous sentir coupable. Vous n’avez plus besoin d’avoir honte, d’accord? Parlez, faites quelque chose, allez faire une vidéo, faites une déclaration, allez dans votre centre du dharma, écrivez une lettre au bureau de Sa Sainteté le Dalaï Lama, protestez si Dagri Rinpoché se rend dans votre centre, refusez d’y aller, refusez d’aller au centre du dharma s’il est là, faites quelque chose et n’avez pas honte. Ne pensez pas que dire la vérité va nuire au dharma, car le dharma cherche la vérité. Il est donc impossible de blesser le dharma si vous dites la vérité. Dites la vérité, faites quelque chose même si c’était il y a 15 ans, et si c’était comme moi il y a 10 ans, cela n’a pas d’importance. Il n’est pas trop tard parce que le mal qu’il vous a fait ne s’est pas encore dissipé. Alors, faites-le, faites quelque chose. Et je veux dire quelque chose à la FPMT. Qu’allez-vous faire maintenant? Allez-vous le laisser s’en tirer à nouveau? Combien de victimes supplémentaires? Toutes les souffrances de tous les étudiants qui ont été molestés par Rinpoché ou dont la vie et la foi et le dharma ont été blessés à cause des actes de Rinpoché, toute la souffrance de toutes ces personnes est sur vous parce que vous l’avez constamment invité à enseigner dans le centre du dharma même après que vous sachiez ce qu’il a fait, et vous ne croyiez pas les femmes, donc toutes les souffrances de tous ces étudiants, de tous ces pratiquants, de toutes ces femmes, si vous ne l’arrêtez pas maintenant FPMT, toute cette souffrance est sur vous.

Déclaration statutaire de Jaki

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Page 1 de la déclaration solennelle de Mme Jaki, déposée au commissariat de Kangra et notariée à Dharamsala. Cliquez pour agrandir ou cliquez ICI pour télécharger le PDF.

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DÉCLARATION STATUTAIRE (cliquer pour élargir)

Traduction de la Déclaration Statutaire transcrite de JakiMoi, Jakaira Perez Valdivia âgée de 26 an, fille de M. Juan Perez, Passeport n ° XD549842 L’Espagne, déclare les faits suivants:Vers Octobre 2008, pendant les enseignements de S.S. le Dalaï-Lama, je vivais au centre de méditation Tushita car monter et descendre de Thosamling était très inconfortable à cause de mon problème de dos. Quand j’ai appris que Dagri Rinpoché, également connu sous le nom de Pari Rinpoché, était à Dharamsala, j’ai décidé de lui rendre visite. Je l’ai rencontré une fois en Italie et une autre fois peu de temps après mon arrivée en Inde. Après la mort de mon professeur, Guéshé Jampa Gyatso, en 2007, de nombreux étudiants ont demandé conseil à Dagri Rinpoché et on m’a conseillé de le consulter pour obtenir une bénédiction ou un conseil pour mon problème de santé. On m’a diagnostiqué une hernie discale au début de cette année et j’avais très mal, essayant d’éviter la chirurgie à tout prix.Je suis arrivée chez lui derrière le monastère de Namgyal en fin de matinée, guidé par son accompagnateur dont je ne me souviens plus du nom. A cette époque, je connaissais assez le tibétain pour me rendre en audience sans traducteur. J’ai offert à Dagri Rinpoché un petit cadeau et expliqué mon problème de santé. Il a posé des questions sur ma vie et mes études. C’était donc l’heure du déjeuner et il m’a demandé de rester pour le déjeuner et ensuite de l’accompagner à la montagne de Dharamkot afin de lui faire une puja de feu. L’assistant nous a apporté des momos de viande et de la soupe. Dès que nous avons fini de manger, l’assistant a ramassé la vaisselle, puis Rinpoché lui a demandé de quitter l’appartement. Je pensais que nous partions aussi, mais lorsque l’assistant est parti, il m’a demandé de m’étendre par terre et de me déshabiller. J’ai demandé pourquoi et il a dit qu’il devait faire «du travail» sur moi. J’avais uniquement retiré mon zen et ma dongka et laissé le nulen (maillot) et le shamtab, car je pensais que s’il voulait effectuer une sorte de rituel pour me guérir, cela ne devrait concerner que cette partie de mon dos. Puis je me suis assis sur le sol. Dagri Rinpoché se dirigea vers la petite pièce où il tenait un autel et quand il revint, il avait un récipient en verre à la main. Il a dit que c’était une «substance très très sainte», en a mis dans le bouchon du conteneur, en a bu, en a rempli à nouveau, puis m’a dit de tout boire en une fois. Ce faisant, j’ai remarqué que c’était une forte boisson alcoolisée. Après cela, il a bu davantage et il a continué à boire pendant toute la «séance», de façon continue. Puis il m’a encore dit de me déshabiller et de m’allonger. Je n’ai pas enlevé plus de vêtements mais je me suis allongée face au sol. Il a commencé à réciter des prières et des mantras alors qu’il touchait tout mon dos et mettait la boisson d’alcool sur mon dos entier. Il a dit que je devrais desserrer mon shamtab car il était trop haut et couvrait tout le bas du dos (qui est l’endroit où j’ai eu la hernie). Alors j’ai desserré un peu le shamtab et dès que j’ai fait cela, il a mis ses mains sous ma robe, tout en bas de mon dos, atteignant la région de mes fesses. J’ai rapidement serré mon shamtab et lui ai dit que je me sentais très mal à l’aise. Il a dit «ne t’inquiète pas c’est bon, nous sommes frères.» Alors il a commencé à réciter plus de prières et à masser et à mettre de l’alcool sur le dos. J’aimerais souligner le fait que pendant toute la situation, il était très habile à dissimuler et à adopter une attitude discrète (récitant des mantras et des prières plus fortes) après être allé trop près de mes parties intimes. Puis il s’est accroupi avec chaque pied sur un côté de mon corps, puis s’est assis sur mes fesses, appuyant son corps plusieurs fois sur moi. Puis il m’a dit de me retourner. Il a commencé à toucher, massant et mettant de l’alcool sur mon ventre et les zones environnantes, essayant de toucher mes seins et mon bassin, ce qu’il n’a pas réussi à faire car je tenais ma chemise serrée sur mes seins d’une main et le shamtab avec l’autre. Remarquant cela, il s’est mit à rire et a dit: “Tu es une très bonne religieuse, un esprit très pur. “À ce stade, mon corps était complètement recouvert d’alcool, puis il m’a dit de m’asseoir. Je pensais que c’était fini et que j’étais sur le point de m’habiller correctement, mais il m’a dit d’attendre. J’étais assise face au mur et il était derrière moi, récitant des mantras, etc. Soudain, il m’a prise dans ses bras, essayant de toucher mes seins avec ses mains. Alors que j’essayais rapidement de mettre un bras entre ma poitrine et ses mains et d’utiliser l’autre main pour tenir mon shamtab, j’ai juste remarqué à la fin qu’il poussait son pénis contre mon dos. Quand il a lâché prise, il m’a dit de prendre une douche dans ses toilettes privées. Comme je sentais complètement l’alcool et qu’il aurait été vraiment inapproprié de sortir comme ça, je me suis approché des toilettes et il m’a donné sa serviette personnelle pour me sécher le corps. J’ai pris une douche très rapide et quand je suis sorti, il était assis sur le trône en forme de lit qui se trouve dans sa chambre. Il m’a demandé de m’asseoir à côté de lui pendant qu’il lisait des prières, il a tiré le côté droit de son dingwa vers lui pour me laisser m’asseoir de ce côté du lit. Puis il m’a demandé de toucher son bras droit, il m’a demandé de le masser. J’ai dit que je ne savais pas comment faire des massages. Puis, comme je ne le faisais pas, il se frotta le bras avec la main et les jambes (j’étais assise les jambes croisées sur le trône du lit). Puis il m’a demandé de réciter des mantras et a dit qu’il allait bénir mes chakras, il a commencé à toucher le front, puis la gorge et, alors que je mettais mes bras croisés sur ma poitrine et mon ventre, il ne s’est pas dirigé vers les ‘chakras bas’. Après cela, il m’a dit d’aller de l’autre côté de la pièce, où se trouvent les chaises, et d’attendre. Après avoir terminé sa récitation, il a téléphoné à son assistant pour lui dire que maintenant c’était correct de revenir, mais de ne pas se dépêcher. Quand il est arrivé de l’autre côté de la pièce, je me suis levée, il s’est approché de moi et a posé sa joue sur mon cou et mon visage et m’a dit doucement dans l’oreille «nous sommes des frères». Je lui ai dit “en réalité nous ne sommes pas”. Puis il se dirigea vers la pièce où il gardait l’autel et, lorsqu’il est revenu, il avait entre les mains un récipient en plastique noir dont le contenu ne pouvait être vu de l’extérieur. Puis il m’a dit que c’était l’offrande intérieure et m’a ordonné d’en boire un peu chaque jour et de la frotter également sur mon bas du dos. Tout en récitant des mantras, il en mit de nouveau une partie dans la capsule et le but, puis le remplit à nouveau et me dit que je devais tout boire en même temps, car c’était l’offrande intérieure, donc je l’ai fait, et bien sûr c’était une substance alcoolique. Il a ri et a dit: ‘Fais attention Ani-la, tu vas te saouler’, et il en a bu plus, puis il m’a donné les boîtes en plastique à emporter à la maison. Il a dit qu’il avait mis l’alcool dans les boîtes en plastique parce que sinon il aurait été inapproprié si les gens me voient porter la bouteille. Puis il a continué à boire de l’autre récipient en verre. Il m’a dit de ne parler à personne de cela et de ne pas montrer «l’offrande intérieure» à qui que ce soit. L’assistant est venu et il a insisté pour que je les accompagne à Dharamkot pour le puja de feu. Je lui ai dit qu’il se faisait tard et que je devais retourner à Tushita pour l’enregistrement au bureau. Puis Rinpoché a dit qu’ils me conduiraient. Nous sommes sortis, le gardien a arrêté un taxi et nous sommes montés à Dharamkot. Lorsque le taxi atteignit la route privée de Tushita, Rinpoché me prit la main et mit cinq cents roupies dans mon sac. J’ai dit au revoir à lui et à l’assistant très cordialement pour ne pas laisser l’assistant soupçonner la moindre chose inhabituelle. Quand je suis arrivée à Tushita, il était environ 15h00. C’est ce dont je me souviens.

Lama Zopa et Dagri Rinpoche (Fondation pour la Préservation de la Tradition Mahayana). La FPMT fait souvent la promotion de Dagri Rinpoché et il est fréquemment photographié avec le responsable de l’organisation, Lama Zopa. Maintenant que Dagri Rinpoché a été arrêté pour agression sexuelle, le FPMT va-t-il rester silencieux ou va-t-il continuer à le promouvoir en tant que source d’enseignement valable?

Lama Zopa et FPMT étaient au courant du harcèlement sexuel des femmes par Dagri Rinpoché. Ils ont dit aux gens de se taire et pourtant, ils ont quand même envoyé Dagri Rinpoché partout pour enseigner.

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Second woman alleges molestation by Dagri Rinpoche

10th May 2019 | Tenzin Gaphel | 76 ViewsDHARAMSALA, 9th May: In yet another molestation allegation against Dagri Rinpoche, a Spanish woman has alleged that she was molested by the senior Tibetan Buddhist teacher ten years ago when she was a nun. In a video posted on YouTube on Tuesday, Jakaira Perez Valdivia has alleged that Dagri Rinpoche had molested her 10 years ago at his residence behind Namgyal Monastery when she visited him seeking advice for her back problem (pain).

Jakaira Perez Valdivia

She has stated that it took her a long time to come out in the open to tell about her ordeal because people tried to convince her otherwise, that the Rinpoche did it out of compassion. She further claimed that there are many other women who were also molested by Dagri Rinpoche. “Many girls and women; laywomen, nuns, Western, Tibetan, Indians have been molested by Dagri Rinpoche,” the Spanish women alleged while urging them to come forward and tell their stories. Jakaira’s allegation follows a similar allegation levelled against Dagri Rinpoche about a week ago by an Indian woman who accused the Tibetan Buddhist teacher of molesting her on a Dharamsala bound flight from Delhi. A 30-year-old woman from Kinnaur has accused Rinpoche of molesting her on a morning flight from Delhi to Gagal (Dharamsala) on an Air India Flight on 3rd May”, reported several Hindi language news papers citing an FIR lodged at the Gagal Police station. The 65-year old Rinpoche was reportedly detained by the police for enquiry after which he was said to be released on bail. Dagri Rinpoche, as one of the touring lamas(title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism) of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), conducts extensive teachings across Europe and Asia. Attempts made by Tibet Express to get a response from Dagri Rinpoche through his Facebook and personal e-mail address were met with no response at all while numerous attempts to send e-mail to the international office of the FPMT and its President/CEO through the foundation’s webpage were unsuccessful. Dagri Rinpoche is the reincarnation of Pari (Dagri) Dorje Chang, a great Buddhist scholar from Lhasa. He was born in Tibet in 1958 and grew up during the Cultural Revolution of 1966 – 1976. After his escape from Tibet in 1982, he studied Buddhist philosophy for 17 years and received the Geshe Lharampa degree. The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has consistently denounced ‘irresponsible and unethical behaviours from Buddhist teachers. “People who commit sexual abuse don’t care about the Buddha’s teaching,” the Dalai Lama had said while addressing on a similar issue in Ladakh in 2017 and encouraged Buddhists followers to make the behaviours of abusive teachers public by approaching media. “Make it public through media, though they may not pay heed to Buddhist teachings on ethical behaviour, they will likely take notice if their face appears in the media” the Dalai Lama had stated.

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La religieuse Thubten Chodron se prononce contre Dagri Rinpoché

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Thubten Chodron, professeur occidental de bouddhisme, parle de Dagri Rinpoché dans une vidéo de 15 minutes. Elle mentionne à 01: 52-05: 06 qu’elle a également entendu des allégations. Dagri Rinpoché était le conseiller de l’abbaye de Sravasti et a également donné des conférences dans leur centre de dharma. Ces derniers jours, ils ont retiré ses vidéos et ont retiré son nom comme conseiller de leur page Web. Vidéo publiée le 10 mai 2019.

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“il y a quelques années, j’avais entendu d’autres allégations à propos du même enseignant, mais à ce moment-là, je n’entendais qu’un récit en seconde main ici, et un récit en seconde main là. Les personnes qui faisaient les allégations n’étaient pas identifiées, je ne connaissais pas leurs noms, je ne pouvais pas leur parler, je ne pouvais pas leur poser de questions, il n’y avait aucune enquête avec un rapport publié et donc basé simplement sur le manque d’informations, il n’y avait aucun moyen que je puisse tirer une conclusion sur le tout. Je devais le laisser très ouvert. Alors maintenant, j’espère vraiment que la police fera quelque chose, mais je pense qu’il est nécessaire que le groupe du Dharma où il enseigne, soit la grande organisation du Dharma (FPMT), où il enseigne beaucoup, je pense qu’ils devraient faire une enquête indépendante parce que sur ce genre de choses, si vous attendez simplement, cela ne s’éclaircit pas et personne ne sait exactement ce qui s’est passé. Et je pense qu’il est préférable que vous sachiez qu’un parti non impliqué mène une enquête et parle aux différentes personnes, et je pense que les femmes qui ont subi des violences devraient se manifester et s’il y a une telle enquête, parler aux gens. Peut-être qu’elles ne veulent pas être identifiées par leur nom mais qu’elles devraient au moins parler aux enquêteurs s’il ya une enquête, ce que j’espère bien, parce que, dans ce genre de choses, je pense qu’il faut obtenir des informations fiables, Car, je pense il y a quelques années ou peut-être un an, lorsque tout cela a éclaté au sujet d’un autre lama. J’ai donné toute une série de conférences …”

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Bonjour. Cette vidéo est une réponse à l’annonce faite, à l’annonce officielle faite par Dagri Rinpoche, annonce faite le 12 mai 2019. Assez rare en fait, une lettre a été publiée en son nom, sur les deux incidents d’agression sexuelle présumés qui se sont passés en Inde. Je n’essaie pas d’influencer, je n’ai peut-être pas été assez explicite dans mes vidéos en Tibétain et en Anglais, je n’essaie pas de prouver quoi que ce soit ici, je voulais juste partager mes sentiments sur l’annonce de Dagri Rinpoche. Cette annonce qui pour le moment n’est que qu’en Tibétain. Il n’y a malheureusement aucun mot de Rinpoché en Anglais sur cet incident, jusqu’à présent. Donc la lettre de Rinpoché, de Dagri Rinpoché parle de l’incident en Inde. Comme on m’a dit que j’en ai pas assez parlé, l’incident se passe dans un avion. Que Rinpoché n’était pas assis à côté de la personne qui l’a inculpé. Néanmoins, cette personne, il a par erreur réveillé cette personne et puis cette personne a commencé à lui dire beaucoup de choses qu’il ne comprenait pas. C’est ce qui est dit dans la lettre. Donc il n’a pas comprise ce que cette femme disait. Et puis, puisqu’il n’a pas compris, il lui a sourié. C’est tout ce qu’il a fait. Néanmoins, je me souviens pas exactement, mais quelques lignes plus tard ou quelques phrases plus tard, il dit que cette personne l’a accusé de, d’avoir été touché par lui, un peu partout. Donc ma réponse dans les vidéos précédentes, en Anglais et en Tibétain faisaient la réflexion que soit l’on peut comprendre ce que cette personne dit soit on ne peut pas la comprendre, mais que malheureusement, les deux sont peu probables, en même temps. Je ne sais pas comment Rinpoché a pu comprendre et ne pas comprendre ce qui s’est passé. Néanmoins quelqu’un a bien sûr pu traduire après coup, ce qui veut dire qu’il n’était pas seul dans l’avion, ce qu’il est très très peu probable qu’il soit le seul Tibétan dans un avion qui lie Dehli à Dharamsala et que pour ne pas avoir compris il aurai fallu que personne n’aide dans cet incident. Bien sûr, je n’ai aucune idée de ce qui s’est passé vraiment passé, je n’étais pas là, je partage juste mes sentiments sur la réponse, l’annonce de Rinpoché. Un autre point sur l’annonce de Rinpoché qui m’a personnellement un peu choqué c’est que Rinpoché donc parle de Jakaira et dit que Jakaira en effet il y a environ dix ans il y a eu un problème avec elle. Qu’elle est venu apparemment trois ans après, ce qui Jakaira dément totalement, avec cette histoire-là. Moi, personnellement j’étais en même temps à Tushita à Dharamsala quand elle a été rencontré Dagri Rinpoché et cet incident a pris place, et j’ai aussi, j’étais aussi présente lors de la réaction de Jaikira qui est venu en pleurant chez moi après que Dagri Rinpoché a essayé de lui parler. Donc ce qui me dérange dans l’annonce de Rinpoché pardon, c’est que Rinpoché écrit que cette nonne, non cette tante, parce qu’il n’utilise pas le mot qui est standard à l’écrit pour une moniale bouddhiste, j’ai rarement, personnellement j’ai rarement vu le mot qu’il a utilisé pour décrire une moniale à l’écrit, très rarement. Il a le droit d’utiliser ce qu’il veut utiliser comme mot mais personnellement, c’est mon interprétation une fois encore, d’avoir vu rien que ce mot là « Ani » qui veut tante en Tibétain à l’écrit m’a surpris un peu quand j’ai lu la lettre. Après, il dit aussi que cette ani avait des problèmes d’esprit et de corps. Elle était venu chez pour lui demander de l’aide etc. Jakaira personnellement ne m’a jamais parlé de problèmes mentaux qui l’aurait conduit à demander de l’aide de Rinpoché. Depuis dix ans que j’entends sa version des faits, je n’ai jamais entendu qu’elle ait dit ça. Par contre, j’ai entendu d’une amie de Jakaira que l’attendant de Rinpoché, est venu déjà, rendre visite à cette amie, sans savoir que elle connaissait Jakaira en disant que Jakaira était folle. Donc c’est pas quelque chose de nouveau. Donc, ici, c’est une des choses qui m’a choquée, le fait de dire que Jakaira n’était pas, avait des problèmes mentaux. Une autre chose qui me choque dans cette lettre, de nouveau avec l’histoire de Jakaira, c’est que Rinpoché dit qu’il a cité moins de rendez-vous que c’est passé par la suite de cette histoire. Malheureusement Rinpoché ne dit pas que c’était moins, déjà c’était lui, son attendant, et puis il compte bizarrement aussi Jakaira et une amie de Jakaira, qui ont fait partie d’un rendez-vous, qui a donc pris place en effet après cet incident et après que Jakaira partage un affidavit, sur un affidavit pardon, sur ce qui s’était passé avec le bureau du Dalaï Lama et puis aussi avec la FPMT, la Fondation pour la Préservation de la Tradition Mahayana. Donc ces six témoins, apparemment, c’est quelqu’un qui a écrit le rendez-vous, donc ils doivent avoir des preuves écrites quelque part. Il y avait Chimila, du bureau de Sa Sainteté, d’après Jakaira, Rinpoché, son attendant, Jakaira et une de ses amies. Donc ces six témoins dont parle Rinpoché si facilement, qui peuvent l’aider, qui sont montrés d’un point de vue qui fait croire que Rinpoché, que la version de Rinpoché est juste et que Jakaira, la version de Jakaira est sans fondement n’est en fait pas du tout le cas. Donc, ces trois choses à propos de Jakaira me dérangent. C’est un avis personnel encore un fois. Et puis une dernière chose qui me dérange dans cette lettre fortement, c’est vers la fin, Rinpoché écrit que les gens qui le montrent du doigt, qui disent qu’il a fait de mauvaises choses, le font par haine et par colère et attachement et que il leur demande de ne pas accumuler un karma négatif en faisant ça. Je trouve que c’est un peu, c’est, comment dire, cette phrase me dérange beaucoup déjà, parce que parler de n’importe qui en, de n’importe quoi négatif veut, nécessairement implique une mauvaise motivation. Personnellement moi je n’ai rien contre Rinpoché, je ne le connais presque pas, c’est-à-dire que je ne l’ai jamais parlé directement, j’ai entendu beaucoup de lui, et je l’ai vu beaucoup à Dharamsala, mais je n’ai absolument rien, pas de connexion avec lui. Je ne vois pas, ce que j’aurai à gagner à malicieusement parler négativement de lui. Par contre, pendant dix ans je me suis tu sur cette histoire et le problème de l’avion et l’histoire de l’avion et de l’agression qui aurai eu place dans cet avion, m’ont tellement dérangé que je me suis dit que se taire, c’est laisser d’autres agressions se passer et qu’il fallait qu’on arrête ça là et donc j’ai commencé à parler. Et ce n’est pas donc par colère ou par haine, je n’ai aucune raison d’avoir de la haine contre Rinpoché, que je parle. Et puis, malheureusement, dire que on crée du karma négatif si on parle des choses, des agressions, ou des abus de pouvoir etc., c’est laisser non seulement ces abus, prendre place mais c’est aussi assurer que dans le future, les choses ne changent pas. Et donc, j’ai été très perturbé par cette annonce faite au monastère de Sera hier le 12 mai 2019, et cette vidéo est une réponse à cette annonce. J’espère que l’annonce en Français sera toute aussi mauvaise et que les gens pourront apprécier une telle annonce par ce qui est dit. Au revoir, bonne journée.

Adelaide Foster parle pour son amie Jaki – version en anglaise

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Adelaide Foster parle en anglaise et dit que Dagri Rinpoché ne dit pas la vérité

MESSAGES DE SOUTIEN

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Lettre de soutien de Karma Yeshe

Je suis une amie de Kunsang. J’étais une nonne appelée Karma Yeshe et vivais dans la région de Dharamsala. Je me souviens d’avoir accompagné Ani Kunsang aux bureaux de S.S. le Dalaï Lama pour une réunion face à face avec Dagri Rinpoché et Chime La du bureau de S.S., lorsque la nonne qui était censée l’accompagner, soudainement, ne pouvait pas venir. C’était la toute première fois que je voyais ou rencontrais Rinpoché, mais j’ai entendu l’histoire de Kunsang et un autre incident où il a tenté d’embrasser une autre de nos amies, une nonne américaine. D’après mes souvenirs de cette réunion, Rinpoché était avec son assistant et il paraissait très doux et innocent, affirmant qu’il ne faisait qu’essayer d’aider Ani la. Lors de la réunion, Kunsang a été ferme dans sa version de ce qui s’est passé, elle n’a pas pleuré et elle ne s’est pas excusée (comme le prétendait Rinpoché). En fait, je pense que Rinpoché s’est excusé pour ce qu’il prétend être une incompréhension des événements. Ce n’est pas un cas isolé de Kunsang en tant qu’accusateur unique. Je pense que certaines nonnes occidentales ont déjà écrit des déclarations il y a 10 ans, et maintenant, de plus en plus d’histoires sont en train de sortir. Je me souviens que Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo était très favorable à Kunsang et aux nonnes dans les mêmes situations, affirmant qu’elles devaient s’exprimer. Bravo à toutes les courageuses victimes de tels abus qui se sont exprimées et à la femme indienne dans l’avion, son courage a été un catalyseur pour que ces histoires soient révélées!

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Lettre de soutien de Tenzin Yangchen

Et voici une autre lettre de soutien d’une autre religieuse (également une très bonne amie): Je m’appelle Tenzin Yangchen, Je suis nonne depuis 2009 et la plupart du temps j’habite à Dharamsala, en Inde. A cette époque, conscient de la mauvaise conduite de Rinpoché, j’ai eu une brève discussion avec Soeur Jotika pour lui demander conseil de la meilleure façon de faire face à la situation. Plus tard, j’étais avec Kunsang lors d’une réunion à Namgyal avec le secrétaire de S.S. le Dalaï Lama, M. Tenzin Takla. Je me souviens de lui nous disant que le comportement de Rinpoché était une honte pour H.H. et le dharma. Plus tard, j’étais avec Kunsang lors d’une réunion à Namgyal avec le secrétaire de S.S. le Dalaï Lama, M. Tenzin Takla. Je me souviens qu’il nous a dit que le comportement de Rinpoché était une honte pour S.S. et le Dharma. J’ai accompagné Kunsang quand elle a rencontré Ven. Robina à Tushita et je sais qu’elle a parlé du problème avec Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo et Nechung Rinpoché. Depuis lors, Kunsang a été exposée à différents types de réactions. Certains ont montré leur soutien, notamment Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, qui l’a encouragée à le signaler, tandis que d’autres, des religieuses et des laïcs ont plutôt condamné Kunsang pour ce qui s’était passé. Je me souviens de commentaires à son sujet, qu’elle n’avait pas de vision pure, quelqu’un lui a dit qu’elle irait en enfer et même d’autres sont allés voir Rinpoché pour lui exprimer leur soutien. Il y avait même des commentaires sur son apparence physique, comme si cela donnerait à un enseignant ou à quelqu’un d’autre le droit de molester, d’abuser et de nuire à autrui! La situation a affecté non seulement celles à qui le comportement de Rinpoché avait directement fait du mal, mais en quelque sorte à nous tous. Nous savons tous que ce n’est pas un cas isolé et nous devrions considérer que notre attitude de savoir mais de ne pas rompre le silence peut être dommageable pour les autres! Votre soutien serait d’une grande importance! Sincères amitiés

UNE TROISIÈME VICTIME S’EXPRIME PUBLIQUEMENT

Le 14 mai 2019, une Coréenne nommée Young Sun Shin a rendu publique son expérience avec Dagri Rinpoché. Elle a dit avoir demandé de l’aide à Sa Sainteté le Dalaï Lama et à Ling Rinpoché. De la part du bureau du Dalaï-lama, on lui a dit que le Dalaï-lama était très occupé. Ling Rinpoché a commenté l’incident en disant que c’était très grave mais aucune mesure n’avais été prise. Elle a vécu en Inde entre 2005 et 2009, mais après cet incident, elle est rentrée en Corée, car personne ne s’est exprimée et ne l’a protégée. Tout comme la FPMT, le bureau du Dalaï Lama et Ling Rinpoché ont choisi de balayer cet abus sous le tapis. Combien de femmes en plus Dagri Rinpoché va-t-il agresser et abuser sexuellement avant qu’il n’y ait des conséquences?

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Tsawa Khangtsen tried to shift the blame for this incident onto practitioners of Dorje Shugden, when it is not relevant. Their accusation has only served to upset Ms. Shin who responded below. (Source: https://www.facebook.com/serajetsawa.khamtsen/posts/2266101596815643)

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Dagri Rinpoche meets Ms. Shin whom he later molested (Source: https://www.facebook.com/yeongseons/posts/10157138344324598)

Ms. Shin’s documents showing she really was in India at the time of the assault (Source: https://www.facebook.com/yeongseons/posts/10157138344324598)

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE: FPMT FINALLY “TEMPORARILY” SUSPENDS DAGRI RINPOCHE

Nearly a week after Dagri Rinpoche was arrested for molesting an Indian lady on a Delhi-Dharamsala flight, FPMT International finally released an official statement announcing that they have suspended Dagri Rinpoche from their list of official teachers. This means that Dagri Rinpoche will no longer be allowed to teach in or visit any FPMT centres. The suspension shows that FPMT believe the allegations of the women who are speaking up against Dagri Rinpoche.

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Le 14 mai 2019Mise à jour concernant Dagri RinpochéDagri Rinpoché est depuis de nombreuses années l’un des enseignants tibétains inscrits sur la liste des enseignants tibétains de la FPMT.La semaine dernière, la police indienne a reçu une plainte officielle d’une femme qui se trouvait sur le même vol commercial que Dagri Rinpoché en Inde, l’accusant d’avoir agi de manière inappropriée pendant le vol. En outre, une autre femme a récemment fait des allégations d’inconduite sexuelle contre Dagri Rinpoché il y a 10 ans, qu’elle a partagées via une vidéo YouTube. Le bureau international de la FPMT comprend que la meilleure pratique consiste à suspendre l’enseignement d’un enseignant pendant qu’une enquête est en cours, afin de protéger les étudiants et l’enseignant. L’enquête sur ce qui s’est passé sur le vol est actuellement menée par la police indienne. Nous avons donc temporairement suspendu Dagri Rinpoché de la liste des enseignants tibétains de la FPMT avec effet immédiat, en attendant la conclusion de l’enquête de police. Cela signifie que Dagri Rinpoché ne peut pas enseigner, ni être invité à enseigner, dans aucun centre de la FPMT pendant cette suspension. La suspension d’un enseignant de la FPMT n’indique pas une supposition de culpabilité. Dagri Rinpoché a envoyé au Bureau international cette déclaration personnelle concernant les allégations. En ce qui concerne les allégations formulées sur YouTube, nous avons contacté directement la femme qui a posté la vidéo. En 2011, le bureau privé de Sa Sainteté le Dalaï-Lama nous a informés qu’ils avaient reçu une allégation de cette femme contre Dagri Rinpoché. Le bureau privé nous a informés qu’ils avaient fait une enquête sur les allégations et qu’ils avaient résolu le problème avec la femme. Ils nous ont informés que Dagri Rinpoché avait compris la gravité des allégations et s’était engagé à éviter les situations qui pourraient donner lieu à des allégations similaires à l’avenir. Par conséquent, nous avons maintenu l’inscription de Dagri Rinpoché sur la liste des enseignants tibétains de la FPMT. Cependant, nous avons pris nos responsabilités envers les étudiants au sérieux et avons alerté les coordinateurs régionaux et nationaux de la FPMT sur le sujet, leur demandant d’informer tout centre qui avait invité ou envisageait d’inviter Dagri Rinpoché, afin qu’ils puissent examiner leur invitation à la lumière de ces informations. Nous avons également profité de l’occasion pour examiner les politiques et processus de la FPMT afin de déterminer si d’autres modifications étaient nécessaires pour garantir la sécurité des étudiants, des enseignants et des centres. Nous avons envoyé un rappel à ce sujet aux coordinateurs l’année dernière, car on nous avait dit que des discussions étaient en cours au sujet de Dagri Rinpoché. Nous n’avons reçu aucune plainte concernant Dagri Rinpoché depuis 2011. Notre récente décision de suspendre Dagri Rinpoché va dans le sens de l’accent mis par l’organisation de la FPMT sur le comportement éthique. Les politiques et directives de la FPMT sont mises en place pour aider les personnes en position d’autorité à maintenir un environnement sûr et respectueux dans leur centre, projet ou service local. Ceux-ci inclus:

Respecter la loi.
Politique Éthique FPMT
Guide de procédure de réclamation
Politique et directives relatives aux enseignants, qui permettent de s’assurer que les enseignements du Dharma ne sont fournis que par ceux qui sont qualifiés pour enseigner le Dharma (enseignants inscrits à la FPMT)

Lama Zopa Rinpoché a donné ce conseil aux étudiants de Dagri Rinpoché sur la manière de se à rapporter cette situation du point de vue du Dharma. étiqueté: dagri rinpoche, éthique, politique éthique

In the statement, FPMT admitted to having prior knowledge of the serious allegations against Dagri Rinpoche as far back as 2011, that the Dalai Lama’s Office were fully aware of Dagri Rinpoche’s sexual abuse, and that Dagri Rinpoche had been sternly warned to avoid similar situations in the future. FPMT also claims to have warned FPMT centres of the potential dangers of inviting Dagri Rinpoche (i.e. the dangers of Dagri Rinpoche making sexual advances on their female members and students). Given that FPMT had such foreknowledge, the big question is, why did FPMT remain quiet for so long after news of the Indian lady being molested was announced? Why didn’t FPMT give more stringent warnings to all their international members when complaints about Dagri Rinpoche began circulating again a year ago? Why was FPMT so irresponsible to not remove Dagri Rinpoche from their approved teachers list a year ago, or eight years ago? Why did FPMT try to cover up the situation for so long until now when all hell has broken loose? Shame on you FPMT for being another religious organisation that covers up sexual scandals and allows your members to be exposed to abuse by sexual predators in positions of power. FPMT will now and forever be seen as an organisation that knowingly harbours sexual predators and does nothing about it. It is unbelievably sad that so many nuns and women needed to be accosted by Dagri Rinpoche before FPMT finally decided to break their silence. FPMT should have suspended and disqualified Dagri Rinpoche a long time ago instead of sending him all over the world and allowing many more women to become victims. Dagri Rinpoche is a sexual predator of the highest degree. Now, victims and their friends are speaking up and even more victims will emerge from the woodwork. They are no longer keeping quiet. FPMT’s lame suspension of Dagri Rinpoche will not placate the public. The Dagri Rinpoche issue will not simply go away but will continue to grow and keep coming back to haunt FPMT again and again. Strong actions are what is needed now to show that FPMT are sincere and serious about making up for their mistakes. For their part in covering up Dagri Rinpoche’s sexual abuse, FPMT must issue a public apology. What Dagri Rinpoche did is a crime punishable under the law with jail time. It is high time that FPMT stop sitting on the fence to protect themselves but actively support the police investigations into Dagri Rinpoche and cooperate to the fullest extent in order to not lose even more credibility.

LAMA ZOPA RINPOCHE’S SOLUTION TO DAGRI RINPOCHE’S CHARGES OF MOLESTATION AND SEXUAL ABUSE

Weeks after the FPMT’s silence on Dagri Rinpoche’s molestation charges, Lama Zopa Rinpoche finally addressed the issue, in what became a ‘teaching’. In fact, Lama Zopa only touched lightly on the Dagri issue before his talk meandered to other topics inviting listeners to forget about Dagri Rinpoche’s offences. Essentially, Lama Zopa’s explanation is that the women who were abused by Dagri Rinpoche should view him as a deity because Dagri had a couple of dreams that he went to Gaden Heaven and was in fact an extraordinary being. No, you didn’t hear it wrong. To be sure, Lama Zopa advised that because Dagri Rinpoche had dreams that he, Dagri, was extraordinary, the women should just let him do whatever he likes to them. If Lama Zopa’s view is to be accepted, then we can all do away with the law, monastic rules, vows and everything that has kept the practice of Buddhism on the straight and narrow. Everyone who commits a crime should not be required to be brought to justice, provided the perpetrator has had a couple of dreams of being a deity. According to Lama Zopa, Dagri Rinpoche’s victims are to accept this explanation and deal with the crime inflicted upon them happily. This is precisely the kind of medieval thinking, used to justify slavery and serfdom. Having said all that, this explanation is convenient because if all Dagri Rinpoche’s victims were to behold him in this ‘pure view,’ then Lama Zopa and the FPMT would have no need to deal with a very thorny issue and the inconvenient fact that they have been caught covering up for him. On his part, Dagri Rinpoche would be completely unshackled and it is frightening to think what he would do with this unrestricted immunity.

Cliquez pour agrandir (La source: https://fpmt.org/lama-zopa-rinpoche-news-and-advice/advice-from-lama-zopa-rinpoche/lama-zopa-rinpoches-advice-to-students-of-dagri-rinpoche/)

Le conseil de Lama Zopa Rinpoché aux étudiants de Dagri Rinpoché (cliquer pour élargir)

Le 14 mai 2019Publié dans Conseils de Lama Zopa Rinpoché, Nouvelles et conseils de Lama Zopa Rinpoché.Si vous souhaitez lire la mise à jour du bureau de la FPMT International concernant Dagri Rinpoché, elle est disponible ici. Ce qui suit est le conseil de Lama Zopa Rinpoché aux étudiants de Dagri Rinpoché.Enseignement de Lama Zopa Rinpoché au Centro La Sabiduría de Nagarjuna, Bilbao, Espagne, le 6 mai 2019. Photo par Ven. Lobsang Sherab. D’après ma compréhension, à mon avis, et selon mon esprit, Dagri Rinpoché est un être très positif et saint – certainement pas une personne ordinaire. Il y a très longtemps, à Tushita, à Dharamsala, Dagri Rinpoché m’a dit qu’il avait eu un rêve dans lequel il avait visité la Terre Pure de Lama Tsongkhapa (Yiga Chozin). Il disait à quel point c’était incroyable, incroyablement merveilleux, avec tous les beaux plaisirs et la vue, hou la la! Puis, au monastère de Sera Je, alors que je dînais chez lui, il m’a raconté une autre histoire. Après avoir récité les mantras de Rinjung Gyatso, il a dirigé les pujas du groupe Hayagriva à Sera Je. Pendant la puja, il était lui-même un énorme Hayagriva et tous les moines étaient très petits. Lorsqu’il m’a dit cela, sa façon de l’exprimer était de paraître humble, en disant qu’il était peut-être en train d’halluciner. Ce ne sont que quelques histoires que j’ai entendues. Mais ce n’est certainement pas un être ordinaire, quelqu’un qui a peur de la mort et des sphères inférieures. C’est certain à cent pour cent. C’est selon ma vision personnelle, selon mon esprit. Par conséquent, je tiens à dire aux étudiants qui ont reçu des initiations et des enseignements de Dagri Rinpoché que vous devriez vous réjouir à cent pour cent, peu importe ce que le monde dit, peu importe si certains le critiquent. Même après que Bouddha soit devenu illuminé, il a montré l’aspect d’avoir mal au pied quand un morceau de bois avait percé son pied. Bouddha a dit que cette souffrance était le résultat d’une inconduite sexuelle avec une femme dans l’une de ses vies antérieures, il y a longtemps. Bien sûr, même les arhats, qui n’ont pas atteint les cinq voies du Mahayana, les dix Bhumis ou la voie tantrique, n’ont pas mal. Ils sont libérés du samsara, car ils sont totalement libérés des illusions et du karma, la cause du samsara. Comment est-il possible pour quelqu’un de souffrir la douleur, la renaissance, la vieillesse et la mort s’il a totalement cessé la cause de la souffrance? Cela devient alors comme si Bouddha n’est pas vrai et que les enseignements de Bouddha ne le sont pas. Cela devient comme ça. Des êtres innombrables ont atteint l’illumination: des yogi-pandits tels que Saraha, Tilopa et Naropa, et de nombreux êtres appartenant aux quatre sectes du bouddhisme tibétain, y compris Padmasambhava et d’autres lamas de Nyingma, Marpa et Milarepa, les cinq grands lamas Sakya hautement atteints, Lama Tsongkhapa lui-même et beaucoup d’autres dans la tradition de Gelug. Avec ce raisonnement, tout devient faux. Bouddha a montré l’aspect d’un morceau de bois qui avait percé son pied et a déclaré qu’il y a longtemps, dans l’une de ses vies passées, il avait commis une inconduite sexuelle avec une femme. Il a fait cela pour enseigner le karma aux disciples, aux êtres vivants qui sont les objets à soumettre. Donc, Bouddha lui-même a manifesté la souffrance, même s’il n’a pas souffert. Cela inclut également le Dalaï Lama actuel. Vous pouvez voir que Sa Sainteté le Dalaï-Lama est tout ce qui est expliqué par Bouddha, les grands yogi-pandits et Lama Tsongkhapa. Vous pouvez voir que son esprit saint possède toutes les qualités du chemin. Son esprit saint a toutes les qualités suprêmes, toutes les qualités inexprimables au-delà du chemin, qui ont été expliquées dans les textes par Bouddha et à travers les expériences des bouddhas actuels, des éclairés, dont les qualités sont incroyablement pratiques et qui chérissent les autres comme une mère chérit son enfant le plus aimé. Peu importe si quelqu’un est riche ou pauvre, instruit ou non, Sa Sainteté considère tout le monde comme égal et donne les conseils les plus pratiques. Maintenant, même cela ne serait pas vrai. Mais ici, vous pouvez voir cela de vos propres yeux, alors comment pouvez-vous dire que ce n’est pas vrai? Les qualités incroyables des gourous de Sa Sainteté et de tant d’autres êtres saints que vous avez vus ne seraient pas non plus vraies. Il faudrait alors dire qu’il n’y a pas d’êtres saints. Donc, ces erreurs se produiraient. Vous pouvez voir par vous-même que si vous pratiquez le bouddhisme – lamrim, par exemple – votre esprit a de plus en plus de paix et devient de plus en plus saint. Comment pouvez-vous dire alors que même cela ne se produit pas? C’est la même chose que de dire que tout ce que vous avez fait, tout ce que vous avez vécu est une hallucination. Bien sûr, cela n’est pas lié à la vision de l’existence véritable. L’hallucination, dans ce cas, est que rien n’existe sous un simple nom: la souffrance, la cause de la souffrance, la cessation de la souffrance, le chemin. Rien n’existe alors: il n’ya pas d’enfer, pas d’illumination, pas de karma, pas de samsara, pas de nirvana. Puis, dans le sutra Réunion du père et du fils, il est écrit: « Bouddha travaille pour les êtres vivants en prenant la forme d’Indra, Brahma, parfois comme Mara (mais les gens du monde entier ne le savent pas). Il manifeste également le comportement, la forme d’une femme. En outre, Bouddha prend des formes d’animaux. Il n’y a pas d’attachement mais il montre de l’attachement; il n’y a pas de peur mais il montre la peur; il n’y a pas d’ignorance mais il fait preuve d’ignorance; il n’y a pas de folie mais il montre la folie; il n’y a pas de boiterie mais il montre qu’il est boiteux. Dans divers aspects, Bouddha travaille pour les êtres vivants et soumet l’esprit des êtres vivants. » S’il vous plaît, comprenez cela. Même les bouddhas éclairés travaillent pour des êtres vivants comme ça. Nous devons donc, y compris moi-même, voir les choses de manière positive. De notre esprit, de notre côté, nous devons essayer de voir le côté positif. Sinon, cela signifie que vous n’avez pas besoin de méditer, vous n’avez pas besoin de pratiquer le Dharma, de votre côté. Sinon, pourquoi avez-vous besoin de méditer? Pourquoi avez-vous besoin de pratiquer le Dharma? Sans avoir besoin de mettre des efforts de votre côté, vous vous attendez à ce que tout ce qui est à l’extérieur soit positif. Pour être en mesure de voir le gourou qui est d’innombrables bouddhas du passé, du présent et du futur, pour pouvoir réaliser cela, vous devez faire des efforts de votre côté. C’est pourquoi Lama Tsongkhapa a déclaré dans La Fondation de toutes les bonne qualités:

Le fondement de toutes les bonnes qualités est le bon et pur, parfait Gourou; La dévotion correcte envers lui est la racine du chemin. En voyant cela clairement et en appliquant un grand effort, S’il vous plaît, bénissez-moi de compter sur lui avec un grand respect.

Le verset dit: « Le bon gourou parfait est la base de toutes les qualités et suivre correctement l’ami vertueux est la base du chemin de l’illumination. En voyant bien, c’est-à-dire en considérant le gourou comme de multiples bouddhas passés, présents et à venir, AVEC BEAUCOUP D’EFFORT, donnez-moi des bénédictions pour pouvoir suivre le gourou avec beaucoup de dévouement et de respect. » Donc, cela signifie de votre côté, avec un grand effort. Lama Tsongkhapa a dit cela de sa propre expérience. Puisque nous (moi-même, par exemple) n’avons pas cette compréhension, nous nous attendons à ce que nous n’ayons rien à faire de notre côté. Nous nous attendons seulement à voir les qualités du gourou, à voir le gourou comme pur, en tant qu’essence de Bouddha, de l’extérieur. Cela ne se passe pas comme ça. Même si vous avez déjà vu la personne remplie d’erreurs, après avoir établi un lien avec le Dharma, vous devez pratiquer la racine du chemin de l’illumination: suivre correctement l’ami vertueux. En entraînant votre esprit à cela, vous pourrez alors voir que c’est Bouddha, ce qui signifie quelqu’un qui a totalement cessé les obscurcissements grossiers et subtils et a atteint toutes les qualités. Vous réalisez alors la racine du chemin de l’illumination: suivre correctement l’ami vertueux. À partir de là, vous actualisez les chemins gradués de l’être de capacité inférieure, de l’être de capacité moyenne et de l’être de capacité supérieure. La réalisation de la bodhichitta, puis tantrique, se fait facilement. Gourou Shakyamuni Bouddha a été illuminé il y a bien longtemps, selon le Mahayana, selon la réalité. Gelong Lekpai Garma, le serviteur de Bouddha, a servi Bouddha pendant 22 ans, mais il a toujours considéré Bouddha comme un menteur. C’est parce qu’un jour, alors que Bouddha était en tournée, une jeune fille offrit une poignée de grains dans son bol de mendicité. À ce moment-là, Bouddha avait prédit que ce karma lui éclairerait en tant que Bouddha Tseme. Gelong Lekpai Garma pensait que c’était un mensonge et que Bouddha la flattait. Il a pensé que c’était trop: “Comment est-il possible que cela se produise en offrant une poignée de grains?” Ainsi, durant toute sa vie, il vit Bouddha comme un menteur et un être ordinaire. Bouddha était un bouddha, mais il ne l’a jamais vu comme un bouddha. Il avait plus confiance en son gourou hindou. Une fois, son gourou hindou était malade et Bouddha a conseillé à son gourou hindou de ne pas manger de sucre brun. Gelong Lekpai Garma ne croyait pas le Bouddha, il croyait que Bouddha mentait. Alors, il a donc offert du sucre brun au guru hindou. Son gourou hindou est décédé et est né de nouveau sous forme de preta. Une fois, cette preta fit un bruit alors que Bouddha marchait sur une route. À la mort de Gelong Lekpai Garma, il renaça pendant des aeons en enfer. Il est important de connaître ces histoires. Merci beaucoup. N’ayez aucun regret. La seule chose à faire est de profiter de la vie, qui est très courte et peut être terminée à tout moment. Merci beaucoup, Lama Zopa Rinpoché Le 12 mai 2019, Lavaur, France. Scribe: Ven. Holly Ansett, édité par Ven. Ailsa Cameron.

Lama Zopa had a choice, to take the bull by the horns and deal with a dangerous predator’s exploits in a logical and conventional way so that everyone can see that the FPMT does not condone misconducts by members of it’s teaching fraternity, or throw the burden back on the victims and ask them to deal with it. If indeed Dagri Rinpoche is special and extraordinary it would have been easier for him to act responsibly and lead more people to the dharma and to increase the faith of Buddhist aspirants. Why ask ordinary people to think in extraordinary ways when supposedly extraordinary lamas cannot abide by even common codes of decency? However special the explanation sounds, the fact remains that the victims are human beings and experience sufferings as ordinary people do. To throw the burden back to them is to add to their suffering. If we are to accept Lama Zopa’s reasoning, then we should now inform all future victims of Dagri Rinpoche to start seeing him as an extraordinary being and to welcome being molested and touched inappropriately. Everyone, and there will be a lot of them, should be informed ahead of time, that they should just expect Dagri to sexually assault them, use them however he likes and it is their responsibility to deal with this attack and feel “blessed”.Victims of Dagri Rinpoche’s offences should be told now not to waste time and emotional energy trying to get justice in future. Imagine if we apply this explanation to all aspects of life, there would be no need for anyone to behave at all and all we would need as we like is to have dreams.

THE PUBLIC REACTS

Matthew Remski’s powerful posting analyzing the shortcomings of Lama Zopa’s statement, elicited responses from his friends that were overwhelmingly negative and critical of Lama Zopa’s reaction (La source: https://www.facebook.com/matthew.remski/posts/10161853555645602)

Pam Rubin’s powerful posting analyzing the shortcomings of Tsawa Khangtsen and Dagri Rinpoche’s statements, elicited responses from her friends that were overwhelmingly negative and critical of their reaction (La source: https://www.facebook.com/pam.rubin.7/posts/10161729794825511)

[TRICYCLE] Des nonnes demandent une enquête sur les allégations de molestation contre l’enseignant Dagri

This is the first time Tricycle, a prominent Buddhist publication, has published criticism of Lama Zopa. The first criticism came in the form of a powerful letter written by a group of prominent nuns addressed directly to FPMT and calling for an independent investigation. This letter is significant not only because of the nuns’ reputations but because it mentions there are more women who were molested by Dagri Rinpoche who are still anonymous. Being that these nuns already dare to speak up, if an independent investigation begins, it is likely that they will encourage the anonymous victims to come forward and aid in the investigation. The reality is that these nuns would not compose an open letter to FPMT if they were not absolutely surethat Dagri Rinpoche is guilty of his crimes; they would not lend their names to a campaign or movement that they did not have evidence or a basis for. They also would not call for an independent investigation if they were not already sure of the outcome.

Cliquez pour agrandir (La source: https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/dagri-rinpoche-abuse/)

TRADUCTION (cliquer pour élargir)

L’éminent moine bouddhiste tibétain a été suspendu d’enseigner à la suite d’allégations d’abus, et maintenant des religieuses de haut rang réclament une enquête indépendante sur son comportement.

Par Matthew Abrahams Le 16 mai 2019 Après avoir pris connaissance d’allégations d’inconduite sexuelle contre l’éminent professeur bouddhiste tibétain Dagri Rinpoché, la Fondation pour la préservation de la tradition mahayana (FPMT) l’a suspendu de sa liste d’enseignants, a déclaré mardi un groupe bouddhiste international. Le lendemain, dix nonnes bouddhistes de premier plan, parmi lesquelles Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, fondatrice du couvent Dongyu Gatsal Ling, et Thubten Chodron, abbesse de l’abbaye de Sravasti à Washington, ont adressé une lettre à la FPMT pour demander une enquête par une tierce partie sur les accusations. Dagri Rinpoché – un tulku [maître réincarné] de l’école de bouddhisme tibétain de Gelug et professeur itinérant qui se rend régulièrement dans des centres aux États-Unis, tels que l’abbaye de Sravasti, où il avait été désigné comme conseiller spirituel, a été suspendu après avoir été accusé dans une plainte officielle pour avoir agressé une femme à bord d’un vol Air India le 3 mai. À la suite de reportages dans les médias sur les accusations portées contre lui, une ancienne religieuse, Jakaira Perez Valdivia, a posté sur YouTube une vidéo intitulée «Dagri Rinpoché est en réalité un agresseur en série», dans laquelle elle affirme que Dagri Rinpoché l’avait agressée il y a dix ans alors qu’elle vivait à Dharamsala, en Inde. Peu après, une autre femme, Shin Young Sun, s’est exprimée, écrivant dans une publication sur Facebook le 13 mai que Dagri Rinpoché avait caressé ses seins alors qu’elle était étudiante au Sarah College de Dharamsala entre 2005 et 2009. Dagri Rinpoché a nié tout acte répréhensible. Dans leur lettre à la FPMT, les nonnes de premier rang ont déclaré qu’il y avait encore plus de femmes qui sont restées anonymes: «Certaines d’entre nous connaissent personnellement d’autres nonnes occidentales qui ont déclaré avoir été agressées par Dagri Rinpoché», ont-elles écrit. La lettre continue: Nous demandons à la FPMT d’ordonner une enquête indépendante par une tierce partie sur ces allégations et de rendre publiques les conclusions de cette enquête. Cette enquête devrait être menée de manière à ce que les plaignantes et / ou les témoins se sentent en sécurité pour se présenter et raconter leur histoire de manière confidentielle – et anonyme, si elles le souhaitent. . . Mener une enquête indépendante envoie un message clair que ce comportement ne sera pas toléré et qu’il y aura des répercussions pour les auteurs. C’est essentiel pour créer un environnement propice à la reconstruction de la confiance des élèves. Parallèlement à la lettre, un groupe de pratiquants et de religieuses ont également lancé une pétition en ligne pour exhorter la FPMT à “trouver la vérité”. Dans une déclaration publiée le 13 mai, Dagri Rinpoché a réaffirmé son innocence. Dans le cas du vol Air India, il a déclaré qu’il ne se tenait que sur l’accoudoir de son accusatrice, qui dormait à ce moment-là. Quand elle s’est réveillée, elle «a semblé fâchée» et lui a dit quelque chose dans une langue qu’il ne comprenait pas, a-t-il écrit. On lui a dit par la suite qu’elle avait porté plainte à la police. Dans son interaction avec Perez Valdivia – que Dagri Rinpoché a décrit comme “une religieuse qui souffrait de problèmes physiques et mentaux” – il a écrit qu’il n’avait effectué que “Jabtru, un rituel de purification de l’eau, et Kakgo, un rituel pour éliminer les obstacles,” pour l’aider avec ces problèmes. Il ajoute: «Après environ trois ans, elle a utilisé ces rituels comme une raison pour m’accuser de l’avoir touchée de manière inappropriée.” Perez Valdivia a répondu dans une déclaration envoyée à Tricycle le 16 mai: “Au lieu de présenter des excuses, il blâme et discrédite les victimes, la méthode la plus ancienne de s’en tirer s’est révélée efficace. Elle a ajouté qu’il avait passé toute sa vie « à s’en tirer de la molestation des étudiantes et des fidèles autour du monde grâce au silence et à la complicité de certaines institutions et du système tibétain lui-même. » Dans son article sur les médias sociaux, Shin Young Sun a également décrit une culture consistant à ignorer ou à faire taire les femmes que les enseignants auraient maltraitées, affirmant que les personnes en position de pouvoir ont fermé les yeux, y compris le bureau de Sa Sainteté le 14e Dalaï Lama. Elle a expliqué que même si elle avait personnellement pardonné à Dagri Rinpoché, elle avait choisi de s’exprimer en solidarité avec Perez Valdivia. «J’écris ce post pour d’autres victimes. Parce qu’elles . . . éprouve encore des difficultés », a-t-elle déclaré. Dans le même temps, le président de la FPMT, Lama Zopa Rinpoché, a été critiqué pour sa lettre ouverte aux étudiants de Dagri Rinpoché. Il a écrit: Dagri Rinpoché est un être saint très positif, certainement pas une personne ordinaire. . . Par conséquent, je tiens à dire aux étudiants qui ont reçu des initiations et des enseignements de Dagri Rinpoché que vous devriez vous réjouir à cent pour cent, peu importe ce que le monde dit, peu importe si certains le critiquent. Même après que Bouddha soit devenu illuminé, il a montré l’aspect d’avoir mal au pied quand un morceau de bois avait percé son pied. Bouddha a dit que la souffrance résultait d’une inconduite sexuelle avec une femme dans l’une de ses vies antérieures, il y a longtemps. Dans sa déclaration, Perez Valdivia a déclaré que le conseil était “embarrassant et scandaleux” et qu’il “excusait l’agresseur de toute ” apparence ” de faute qu’il pourrait manifester.”

JAKAIRA REPLIES

Tricycle also received a statement from Jakaira Perez Valdivia which they published. In her scathing reply, she systematically refutes and criticizes Dagri Rinpoche’s statement, FPMT’s statement and Lama Zopa’s response. In particular, she says that Lama Zopa’s response is an attempt to use karma and religion to excuse Dagri Rinpoche’s crimes. Elsewhere, Lama Zopa’s response has also been met with widespread derision for being tone deaf, out of touch and lacking in compassion or sympathy for the victims. It is time for FPMT to do more, and to agree to an independent investigation or it will appear as though they are once again attempting to conceal the truth and deceive the public. Unless FPMT comes clean and are honest with what really happened, the Dagri molestation case will forever be a stain on Lama Zopa’s and FPMT’s reputations since they have spent the past decade covering it up.

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TRADUCTION (cliquer pour élargir)

Espagne, mai 2019 J’écris ceci en réponse à la déclaration publique de Dagri R, la lettre de son monastère, à la mise à jour publiée sur le site de la FPMT et aux conseils de Lama Zopa. Honnêtement, je me répète depuis des années, j’essayais de présenter cela à toutes sortes de situations. J’étais blâmée et humiliée encore et encore, en partant des mensonges de Dagri contre moi afin de protéger sa réputation, ce qu’il fait encore et encore sans le moindre regret ou gêne. Son attitude est le résultat de pouvoir s’en tirer toute sa vie à abuser des étudiantes et des adeptes autour du monde en raison du silence et de la complicité de certaines institutions et du système tibétain lui-même. La partie de la déclaration de Dagri quand il parle de moi commence par me discréditer, en disant que j’ai eu des “problèmes physiques et mentaux”. J’ai eu un problème physique et, en ce qui me concerne, nous éprouvons tous un certain degré de détresse mentale jusqu’à ce que nous atteignions les objectifs les plus élevés .. mais nous ne pouvons pas nier que ce qu’il essaie de dire, c’est que je suis folle. Il a dit cela à plusieurs personnes il y a des années. Aujourd’hui, il fait la même chose. Au lieu de s’excuser, il blâme les victimes et les discrédite, la méthode la plus ancienne de s’en tirer s’est révélée efficace. Si j’étais folle ou mentalement instable à ce moment-là, S.S. le Dalaï Lama ne m’aurait probablement pas envoyée en tant que traductrice officielle espagnole de l’initiation et des enseignements du Kalachakra à Washington 2011 et du Kalachakra suivant à Bodhgaya, ainsi que de nombreux autres enseignements traduits pendant des années dans différentes langues. J’ai une vaste expérience intellectuelle et universitaire, suffisante pour prouver mon intelligence, mais entrer dans les détails à ce sujet serait insultant, car je ne suis évidemment pas folle. En outre, même si une personne était folle, elle aurait toujours le droit d’être entendue et protégée. Ensuite, l’agresseur dit que j’ai pris la parole trois ans après l’incident. C’est un mensonge, regardez la date dans ma déclaration statutaire (ci-jointe), il est écrit 2008. Regardez le cachet de police à la fin de la déclaration, il est écrit 11/11/2010. Il m’a fallu un an et demi pour commencer à me remettre du choc et à en parler. Tout le monde sait que lorsque de telles situations se produisent, il peut s’écouler de nombreuses années, voire toute une vie, avant que la victime puisse commencer à en parler; le moment ne devrait donc avoir aucune importance ni diminuer la gravité de la question. Après avoir discuté avec des amis et des sœurs, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo m’a finalement conseillée, en octobre 2010, de procéder comme je l’ai fait. Finalement, je suis allée voir la police de Kangra pour faire cette déclaration un mois plus tard. Ensuite, il dit qu’il ya eu une réunion avec nous deux et six témoins, c’est aussi un mensonge. À la réunion, il y avait lui et son assistant, moi et mon amie Karma Yeshe, Chime-la du bureau de S.S. le Dalaï Lama et une personne tibétaine prenant des notes. Ce ne sont pas 6 témoins comme vous pouvez le voir. Je n’ai également aucune idée de ce qu’il entend par «clarifier la vérité», car la réunion était pour lui de s’excuser auprès de moi, ce qu’il a fait, et non l’inverse, comme il a essayé de faire croire aux autres et il le fait toujours. Veuillez vous reporter à la déclaration de mon témoin Karma Yeshe. En ce qui concerne la mise à jour de Dagri R sur le site internet de la FPMT, je suis agréablement surprise d’apprendre qu’une sorte de mesure de ce type a finalement été prise cette fois. Mais je dois aussi être en désaccord avec certains des points, qui ont peut-être été causés par le manque d’information. Par exemple, où il est écrit: “Le bureau privé nous a informés qu’ils avaient enquêté sur les allégations et qu’ils avaient résolu le problème”. Je suis vraiment curieuse de savoir ce que les bureaux de FPMT et de S.S. le Dalaï Lama entendent par “enquêté” et par “résolu”. Comment ‘résoudre’ le problème de la molestation ou de l’abus? Le minimum du côté de l’agresseur serait de reconnaître les actes répréhensibles, de s’excuser, d’avoir la détermination de ne pas recommencer … et du côté des institutions, au moins supprimer le soutien à l’agresseur et cesser de le promouvoir dans le monde entier. Lorsque le Bureau a annoncé à la FPMT que le problème avait été résolu, avait-il dit que j’avais abandonné les allégations? Je n’ai jamais abandonné les allégations car je ne reprendrai jamais ma déclaration statutaire ; la FPMT l’a-t-elle même lue? Comment pourrais-je reprendre tout ça? Je ne l’ai pas fait et je ne le ferai pas parce que c’est la vérité. Donc, pour que les choses soient bien claires, les accusations n’ont jamais été abandonnées parce que je n’ai pas porté plainte, car il s’est excusé et a promis de ne pas répéter son comportement. Les allégations n’ont jamais été abandonnées car ce qui s’est passé est ce qui s’est passé et ne peut être modifié. Ma déclaration écrite à la police n’est pas une opinion mais une description des faits. Était-il correct de continuer à promouvoir Dagri, même si le bureau avait déclaré que “l’affaire était résolue”, lorsqu’une déclaration de ce type avait été publiée et ne s’était jamais rétractée? La FPMT a-t-elle jamais pensé demander à moi-même ou aux autres victimes ce que nous pensions de cela? La mise à jour sur le site Web de la FPMT ne mentionne que la femme indienne et moi-même, même s’il y a eu d’autres incidents avant et après moi. La dernière victime à prendre la parole est cette Coréenne Shin Young Sun, ancienne étudiante au Sarah College: https://m.facebook.com/yeongseons/posts/10157134479759598 Mais il y a eu plusieurs autres allégations auparavant. Même les tulkus XXX et XXX ont parlé de la mauvaise conduite de Dagri depuis les années 80 et ils n’ont pas été entendus ni critiqués, jusqu’à ce que le problème soit oublié. Il y a un témoignage anonyme d’une autre victime, une nonne, qui a été envoyé à un administrateur de la FPMT daté de 2010 et une correspondance dans laquelle il reconnaît un incident qu’il avait gardé confidentiel. Il y avait aussi une plainte à propos de Dagri R de mon ami l’avocat australien XXX liée à mon affaire en 2013, ce qui signifie qu’il y avait d’autres plaintes après 2011. En raison de tous ces différents témoignages qui ont été envoyés à cette organisation, je suis assez triste que cette question est toujours traitée comme si les seuls incidents malheureux sont arrivés à la femme indienne dans l’avion et à moi, et que, tandis que d’autres doutaient de nous, l’innocence de Dagri est toujours implicite comme une possibilité évidente! Ce n’est pas le cas, et la FPMT était au courant. Le fait que certaines victimes souhaitent rester anonymes ne signifie pas que l’agression sexuelle n’a pas eu lieu ou qu’elle peut être gardée secrète, mais c’est exactement ce qui s’est passé: manipulation, secret et peur. * Veuillez noter que le fait de garder le silence sur les abus et de continuer à embaucher un agresseur aux allégations multiples rend les institutions qui l’ont promu responsables des dommages causés aux victimes * Après tout cela, aucun d’entre nous n’a même reçu une seule excuse ou une reconnaissance d’acte répréhensible de la part de Dagri R, bien au contraire, et aucune institution n’en a assumé la responsabilité, ni ne m’a validée comme victime ou comme personne qui a dit la vérité. Tout ce que moi-même et d’autres nonnes et amies qui nous ont soutenues avons reçu n’est que blâme, honte, menaces et calomnies (certains essaient même de faire croire aux autres que victimes et témoins ne sont qu’un complot du groupe Dorje Shugden ! C’est ridicule !) au point que beaucoup maintenant encore ont peur et se figent quand il s’agit de prendre la parole. Je ne peux même pas commencer à dire comment tout cela a affecté à jamais ma vie et ma relation avec le Dharma, et il n’y a aucun besoin, car la plupart des gens qui ont un peu d’empathie peuvent l’imaginer. En ce qui concerne la lettre de Tsawa Khangtsen à ce sujet, il est ridicule de discréditer toutes les victimes, témoins et sympathisants, affirmant qu’ils sont des partisans de Dorje Shugden, possédé par les forces de Mara … Et à propos de Lama Zoplands, qui dispense l’agresseur de toute “apparence” d’inconduite qu’il pourrait manifester. Un groupe de pratiquants bouddhistes et d’enseignants du monde entier a lancé cette pétition afin de demander à la FPMT de faire procéder à une enquête par une tierce partie afin que les victimes qui souhaitent rester anonymes puissent en parler, aidez-nous en signant ceci: http://chng.it/L8BGfrf7Bs Voici la lettre qui explique la pétition: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tTd4WA93wYbSNW5Us47e3Ovw485pF8DXgl-j4oaYjUw Voici ce que dit mon témoin Karma Yeshe à propos de la réunion: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jtajwWoQiunq6U9MvXbqYJPyIQeXX0fU Voici la mise à jour de la FPMT: https://fpmt.org/fpmt-community-news/statement/update-regarding-dagri-rinpoche/ Le conseil de Lama Zopa: https://fpmt.org/lama-zopa-rinpoche-news-and-advice/advice-from-lama-zopa-rinpoche/lama-zopa-rinpoches-advice-tostudents-of-dagri-rinpoche/ La déclaration de Tsawa Khangtsen de Seraje: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3Y7Mjq91PMweTliM0F5OEJCQk5rYVgySUxURmpfODBGczE4 La déclaration de Dagri R: https://fpmt.app.box.com/s/6flpt7b4hm2bed14chgejhnd501h75i6 Ma déclaration vidéo avec des liens vers la déclaration de police: https://youtu.be/T05xLBZ_1WU Salutations distinguées à tous et merci pour l’appui considérable que nous avons reçu ces derniers jours.

BURNING NEWS: How to protect yourself from lama murta?

Ordinary Tibetans are now coming forward to offer advice to non-Tibetans on how they can protect themselves against sexual abuse and how they can prevent it from happening. This is unlike Lama Zopa and FPMT who expose vulnerable students to abusive characters like Dagri Rinpoche, by continuing to promote them as a valid source of teachings. Furthermore, FPMT and Lama Zopa have also chosen to sweep the issue of sexual abuse under the rug, and advise victims how to view the abuse AFTER they have experienced it. Clearly ordinary Tibetans like Mila Rangzen understand that prevention better than cure. It is precisely because of organizations like the FPMT that these days, students have to be warned against abusive lamas. It is precisely because of organizations like FPMT that these days, students have to be taught how to force their teachers to tell the truth. If FPMT had a culture of transparency, teachers like Dagri Rinpoche would not be allowed to get away with their abuse.

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Hi, Welcome to Tibet Star. Today, the topic I have is on how to fight lama molestation. This video is especially for non-Tibetans who face this kind of problem. First thing first, never enter into a room alone with a lama, or Tulku or Rinpoche. It’s a big no-no, no. If you have to be in a room with a lama, make sure there’s a witness. Two, any time a molestation occurs, make sure you have a photo or an audio, or the best would be a video to prove your claims and also keep a diary or a journal. Write everything down with dates, timing, everything. Now, number five, make sure you go and blog about it, and then go to Youtube and talk about it, and share it on Facebook, and take the molesting lama to the media and challenge, now, this is very important, challenge him to do all of the following. Number one, challenge him, challenge him to make a statement, a press statement, a written statement. Two, challenge him to come to YouTube and defend himself. Then challenge him to do a press conference, not just a written statement where you cannot see his face and facial expression, and body language. These are very important to get some sense of whether the person is telling the truth, when people could ask questions and find out what really happened. And then challenge him to go through a lie-detector test. Now, these two are somewhat traditional. Nevertheless, they are very powerful in the Tibetan world. Challenge him to swear upon his root guru and other high Lamas that he respects. Challenge him to swear upon their lives that his claims are true, that he is telling the truth. For those non-Tibetans, this will freak out most of the Tibetans, including lamas, Tulkus and Rinpoches. When you challenge them to swear upon their root guru. Because their fear of hell is real, 18 realms of hell, to them is real, and you talk about Vajra Hell, it will scare the shit out of them. 99% of them will not be able to swear upon their root guru, and that can give you an idea whether the person is telling the truth or not. If he’s innocent, he shouldn’t have any problem in swearing upon his root guru. But if he’s guilty, 99% of the time he will not do it. 99% of the lamas, Tulkus, Rinpoches will not do it if they are guilty, because their fear of hell is real. Then, challenge him to meet you at Nechung and Palden Lhamo temple in Dharamsala. It could be done anywhere else where you have a statue of Nechung and Palden Lhamo, but do it in Dharamsala. This is symbolic, this is far more powerful. Challenge him to come, and both of you will swear before Nechung, the oracle Nechung and Palden Lhamo. This will again freak out the lama, Rinpoche, Tulku, if he’s guilty because their fear of the hell is very real. What they fear is one, the belief is that as soon as you go to, go before the Nechung and oracle is claiming to be telling the truth. So whoever is guilty, whoever lies, what happens, the belief is that within a month or so, the one who is guilty, the one who is lying will throw up blood and die. This is one fear they have. Two, while they are dead, they’re afraid that they will be reborn in hell, one of the 18 hells, or Vajra Hell. Now, what kind of signs will show if the person, the guilty person is lying is that a misfortune will strike him in the next 30 days, or sometimes 90 days, max one year. Either he could lose his limbs in an accident, or he catches some terminal disease, or he dies. Now, this fear is real, so it’s pointers. Now, when you go about it, to go about it in an ascending order, not in a descending order because that will destroy the climax, because there will be no climax at all. And so, take your time. It could be a week between each move that you take, or sometimes it could be between a couple of days between each move that you make. So make your move accordingly. Don’t throw all the 15 moves that I’m talking about on his face in a single day. Don’t do that. One at a time and build up momentum, and finally come down to Nechung and oracle, and that will scare the shit out of the lama, trust me. Now, what do you do after that? Usually when Tibetans have this kind of problems or similar problems, they take it to Nechung and Palden Lhamo, and it gets decided right there and they do not go to the court. Now, in this case, take him to the police, hire a lawyer and challenge him in the court. I know most of the points that I raised here are pretty obvious to many of the women who go through molestation, but as an insider and someone who belongs to the inner core once, these swearing in, challenging him to swear upon his root guru, and meeting at Nechung and Palden Lhamo to decide the outcome, these are unbelievably powerful. So use them. Basically what you do at the temple is you swear, you prostrate, probably three times before the statue of Nechung and oracle, and swear that you are, both of you will swear that you’re telling the truth, and whoever lies, whoever is guilty should meet with an unfortunate incident anytime soon. So, that could be losing a limb in an accident or could be an actual death, and then you part from there. Now everything is decided by the Nechung Oracle. That’s the belief system, so exploit it, of course, for your good purpose.

The FPMT’s second statement on Dagri Rinpoche’s exposé shows bad intent

Just over a week after the FPMT’s initial statement regarding Dagri Rinpoche’s molestation charges, the FPMT has come up with a second statement. Firstly, it should be noted that this second FPMT statement would not have been necessary if the FPMT had been sincere in addressing the Dagri problem from the start. Clearly, the FPMT tried to sidestep taking responsibility for its senior teacher’s abuses of innocent victims, and that sparked a huge public outcry making this second statement necessary. In its first statement, the FPMT did not even acknowledge the pain and sufferings of Dagri’s victims, which it now does after considerable arm-twisting and pressure from the public. If anyone is wondering if the FPMT is sincere about finding a proper remedy for Dagri’s victims, they should have the answer now. The FPMT now claims that it understands how difficult it has been for the victims to speak out publicly. Again if this were true, the FPMT would have provided a safe platform for Dagri’s victims to surface confidentlyand facilitated investigations by now. This was in fact what senior nuns like Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo called for, but to date apart from lip service, this has not happened.

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After a casual and almost perfunctory mention of the feelings of Dagri’s victims, the FPMT spends the bulk of its second statement explaining its Ethical Policy as if to say that its commitment ends there and beyond that, it does not owe a duty of care to anyonewho comes to the FPMT for the dharma, nor is it truly interested in preserving the Mahayana tradition. A number of points need to be highlighted. This is the FPMT in the raw. Have a good look.

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The FPMT acknowledged that the Office of the Dalai Lama notified it of Dagri’s sexual assault against Jakaira Perez Valdivia in 2011. The fact the Jakaira Perez had to lodge a complaint with the Dalai Lama’s office is proof that she could not get anyone in FPMT to take her seriously and therefore had to resort to seeking help elsewhere. This culture remains seeing how weeks after news of Dagri’s sexual abuses broke, the FPMT is still dodging blame and toying with semantics.
The FPMT had the audacity to state that the assault on Jakaira Perez did not take place at an FPMT centre, and it implies that because of that, they do not have to take any responsibility. This is a shocking statement because it reveals the FPMT’s true character, not whether the organization and its people are doing the right thing but how it can escape liability. The fact that the assault was conducted by one of its senior teaching staff did not matter to the FPMT. In other words, it doesn’t matter what Dagri does and who he harms. The FPMT is prepared to ignore all that so long as it can escape liability and this is supposed to a centre that preserves the teachings of the Buddha? This is not an organization that is socially responsible, and its behaviour is more akin to the mafia than an organization that claims to uphold the Buddha’s teachings.
In the FPMT’s second statement, it also acknowledged that it was quite happy to shrug responsibility of its staff and expect someone else (in this case, the Dalai Lama’s office) to clean up after it. Presumably the weight of the Dalai Lama’s office come in handy to sweep the issue under the rug. What is critical is the FPMT’s acknowledgement that it did not conduct its own investigation into complaints against Dagri. This is important to note because it goes to show that the FPMT is not seeking for truth and facts to be revealed. It is not interested in protecting victims. It is not interested in rectifying flaws in its system and to make sure that further damage to innocent people are avoided and those who have been harmed receive the help they need.
We can also safely gather that the FPMT knew about Dagri’s predatorial ways, but continued to let him be on the prowl. The FPMT shows that it is not truly interested in what Dagri does, nor is it truly interested in the wellbeing of its regional centres. All it is interested in is to protect itself and hence all the FPMT did was to ‘remind’ its regional and national coordinators of complaints against Dagri but at the same time, promoting him as a credible teacher. We also see how Lama Zopa refers to Dagri as a holy being. Therefore the FPMT’s warnings are hollow and put in place for exactly situations like this so they can avoid culpability. In the FPMT’s second statement, it also confirmed that Jakaira Perez’s matter was still not dealt with adequately in 2012. A number of things become clear – the FPMT had no intentions of getting to the bottom of the Jakaira Perez incident. It is also clear that the FPMT must have continued to receive complaints about Dagri, which is why it became necessary to issue reminders to its regional and national coordinators in 2018. Why this 2018 reminder was necessary is suspicious. The pattern of serial sex offenders is almost all similar. They are habitual offenders and will continue to assault women so long as they are shielded and protected like the FPMT has been protecting Dagri. We know for sure that Dagri abused Jajaira Perez in 2011. We know of a 2013 case, and we know that FPMT felt it necessary to remind its regional and national coordinators about Dagri in 2018 and we know that Dagri molested a woman on a plane in 2019. The way Dagri brazenly attacked a woman on a plane in public indicates that he is unafraid and already out of control, thanks to the FPMT’s protection all these years that have emboldened him.
The FPMT’s second statement also makes it very clear that they will not allow an independent investigation. The FPMT is awaiting results of the Indian investigation. In other words, the FPMT is waiting to see if they can get away with liability. The investigation by the Indian police will not cover Jakaira Perez’s case or any cases of Dagri’s abuses in the past. For all intents and purposes, this is history to the FPMT and something they have managed to get away with. As to the “professional assistance” the FPMT alluded to, it will not be a stretch to guess that experts have been engaged to spin the FPMT’s reputation out of the dirt and also the lawyers are ready to defend FPMT. Never mind if people continue to be hurt.

Lama Zopa’s attempts to wriggle the FPMT out of the Dagri mess is nothing but a cheap trick

In an orchestrated move, Lama Zopa the head of the organization issued a second statement on the Dagri Rinpoche scandal. This took place on the same day as the FPMT’s second statement on the same issue. Characteristic of spin doctors at work Lama Zopa’s first statement was, in essence, telling Dagri’s victims to rejoice that they were sexually abused by a ‘holy being’ by virtue of Dagri’s self-declaration and Lama Zopa’s endorsement. It would have been difficult for Lama Zopa to change his story after such a bold claim and so in his second statement, Lama Zopa launched into a series of stories, which infer Dagri to be on par with the Buddha Shakyamuni, the Mahasiddha Asanga and the great Getsul Tsembulwa. This itself is designed to silence Dagri’s critics and victims by continuing to imply that they are persecuting a holy being. But in his second statement Lama Zopa goes further and now directly tells victims and Dagri’s accusers that they have to subdue their own mind. Basically, it is repeat of Lama Zopa’s first statement that is, Dagri is holy being and although he has harmed innocent women, it is the victims who have to subdue their own minds rather than point out the crime and the criminal. Lama Zopa preaches monastic practices that forbid anyone from retaliating to harm inflicted upon them but as to why he would ask lay people to follow monastic rules when monks like Dagri do not have to abide by his vows, is a complete mystery. If anything this reeks of trickery.

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Conseils supplémentaires de Lama Zopa (click to expand)

Voici les conseils supplémentaires de Lama Zopa Rinpoché à l’intention des étudiants de Dagri Rinpoché. Beaucoup de gens qui ont étudié le Dharma le savent, mais d’autres ne le savent peut-être pas: dans l’enseignement du Petit Véhicule, les dix non-vertus ne peuvent devenir des vertus en fonction de leur motivation. Si l’action s’est produite, alors c’est juste la non-vertu. Mais dans le bouddhisme Mahayana, il en va différemment si les trois actions non-vertueuses du corps et les quatre actions non-vertueuses du discours se font avec une compassion incroyablement forte. Si vous préférez être né en enfer vous-même, au lieu d’un autre être vivant, vous ne serez pas né en enfer. Vous pouvez choisir comme ça. Pour les bodhisattvas, atteindre le bienheureux état de paix ou nirvana pour soi-même, est extrêmement sale. Dans les textes, il est dit que c’est comme si on crachait ou qu’on rejetait la morve sur une route. J’utilise l’exemple du papier toilette usagé avec du kaka dessus: vous le jetez immédiatement. C’est comme ça pour le saint esprit d’un bodhisattva. Mais être né en enfer pour un être vivant, pouvoir sauver des êtres vivants, c’est comme un cygne qui entre dans un étang. Le cygne est tellement heureux d’entrer dans l’étang. C’est la chose la plus heureuse et la plus excitante; c’est ce qu’ils veulent vraiment. Ainsi, c’est comme ça pour le saint esprit d’un bodhisattva. C’est l’exemple donné dans les textes. Il y a l’histoire du capitaine bodhisattva. Il y a longtemps, à l’époque où le Bouddha Shakyamuni était un bodhisattva, il était le capitaine d’un navire. Un homme sur le bateau, qui était petit et portait une lance, voulait tuer les 500 autres personnes sur le bateau. Sachant cela, le capitaine bodhisattva ressentit une compassion incroyable, car l’homme renaîtrait alors dans les mondes inférieurs et souffrirait pendant des siècles. Le capitaine bodhisattva voulait vraiment être né en enfer au lieu de l’homme. Alors, avec cet esprit de compassion incroyable, voulant protéger l’homme du karma négatif et de nombreux éons de souffrances dans les enfers, il l’a ensuite tué. En agissant de la sorte, parce que cela a été fait avec une compassion aussi incroyable, le capitaine bodhisattva s’est mis 100 000 éons plus près de l’illumination et il s’est libéré du samsara. C’est devenu une purification incroyable. C’est parce que la motivation d’une compassion”insupportable” a fait que l’action soit non seulement devenue le Dharma, mais également la cause de l’illumination. Puis le commentaire de Vajrayogini raconte comment le gourou Nagpo Chopa allait pratiquer la conduite tantrique (la dernière pratique juste avant l’illumination) dans un endroit appelé Oddiyana, près de Buxa, en Inde, où j’ai vécu pendant huit ans. Près d’une grande rivière attendait une femme qui avait la lèpre, avec du pus et du sang qui sortait d’elle. Elle était totalement, incroyablement sale. La lépreuse a demandé à Nagpo Chopa de bien vouloir la porter sur son dos pour se rendre de l’autre côté de la rivière, mais il ne lui a pas répondu et a traversé la rivière. Peu de temps après, son disciple, Getsul Tsembulwa, qui n’était pas un bhikshu à part entière, est passé et elle lui a demandé de la transporter de l’autre côté de la rivière. Lorsqu’il l’a vue, une compassion incroyable a immédiatement surgi en lui. Sans penser à la maladie contagieuse ni au statut de moine, mais avec seulement une compassion incroyable, il la porta immédiatement sur le dos et traversa la rivière. Lorsqu’il atteignit le milieu de la rivière, son lourd karma négatif qui l’empêcha de la voir comme l’être illuminé Dorje Phagmo et de ne la voir que comme un être terrible, sale et malade, a été purifié. Cette apparence ordinaire s’est terminée parce que son karma négatif a été purifié. L’esprit qui projetait cette apparence ordinaire était parti, purifié. Ainsi, cette femme était Dorje Phagmo, qui a ensuite emmené Getsul Tsembulwa à la Terre Pure de Dagpa Kachoe (la Terre Pure de Vajrayogini), dans le même corps, sans qu’il ait besoin de mourir avant. Puisqu’on devient définitivement éclairé là-bas à Dagpa Kachoe, il l’a probablement été plus tôt que son gourou Nagpo Chopa. C’était parce qu’il a généré une compassion incroyable. L’histoire de la vie d’Asanga est un autre exemple. Beaucoup de gens connaissent cette histoire. Asanga a passé douze ans en retraite pour tenter d’atteindre le Bouddha Maitreya. Il a quitté tous les trois ans, et différentes conditions se sont produites qui l’ont inspiré à chaque fois pour revenir en retraite. Une fois il a vu un oiseau voler dans et hors d’une grotte, pour aller à son nid. Les ailes de l’oiseau étaient si molles, mais là où elles touchaient, le rocher était usé. Cela a tellement inspiré Asanga qu’il a décidé de retourner en retraite pour tenter d’atteindre le Bouddha Maitreya. Quand il est descendu après trois autres années, il a vu un fil utilisé pour tailler un rocher dur. Au fil du temps, on a réussi à couper le rocher avec un tout petit fil. Encore une fois, cela l’a inspiré à retourner en retraite. Trois ans plus tard, quand il est descendu, il a vu de l’eau couler sur un rocher – une, deux, trois gouttes – et le rocher était en train de s’user, avec un trou commençant à se former. Cela l’inspira encore et il retourna en retraite. Il ne s’est toujours rien passé et au bout de trois ans, il a de nouveau quitté la retraite. Alors qu’il marchait sur la route, il vit un chien blessé, dont la partie inférieure du corps était complètement remplie d’asticots. Asanga coupa un morceau de chair de sa cuisse pour mettre les asticots, afin qu’ils eurent quelque chose à manger. Comme il ne voulait pas faire de mal aux asticots en les ramassant avec ses doigts, il ferma les yeux et tendit la langue, dans l’intention de les ramasser avec sa langue. Mais il ne pouvait pas les toucher. Quand il ouvrit les yeux, il n’y avait plus de chien blessé, mais le Bouddha Maitreya. Asanga s’est alors plaint en disant: “Pourquoi je ne vous ai pas vu pendant la retraite?” le Bouddha Maitreya a dit: “J’étais là avec vous. Regardez votre crachat sur mes robes.” Pour le prouver, il montra les marques sur ses robes où Asanga avait craché. Asanga a ensuite demandé des enseignements et le Bouddha Maitreya l’a emmené sur la Terre Pure de Tushita, Yiga Chozin, et lui a donné les cinq divisions d’enseignement (Jangchub Denma). Un matin dans la Terre Pure de Tushita est égal à cinquante années humaines. Asanga est ensuite revenu et a écrit les cinq commentaires. À partir de là, tant de personnes ont fait de l’écoute, de la réflexion et de la méditation, ont atteint le chemin et sont éclairées. (Bien sûr, plus tard au Tibet, Lama Atisha a écrit La lampe du chemin de l’éveil, que de nombreuses personnes dans le monde ont étudié et ainsi ont subjugué leur esprit et atteint l’éveil. Cela vient de Nalanda en Inde.) Dans les grands monastères au Tibet, les gens étudiaient et suivaient ces enseignements pendant de nombreuses années. De nos jours, de nombreuses religieuses dans les couvents, y compris le couvent de Kopan, ont également étudié ces enseignements. Elles sont toutes incroyablement chanceuses d’apprendre le bouddhadharma de manière aussi étendue. Elles ont beaucoup de chance d’apprendre à générer le chemin et à atteindre l’illumination. Ce ne sont là que quelques exemples des résultats de la grande compassion d’Asanga. Tous les avantages reçus par tant d’êtres, dont nous avons également bénéficié, provenaient de la grande compassion d’Asanga. Nous devons avoir une connaissance et une compréhension étendues. Par exemple, selon le Mahayana, alors que le Gourou Bouddha Shakyamuni montrait l’illumination dans ce monde, dans un autre monde, il montrait descendant de Tushita; puis au même moment, dans un autre monde, il montrait la conception; puis, dans d’autres mondes, il montrait qu’il enseignait le Dharma ou soumettait les maras. Toutes ces choses différentes se passaient en même temps. Mais selon le bouddhisme Theravadin, lorsque le Bouddha a montré l’illumination à Bodhgaya, c’était la première fois qu’il était éclairé. Même si un pays a besoin de lois et qu’un monastère a besoin de règles de vinaya, votre propre pratique est de maîtriser votre esprit. Le Bouddha a dit: “Ne commettez aucune action malsaine; engager des actions saines; et subjuguez votre propre esprit.” Si vous ne maîtrisez pas votre propre esprit, vous ne pratiquez pas le vrai bouddhisme. Extérieurement, on dirait que vous pratiquez le bouddhisme, mais intérieurement, vous ne le pratiquez pas. Il existe des cas similaires dans les monastères, où il existe une étude des principaux textes philosophiques: vous étudiez le Dharma de manière externe, mais vous n’étudiez pas de manière interne. Par conséquent, vous ne trouvez pas le bonheur dans le bouddhisme. Vous avez les mêmes problèmes dans votre esprit que vous aviez avant même de rencontrer le bouddhisme – peut-être même des problèmes plus graves. Vous passez alors votre vie à créer du karma négatif en critiquant les autres tout le temps. Je me demande pourquoi le Bouddha a dit: “Subjuguez votre propre esprit?” Dans les pratiques de Sangha, il existe une pratique appelée ge jong je sho she. Cela signifie que si quelqu’un est fâché contre vous, vous ne vous fâchez pas; si quelqu’un crie et vous gronde, vous ne le faites pas en retour; si quelqu’un vous bat, vous ne le battez pas en retour; si quelqu’un vous provoque, vous ne les provoquerez pas. Autrement, c’est comme s’il n’y avait pas de but pour que le Bouddha nous apprendre à dompter notre propre esprit. Mon plus grand intérêt est: Y a-t-il des êtres qui sont purs depuis des renaissances sans commencement, sans obscurcissements afflictifs et obscurcissements subtils? Y a-t-il des êtres vivants comme ceux-ci autres que mes gourous? Y a-t-il des êtres vivants dont l’esprit est totalement pur, sans fautes, sans obscurcissements afflictifs, sans obscurcissements subtils, de la renaissance sans commencement? C’est ce que je me demande. Peu importe ce que les gens dans le monde disent pour critiquer Dagri Rinpoché, je garde l’esprit persuadé que c’est un être saint. Je ne deviens pas comme une vache avec une corde attachée par le nez qui est emmenée par les gens et doit aller où les gens la tirent. Bien que je sois extrêmement ignorant du monde et que je n’aie aucune compréhension du Dharma, j’ai cette petite sagesse et je reste avec cela. C’est un être saint, pas un être ordinaire, comme je l’ai déjà mentionné. Quelqu’un qui pratique la patience et qui a une grande compassion en réponse à la colère ou au mal en tire un bénéfice incroyable, allant jusqu’à l’éveil. Ceux qui ne pratiquent pas le saint Dharma se mettent en colère. Vous pouvez voir que cela dépend totalement de l’esprit de la personne, sur quelle étiquette la personne assume, qui: nuit ou bénéficie, négatif ou positif. Vous pouvez l’utiliser comme bon vous semble, pour une illusion ou non. Ces actions rendent certaines personnes si heureuses; même pour l’attachement, cela les rend si heureuses. Certaines personnes qui ne sont pas intéressées à ce moment-là, qui ne l’aiment pas, se fâchent. Même en ce qui concerne les illusions, c’est comme ça. Cela dépend si vous aimez ou non quelque chose. Si vous l’aimez, alors vous êtes si heureux; si vous n’aimez pas cela, alors vous êtes si en colère. Même avec l’illusion, cela dépend de quelle étiquette vous mettez, aimez ou pas. Cela vient donc de l’esprit de la personne. Tout dépend de l’esprit de la personne, de celui qui perçoit, qui juge si quelque chose est bon ou mauvais. C’est pareil avec le kaka. Pour les êtres humains, c’est quelque chose à jeter, mais pour les chiens et même les pretas, le kaka est ce dont ils ont besoin, ce qu’ils aiment. C’est la même chose avec le durian. Certaines personnes aiment tellement le durian, mais d’autres le détestent. Donc, cela dépend du karma d’une personne et même la même personne peut aimer ou ne pas aimer quelque chose à des moments différents. En ce qui concerne les enquêtes, à ma connaissance, l’enquête est-elle d’aujourd’hui? De cette année ou de l’année dernière? Depuis son enfance? Depuis quand il a été conçu dans le ventre de sa mère? L’enquête devrait-elle porter sur sa vie passée? Dans sa vie passée, Dagri Rinpoché était Pari Dorje Chang, un très célèbre lama de Lhassa, et le gourou de Lama Yeshe. Il a donné la transmission orale du Kangyur dans les grands monastères au Tibet. Ou est-ce que l’enquête devrait être de la vie avant cela? L’enquête devrait-elle provenir de renaissances sans commencement? Alors, nous étudierons le samsara sans fin. Nous devrons atteindre l’illumination afin d’étudier les renaissances sans commencement de Dagri Rinpoché. Nous devons être éclairés; sinon, nous ne pouvons pas enquêter. C’est ma logique. Ici, il semble que seul Rinpoché ait tort et que nous sommes tous totalement purs, nous ne sommes jamais engagés dans la non-vertu. Cela devient comme ça. Dans le cas de Rinpoché, c’est tout ce que j’ai à dire. Je n’ai rien d’autre à dire. Ce cas ne s’applique pas uniquement à Dagri Rinpoché. Les gens considèrent que tout le monde dans le monde a des erreurs. Les gens critiquent même Sa Sainteté le Dalaï Lama, parce que Sa Sainteté donne des conseils sur les défauts de suivre dolgyal, ce que certains pensent être un protecteur du Dharma. Ce conseil provient de la propre expérience de Sa Sainteté, sur une longue période, sur des années et des années. D’autres cachent les erreurs et ne les révèlent pas publiquement car les gens les critiqueront. Mais Sa Sainteté a une compassion incroyable, alors au lieu de cacher la vérité, il la révéla. Sa Sainteté a montré ce qui est vrai et ce qui est faux, ce qui est nuisible et ce qui est utile. Non seulement Sa Sainteté le Dalaï Lama, mais de nombreux hauts lamas du Tibet ont mis fin à la pratique de dolgyal, tels que:

Le 54ème Ganden Tripa Trichen Ngawang Chogden – Régent de Lama Tsongkhapa, il conseilla de ne pas l’avoir dans la constitution du monastère, de ne pas le pratiquer.
Purchog Ngawang Jampa (une incarnation du Bouddha Maitreya et un grand lama de Sera)
Le 8ème Dalaï Lama Gyalwa Jampa Gyatso
Yongdzin Yeshe Gyaltsen
Thuken Chokyi Nyima
Changkya Rolpai Dorje
Yangchen Drupai Dorje
Ngulchu Dharmabhadra
Lama Chosang Chokyi Nyingje
Dodrup Jigme Tenpai Nyima
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Le 8ème Panchen Lama Tenpai Wangchuk

Et il y en a beaucoup d’autres, de grands lamas qui ont apporté de nombreux avantages aux êtres vivants et aux enseignements du Bouddha, comme le soleil et la lune dans le monde. Tous ces grands lamas ont conseillé de ne pas faire la pratique, même en le mettant dans la constitution des monastères. Ce n’est pas seulement la vue de Sa Sainteté le Dalaï Lama, qui nous protège et nous guide avec tant de compassion. Il est très important d’étudier les conseils de ces lamas, donnés il y a longtemps au Tibet. En général, les gens n’ont pas beaucoup d’idée. Ils pensent que ce n’est que Sa Sainteté. Ensuite, selon ce qu’ils aiment ou pas, ils critiquent ensuite Sa Sainteté. Mais ils ne suivent pas l’analyse pour savoir s’il s’agit d’un acte nuisible ou utile. Ils ne vérifient pas ça. Ensuite, au XXIe siècle, ceux qui, comme moi, ont des esprits ordinaires très très obscurs, très ignorants et qui n’ont pas la sagesse d’analyser les choses, doivent alors dire ce grand Hérouka Kyabjé Pabongka éclairé; Kyabjé Trijang Rinpoché, mon gourou racine; Kyabjé Zong Rinpoché; Guéshé Rabten et Lama Yeshe n’ont pas pratiqué dolgyal, mais ont montré l’aspect de pratiquer dolgyal. Dans la section sur le dévouement au gourou, il y a le mot”tsul”, qui signifie”montrer l’aspect.” Ils ont montré l’aspect; ils ont agi de la sorte, mais ce n’était pas réel. Ainsi, pour moi et les êtres vivants du XXIe siècle, dont les esprits sont si obscurs et si ignorants, sans aucune sagesse pour vérifier si cela est utile ou nuisible, ils semblaient pratiquer, mais en réalité ils ne le faisaient pas. C’était un acte. Quand le bodhisattva, Digne d’Intérêt, demanda au Bouddha: “Maintenant, nous sommes guidés par vous, mais à l’avenir, qui nous guidera?” Le Bouddha a répondu: “Bonjour, je vais révéler la naissance, la vieillesse, la maladie et la mort afin de faire mûrir l’esprit des êtres.” En bref, je mentionne cette citation de ce que le Bouddha a dit. Même les arhats, qui sont libérés de l’illusion, du karma et du samsara, n’ont pas de naissance, de vieillesse, de maladie ou de mort, comment est-il possible pour le Bouddha de les avoir? Je parle de cela parce que je n’ai même pas rencontré Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo, mais j’ai lu beaucoup de ses enseignements, c’est pourquoi, de mon côté, ce sont tous des bouddhas. Donc, cela dépend de ce que vous aimez et de ce que vous n’aimez pas. Dans ce cas, les gens critiquent Sa Sainteté le Dalaï Lama. Si c’est le contraire de ce que vous aimez, vous critiquez. Les gens font ça. Même le Bouddha a été critiqué par les adeptes hindous. Ensuite, il devient que personne ne soit éclairé. Il vient à ce point. Alors tous les enseignements ne sont pas vrais. Même de nos jours, et encore récemment, au cours des dernières années, tant d’êtres ont réussi à voir le gourou comme étant un bouddha, ont atteint le renoncement, la bodhichitta, la vue juste et les réalisations tantriques des étapes de génération et d’achèvement. Vous pouvez voir la logique de ce que le Bouddha a dit: “Vous les puissants, Bhikshus, savants, vérifiez mes enseignements comme on examine l’or en brûlant, en coupant et en frottant. On voit alors de l’or raffiné. Prenez les enseignements de la même manière, pas par la foi aveugle.” Donc, ce n’est pas seulement pour les débutants, pour les Occidentaux en particulier, mais cela inclut même les érudits lamas et les guéshés avec de nombreux disciples. Au Tibet, de nombreux hauts lamas, tels que Kyabje Ling Rinpoché et bien d’autres, bien qu’ils soient des disciples extrêmement dévoués à Pabongka Rinpoché, n’ont pas pratiqué dolgyal. Je m’excuse profondément si mes conseils précédents ont causé du chagrin. Quelle que soit la façon dont vous parlez, cela provoque le malheur de différentes personnes. Bien sûr, dans le monde, même si quelqu’un fait vraiment quelque chose de positif, il y en a qui le considèrent comme très négatif; alors quelqu’un fait une chose très négative et certaines personnes le prennent comme très positif. Donc, c’est comme ça. Je tiens à dire que je suis profondément désolé de toutes les personnes qui ont été blessées par les actes sacrés de Rinpoché. C’est donc une clarification supplémentaire de mon conseil précédent aux étudiants de Dagri Rinpoché. Merci beaucoup pour votre compréhension, et merci beaucoup d’avoir passé votre précieuse vie humaine et votre temps précieux à lire mon blah, blah, blah. Lama Zopa Institut Vajra Yogini, Marzens, France Rédigé par Holly Ansett, du 19 au 21 mai 2019; édité par Ailsa Cameron.

To insult victims and Dagri’s critics, Lama Zopa insists that because Dagri’s victims and critics are not enlightened, they are not entitled to investigate Dagri. According to Lama Zopa, Dagri is enlightened and therefore he is exempted from having to obey the laws of the land and observe common standards of ethics. Lama Zopa doesn’t spell it out but the assumption is that he is also enlightened and therefore he knows better about Dagri than anyone else. In Lama Zopa’s world so long as one declares himself to be an enlightened being, he is above the law. In what is no longer a surprise, Lama Zopa then brought in the Dorje Shugden issue with his own version of Tibetan Buddhist history. Over the past weeks as news of Dagri’s sexual exploits became public, FPMT personnel have attempted to blame Dorje Shugden for the mess the FPMT has dug itself into, but many people saw through the ruse. But right here, we see how mundane a trick Lama Zopa has had to resort to, attempting such a cheap sleight of hand more expected of suburban circus acts than of a supposed high lama, which is to distract attention away from Dagri’s crimes and the FPMT’s complicity by reigniting an old debate about the Dalai Lama’s Dorje Shugden controversy. It would have been easy enough for Lama Zopa to instruct for an independent investigation to be commissioned. That would have shown good faith and integrity. But instead, Lama Zopa launches into a malformation of facts and issues that basically says that Dagri’s victims have no rights because Dagri is a Buddha and can do as he pleases and Lama Zopa another Buddha endorses his crimes. In Lama Zopa’s world, there is no need to obey laws. When in trouble, blame a deity. Interestingly Lama Zopa fails to explain how a ‘common ghost’ that Dorje Shugden is supposed to be, managed to get Dagri supposedly a Buddha to commit depraved sexual acts on victims, none of whom have any connection with Dorje Shugden. Both Lama Zopa and the FPMT have now had weeks to take proper remedial actions regarding the Dagri scandal. But with this second statement, it is clear the truth is not going to see the light of day if the FPMT and Lama Zopa can help it. And yet they say Dorje Shugden is destroying the dharma.

Dagri Rinpoche is charged!

The State of Himachal Pradesh will be prosecuting Dagri Rinpoche (Dhagri Rinpoche Thuptein Jungchup). They have named him as a defendant, charging him under Indian Penal Code Section 354A for Sexual Harassment and Punishment for Sexual Harassment. The offences are listed as follows:

Sexual harassment of the nature of unwelcome physical contact and advances or a demand or request for sexual favours or showing pornography which is punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
Sexual harassment of the nature of making sexually coloured remark which is punishable by imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

The first hearing was on 23 May and the next hearing is scheduled for 12 June. The case details can be viewed by the public via India’s ecourt services (https://services.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindia_v6/) by searching for the case or CNR number (HPKA120015502019).

Dagri Rinpoche’s criminal case details can be accessed by the public via India’s ecourt services. Click to enlarge.

On social media, news that Dagri Rinpoche is being charged with sexual offences has been met with positive response. FPMT should take heed that strong, decisive action against sexual offenders is always well-received by the public, and covering up (as they are doing now) is not only deeply unpopular but morally and ethically wrong. Click to enlarge.

Details regarding Dagri Rinpoche’s charge. He is being charged under Indian Penal Code Section 354A for Sexual Harassment and Punishment for Sexual Harassment.

Update on Dagri’s Case

Dagri Rinpoche’s matter is up for hearing on 12th June 2019 (tuesday). This is following the Indian Police laying formal charges on Dagri under the Indian Penal Code 354A. It was learned that Dagri’s lawyers sought leave of the court to conduct the hearing ‘in camera’ meaning to say that the hearing would not be open to the public. Obviously Dagri and the FPMT are trying to minimize publicity surrounding the case and hearing.Dagri’s case has been classified a high profile case due to his connection to the Office of the Dalai Lama and Indian news media are keeping a close watch on proceedings.

Dagri Rinpoche stalls court hearing, case adjourned

Dagri Rinpoche’s case was heard in court today (12th June 2019). The hearing, which was scheduled for 10am (North Indian time), was delayed until later in the day. Dagri Rinpoche has been charged by the Indian Police under the Indian Penal Code 354A for Sexual Harassment and Punishment for Sexual Harassment after he was arrested on 3rd May 2019 for molesting a woman on board an Air India flight from Delhi. The delay in the court hearing was due to Dagri’s transparent attempts to stall.Amongst other spurious reasons, Dagri insisted that he should have his own Hindi translator, stating that it was necessary for him to defend himself adequately.

Dagri Rinpoche’s next hearing is scheduled for 18th July 2019, over one month away. That should give him enough time to prepare for such a serious hearing.

Evidently, that was a ploy to delay the proceedings as Dagri is well-known to be fluent in Hindi, having lived in India for decades. Dagri could also have prepared for the case beforehand, either informing the court ahead of time or bringing his own translator. After all, it is not like the hearing was scheduled at the last minute, with no time for him to prepare beforehand. The fact Dagri did not take the court seriously and adequately prepare for his hearing by bringing his own translator, was nothing more than a boldfaced attempt at manipulating the Indian courts. Dagri Rinpoche clearly disrespects the Indian justice system, alongside his total lack of respect for women’s rights. His are not the actions of someone who would be able to prove their innocence in court, where he would be able to get the charges against him dismissed. At the end of the day’s shenanigans, Dagri Rinpoche’s case had to be adjourned, with the next hearing scheduled for 18th July 2019. Over one month away, that should give Dagri enough time to prepare his own translator. Dagri Rinpoche has tried very hard to keep the public out of his court hearing, presumably to keep the media away from reporting more news of his crime but it has failed. There are many interested parties, from women’s equality groups to monastic communities and Tibetans-in-exile around the world. Everyone is now watching Dagri Rinpoche’s case to see that justice is served.

Mila Rangzen released his video on Dagri case

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Well-known Tibetan activist and commentator Mila Rangzen, who is based in New York City, USA recently published this video updating Tibetans on the latest news related to Dagri Rinpoche’s court hearing. It is a strong indication that Tibetans remain very interested in the case and will continue to observe its proceedings, outcome and FPMT’s reaction. FPMT should have monitored Dagri Rinpoche when they first learned about it over a decade ago, and they should have immediately stopped promoting him once allegatons of sexual abuse came to light. If they were the responsible organization that they pretend to be, they would have distanced themselves and disassociated from him, and advised their students not to go for teachings with him or create a connection with him. Instead, FPMT did none of that, thereby exposing potentially hundreds of womento this sexual predator. The truth is that FPMT harbored and promoted a sexual predator for over a decade and now everybody knows.

Dagri Victim Jakaira’s exclusive
exposé to Tibet Star

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Recently, Tibetan alternative news media contacted Jakaira Perez Valdivia, the sexual assault victim of Dagri Rinpoche and in a tell-all letter, she exposes the emotional difficulties that she has suffered as a result from her standing up to the sexual abuse from Dagri Rinpoche. Jakaira, who signed off as Jaki, gives an emotional account of how she lost everything, with all her years spent studying to be proficient in the Tibetan language wasted when she got blacklisted by the FPMT, thus losing her career as a translator. She also lost her position in the nunnery, her teachers, friends and worst, her self-esteem. The letter also repeats her earlier accounts of her knowing of other sexual assault victims and that the FPMT has been continuosly covering up for Dagri Rinpoche.

Transcript of Jakaira’s letter

Dear Tibet Star, As I mention in the video description, I didn’t enable the comments because I am tired of hearing people defending him all these years and I’m just not putting up with this nonsense anymore, I have already gone through all this before and it wasn’t easy. I don’t have the physical time or the emotional space and energy to deal with people who want to shame me again and again. There’s enough harm already and exposing myself like this was already a very big step. I need to protect my emotional stability and carry on with my own life, this issue is very absorbing, for the first three weeks after the news, I didn’t even have the time to do normal tasks of my daily life. I need lots of energy at my work, I need to concentrate, even kind comments stir up my emotions a lot. You must understand that that person ruined my life. Because of the slander I lost everything, I couldn’t work as a translator in the FPMT centers after all those years of studying Tibetan. I could not stay in the nunnery, my abbess didn’t support me, and betrayed me by presenting her apologies to him, like if I was an embarrassment. I didn’t have much money and I finally had to give back my vows to get a normal job in the west, also, because I couldn’t see myself anymore as a representative of a system that had failed me. I lost friends, teachers, and many of the best years of my life. I became an outcast, my self-esteem was destroyed and I’m still a bit damaged. Even though I’ve rebuilt my life from scratch, it wasn’t easy. I’m lucky to have a new life now, but most victims are still too traumatized to speak up. From the other two victims I know of, one has completely shut down and disappeared, and the other one has been working on cancelling his teachings here and there (Australia and New Zealand) for years, but not publicly. I guess they saw what happened to me at the time and couldn’t handle it. I know a total of 6 concrete victims, 5 of which I know personally, but the trauma is too deep, they won’t expose themselves like I’ve done. That is why the nuns from the petition have requested a private investigation, so that victims can speak up anonymously and have their identity protected. I guess my friend Adelaide has a similar feeling, she was the only nun at IBD with 30 monks in her class for almost 13 years. She was going to be the second geshema after Kelsang Wangmo, but she had to quit. She was abused multiple times by monks, almost raped once, good she knew martial arts. Yours, Jaki

Nuns send second appeal letter urging FPMT to conduct an investigation

In an update posted on Change.org’s petition Call for investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Dagri Rinpoche, a second letter was sent to FMPT’s CEO Ven. Roger Kunsang and the FPMT board calling the FPMT to open an impartial investigation of sexual abuse by Dagri Rinpoche in FPMT centers.

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The senior nuns who started the petition wrote in the update that they “have heard of other women with stories to report, so it is clear that there is a need for third-party professional persons who are experienced in such procedures, and with whom these women can share their experiences anonymously.” The letter to the FPMT’s CEO and board was ended with them saying, “the Buddhist sangha is entrusted by the Buddha to safeguard the Dharma, and we would be remiss in our duty if we did not continue to call on the FPMT board to take immediate steps to protect the Dharma, restore people’s trust in Tibetan Buddhism, and behave with the compassion and ethical integritythat the world expects of the Buddhadharma. Nothing short of an independent investigation will be sufficient to do that at this point.” The petition has nearly 3,000 signatures, but since the FPMT’s second update on Dagri Rinpoche on 24th May, there is no news or action announced by the FPMT on what they will do to protect the safety and dignity of women.

Dagri stalls court proceedings again today
by asking for another adjournment

Dagri Rinpoche appeared in the Kangra Court No. 2 again today (18th July 2019) supposedly to defend himself against Indian Police’s charges for Sexual Harassment and Punishment for Sexual Harassment (Indian Penal Code 354A).

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This case was first listed to be heard on 12th June 2019 and then again on 18th July 2019 after Dagri feigned not to understand Hindi and English and begged to have a translator. Clearly that was just a ruse because for years the FPMT has facilitated Dagri’s travels to FPMT centres worldwide to teach in English. He is also well known in Dharamsala to be able to converse in Hindi.

Today, Dagri’s court hearing was stalled again when it became a problem that the Prosecutor did not bring along a translator. The case was made that both parties – Dagri’s side and the Prosecutor’s side – should each have a translator to avoid any mistranslation. Why this was not raised previously is dubious.

In any case, Dagri’s lawyer Mr Neraj Mehra was instructed to agree to the postponement. The next hearing is now set for 26th August 2019.

This itself shows that Dagri is not confident of his own innocence.

More information will be posted here in due course so stay tuned.

FPMT Board says YES to third party investigation into sex harassment allegations, Lama Zopa (still) says NO

Inside sources within FPMT have revealed that the FPMT board at their recent Board meeting had resolved in favor of conducting independent third party investigations into Dagri Rinpoche’s sexual abuse allegations. Insiders also say that FPMT’s CEO Ven. Roger Kunsang defied the FPMT’s Board resolution and approached Lama Zopa, who is the organization’s spiritual head, for a mo (dice) divination.

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Lama Zopa’s mo divination showed that the third party investigation would be “VERY BAD” for FPMT and because of it, the FPMT CEO defied the Board’s decision and vetoed the investigation.

What it really means by Lama Zopa’s mo divination is that Dagri Rinpoche IS guilty of sexual harassment which the third party investigation would reveal and confirm, and that is why the investigation would be very bad for FPMT.

As a leading Buddhist organization with centers around the world, FPMT has a moral responsibility to keep the public and their members safe and therefore FPMT should not continue to cover up cases of sexual harassment and protect FPMT teachers who abuse their positions.

FPMT CEO and Lama Zopa’s decision to withhold a third party investigation is a decision that will allow FPMT teachers who are sex predators to continue, putting FPMT’s female members and the public in danger of more sexual harassment.

Who made Lama Zopa a Rinpoche?

admin — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 04:42:01 +0000

Originally published on June 11, 2009

(Source: http://www.dorjeshugden.com/forum/index.php?topic=49.0)

This website helps me to see things better but what I as I have always believed deep in my heart the same beliefs as expressed in this website…

I respect H.H. the Dalai Lama and I respect Dharmaphala Dorje Shugden. Just like my teacher Lama Yeshe who had supreme faith in H.H. and trusted Dorje Shugden his whole life till he passed away.

LAMA YESHE was the very symbol of skillful compassionate action in constant motion and he mentioned many times that Dorje Shugden made his works grow as far as it did during his life time. Lama stayed true to his root teachers such as H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, Geshe Rabten and H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche showing us what guru devotion is really meant to be free of political inclinations.

In his practice of Dorje Shugden, Lama never hinted even slightly of sectarianism, or disregard for any form of religion never mind Buddhism. Lama would sometimes make breakfast for us students and during breakfast go into a dharma subject we were unclear about, or praise of H.H. the Dalai Lama or one of his personal teachers.

That truly was an age of ‘innocence’ sort of a way to say. Very inspiring stories at that. I miss those days before the controversies. Much simpler back then. Simpler that there was next to zero in lama-bashing, centre-bashing, lineage-bashing or siding up with H.H. the Dalai Lama for political reasons.

It was Lama who cared for me and taught me patiently. It is Lama whom I owe everything to. I will choose Lama always.

I am grateful to Lama for the dharma he imparted to so many. I express my gratefulness to Lama by myself never criticizing or doubting any of his practices or the practices he so compassionately gave us.

If Lama can have such deep affection/faith for H.H. the Dalai Lama, tremendous effort of guru devotion in his lamas, and keep up the practice of his protector Dorje Shugden throughout his life and see no conflicts, then I will do the same in my limited capacity.

I respect the Dalai Lama from my heart, but my root guru is Lama Yeshe and he advised us to practice Dorje Shugden and I will do so till the end.

If I must choose between the Dalai Lama and my root guru, Lama Yeshe, then I choose Lama Yeshe. He is the one that cared for me. Patiently taught me the dharma in a down-to-earth pragmatic level.

Lama Yeshe was not considered to be a scholar, or have studied much or even considered learned by his own Tibetan peers. Lama Yeshe was not a Rinpoche per se, nor ‘qualified’ to sit on a throne in a monastic environment, and did not obtain his Geshe degree that some equate as qualified to teach these days, but he was instrumental to bring thousands onto the path of BuddhaDharma.

He had real experiential knowledge of the dharma and was able to convey it in such a way that it would literally change the lives of hundreds as it did me.

I have met the Dalai Lama a few times and feel very fortunate, but the actual lama that took care of me was Lama Yeshe. I will view him as my refuge. In my meditations I invite Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa, Zong Rinpoche to dissolve into Lama Yeshe and then I focus on Lama Yeshe and proceed with my refuge.

Even when Lama was hospitalized for the last time and ‘dying’, H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche flew in to perform the rituals, prayers, ceremonies necessary. The actual cremation H.H. Zong Rinpoche again flew into Vajrapani Institute in California to oversee the whole procedure. That shows us Lama’s deep guru samaya intact that on his deathbed, his great lama would personally fly in to do the rites both during his death process and again during the cremation.

Kyabje Zong Rinpoche performing puja for Lama when he was extremely sick

Lama made no conflicts between the great lamas, his lamas, lineages, schools, diverse religions and certainly not dorje shugden and I think that embodies his capacity to think from a deeper wisdom. I bow to Lama. I MISS LAMA.

I hope his students will keep their samaya clean to Lama. I hope his students will never criticize H.H. the Dalai Lama, H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, their practices and their students.

I HOPE FPMT WILL NEVER CRITICIZE DORJE SHUGDEN WHICH IS LAMA’S PERSONAL DHARMA PROTECTOR. I HOPE THAT FPMT STUDENTS WILL RESPECT LAMA’S WISHES AND PRACTICE THE DHARMA. I HOPE THEY NEVER CRITICIZE STUDENTS, CENTRES AND GREAT LAMAS WHO WISH TO CONTINUE THIS PRACTICE OF DORJE SHUGDEN.

I am very happy to see Lama Yeshe’s sacred picture in this website’s masters sections. Many people are afraid to say the truth to look politically wrong. But that is not what the dharma is about. We should let go of attachment of this sort and just do our practice. Ego-less state of mind is the goal of our practice as Lama would say.

Lama relied on Dorje Shugden, just as Kyabje Zong Rinpoche did. When we condemn Dorje Shugden, aren’t we condemning Lama’s choices? Aren’t we condemning Kyabje Zong Rinpoche’s choices?

Also never to criticize Dorje Shugden and the practices Lama gave us SO THAT HIS CURRENT INCARNATION CAN MANIFEST AS A DHARMA TEACHER. The only way his unmistaken current incarnation can manifest as a great dharma teacher again, is if his students keep samaya clean free of politics and free of politically motivated actions in the name of dharma.

Otherwise, it would be the responsibilities of the students if the current Lama Yeshe incarnation cannot perform the actions as he had set out to do. After all, if we as FPMT members criticize others who practice Dorje Shugden, then that will accumulate very heavy karma. Why? Because we destroy the faith of others in their gurus.

Do we have the right to do that? Does Lama Zopa’s closeness with H.H. the Dalai Lama validate FPMT CENTRES AND MEMBERS TO BE SOME KIND OF SPIRITUAL POLICE. That type of spiritual arrogance will be the downfall of any dharma organization. IT IS CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT OF LAMA YESHE’S ASPIRATIONS.

We should reflect Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa well, by never criticizing other sects, lamas, lineages, practices, Dorje Shugden, etc. Why because it contradicts Lama Yeshe’s Bodhicitta aspirations. We should not especially criticize lamas who are spiritual heirs of Sera, Gaden, Drepung or who are students of Pabongkha, Trijang, Zong Rinpoches. Why? Because they are OUR LINEAGE LAMAS ALSO AND THEY ALL PRACTICED DORJE SHUGDEN AS THEIR PRINCIPLE PROTECTOR.

What if Lama’s reincarnation decides not to take over?

After all, think, how many years will Lama Zopa be alive. If Lama Osel, doesn’t decide to take over, or manifest as in his previous life, then what will happen to FPMT after Lama Zopa is gone. I shudder to think that. So we MUST CREATE THE CAUSES FOR FPMT TO SURVIVE AND LAMA OSEL TO MANIFEST AS HIS PREVIOUS LIFE BY KEEPING OUR SAMAYA CLEAN. HELPING OTHERS TO KEEP THEIR SAMAYAS CLEAN TO THEIR LAMAS BY NEVER CRITICIZING.

We can set out to cross the bridge, but if others destroy the bridge, then to get to the other side would take much more effort after great delays. Lama Zopa is working so hard, but the sad time will come when he enters death, then if Lama Osel’s incarnation is willing to take over, it will be smooth. Otherwise what will happen. What will become of all that has been started??? That would be such a waste.

So myself, I keep up my practices to create the causes for that. We cannot think of Lama’s work just expanding in our life time which it can due to Lama Zopa. But into future lifetimes. Future generations. So for that to happen, we need continuation of Lama’s successor.

If we just follow along the current political tides, we may look clean and good, but simultaneously it becomes damaging to what Lama’s previous incarnation practiced and that would not be very good. What’s the point if Lama’s centers and works grow now and after Lama Zopa’s passing, it stops, slows down or what not?

Is spiritual attainments gained by flashing pictures we have taken together with the Dalai Lama to other centers and justifying our arrogant authoritarian ways with that? I don’t think so.

I think if Dalai Lama is close to FPMT we should reflect that well by being even more humble, even more gentle, even more kind so we do not stain the name of H.H. the Dalai Lama. We cannot uplift his name or prove our guru devotion to him by putting down anything in regards to Dorje Shugden. That would be a heavy price to pay at the expense of our own Lama Yeshe’s heart protector. That is Dorje Shugden.

So when Lama was alive, we practice Dorje Shugden and Dorje Shugden is ok and a Buddha.

Lama Yeshe (far right) and Lama Zopa (second from right) doing a puja underneath a thangka of Dorje Shugden.

Kopan had monthly ‘secret’ pujas to Dorje Shugden as with most of the centers. The FPMT centers that were fortunate to have a great lama/geshe living nearby would always invite them monthly to the centers to do the monthly Dorje Shugden pujas as instructed by both Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa.

The young Kyabje Pabongkha Rinpoche who resides in Nepal was often invited to Kopan Monastery to perform incredible pujas. Even before the current new Kopan Prayer Hall was built, many preliminary pujas had to be done on the land before the foundation was set. Kopan invited Kyabje Pabongkha Rinpoche to perform them.

Then when Dharamsala started stepping up on their anti-Shugden campaign, Kopan cut their ties with Pabongkha Rinpoche. It remains so till this day amazingly and he is the reincarnation of our lineage master!!!

I was amazed when I heard that from very reliable sources. In fact, Kopan wanted to look good, that the monk administrators influenced some Taiwanese sponsors against Pabongkha Rinpoche. Rinpoche was promised by them to build a Pabongkha Monastery in Nepal, and the Taiwanese had promised to sponsor it.

In order to get on Dharamsala’s good side and to get the sponsorship for themselves, Kopan administrative monks told the Taiwanese sponsors (which I will withhold name from here) that Pabongkha Rinpoche is not following Dalai Lama’s instructions to abandon Shugden practice and that they should not support Pabongkha’s Rinpoche’s intent on building the Monastery in Nepal.

Consequently it worked and unfortunately for Kopan’s karma. My question is, who put Kopan as the spiritual police in Nepal and so daringly create schism between their lineage guru’s sponsors??

For example, the Delhi FPMT branch centre in the past on monthly basis would invite the great Rongtha Gyabgon Rinpoche who lived in Ladakh Budh Vihar, New Delhi to perform the pujas at their centre every month. Dorje Shugden full puja was done at FPMT centre in Delhi monthly with great offerings. It was advised by Lama Zopa. In fact, Lama Zopa used to perform the Dorje Shugden pujas in both Kopan and Delhi himself on many occasions!!

Himalayan Yogic Institute in Katmandu had a Dorje Shugden statue in their side shrine room in a box with offerings, it would be opened from time to time as did the Delhi centre.

So Kopan is now very great, how did Dorje Shugden damage Kopan?? What was the wrong results manifesting now due to the decades that Lama Yeshe practiced Dorje Shugden and had Kopan do pujas monthly?? So if a friend helped us in the past, and we get a new friend, we simply abandon the old friend? Is that ethical or dharmic?

Lama Yeshe in Kopan, 1975 doing a puja during the 8th Meditation Course. Thanks to Lama’s reliance on Dorje Shugden, Kopan has grown to become great today. So how did Lama’s reliance on Dorje Shugden curtail Kopan’s success?

Then Lama dies and we don’t practice because H.H. the Dalai Lama says not to. And HH has reasons beyond our ordinary minds can conceive. Then one unfortunate day, H.H. Dalai Lama passes away (very sad time) and Lama Yeshe is back and then we again practice Dorje Shugden?? I mean that is a strange scenario. Back and forth that is.

It is very sad, because many of the FPMT centers now go on spiritual witch-hunts condemning other centers in their same cities. Using Dorje Shugden practice as negative as their ‘pure’ reasoning to take students away from their respective centers to join the nearby FPMT centers. But in fact they are just as I see it, trying to increase their own memberships.

I have witnessed this. Many, many, many of the older Lama Yeshe students have gone underground with their practices of Dorje Shugden. Some like me do not really go to the centers here in the USA anymore. They will not abandon their practice of Dorje Shugden because of their great devotion to Lama Yeshe and are somewhat flabbergasted at the direction that some new FPMT centers’ are going with their arrogant witch hunts.

What is important to remember is JUST BECAUSE YOU ATTEND THE DALAI LAMA’S TEACHINGS, OR HAVE TAKEN PHOTOS WITH HH DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY VALIDATE YOU AS A SPIRITUAL POLICEMAN AND GO ON WITCH-HUNTS.

We must practice the essence of what HH teaches as did Lama Yeshe, which are tolerance, compassion, forgiveness and not ever slandering any lama, dharma, lineage or practice. As the karmic retributions will fall onto us. We should never mislead new FPMT students toward this line of thought. We are destroying our organization slowly if we do so.

FPMT centers citing so and so practice Dorje Shugden and so therefore they are not pure. That is so hypocritical and political because Lama Yeshe practiced and Lama Zopa was recognized as a tulku by Dorje Shugden himself. In Dorje Shugden is a ghost, then Lama Zopa’s recognition becomes nil.

In fact some of the FPMT centers’ committees are in direct competition to attach students to their OWN centers for fundraising, attendance, membership, etc. So they use the heinous method of condemning Dorje Shugden to scare other centre members into joining FPMT. In fact when they do that, it is a disgrace. Older/senior FPMT students should speak up to new and younger ones who have not had the great fortune to meet our founder, Lama Yeshe.

Lama with His Holiness Zong Rinpoche (seated) and Lama Zopa. Both Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa received Dorje Shugden from Zong Rinpoche Rinpoche. Was Lama praying to a ghost? What Zong Rinpoche praying to a ghost?

Lama Yeshe’s main protector practice was Dorje Shugden till the end. He didn’t take an unfortunate rebirth. Dorje Shugden didn’t harm him? IF LAMA YESHE WAS PRAYING TO A GHOST, THEN WHY DIDN’T HE TAKE REBIRTH IN THE THREE LOWER REALMS??

We must think clearly and not be swept away by convenient political tides in order to fill our dharma centers with membership so it gives it a successful appearance. If that was done, what would be the cost? It would affect Lama Osel’s current incarnation in not being able to manifest as a dharma teacher.

We destroy other people’s faith in their lama, and help them break their samaya with their lama, that karma would return back to us PERSONALLY AND AS A GROUP.

We as FPMT should respect our founder’s wishes and not ever criticize Dorje Shugden, his practitioners, his lineage, his followers in anyway because our founder, Lama Yeshe was one of them.

We shouldn’t practice or not practice what the current political situation pressures us to or not to. We should do what our lama says. So during Lama’s life Dorje Shugden is good and now Lama is dead, so Dorje Shugden is bad??? Wouldn’t that infer that lama was wrong, had bad degenerate practices, lacking in wisdom, had no refuge, had no attainments and wasted his life praying to a spirit??

So if Lama gave us Heruka initiation and practice, then it had no blessings because lama’s refuge degenerated due to his practice of Dorje Shugden?? Since Dorje Shugden is a spirit and Lama kept up his ‘sogtae’ (Dorje Shugden’s initiation) or life entrustment practices his whole life, then all of the other practices lama did was degenerated and ineffective when passed to us.

So any practices Lama Zopa received from Lama Yeshe and passes it to others would logically be degenerate also??? Wouldn’t it?

Lama gave many teachings and practices to us. It is our duty and commitment as his students that we maintain what Lama conferred on us, and not give it up for convenience or the sake of politics or financial benefits.

The implications are quite big if we choose to believe that way….So that would mean many of the practices that Lama Zopa does now and gives others that are directly from Lama Yeshe are degenerated because Lama Yeshe was degenerated?? Of course not. Very dangerous line of thought. Very ruinous direction we are heading toward.

I watched Lama Zopa get brow-beaten into ‘giving’ up his Dorje Shugden practices. And Lama has to be degenerated because H.H. Kyabje Trijang and Zong Rinpoches were degenerated we have to falsely assume. Both these lamas practiced Dorje Shugden till they entered parinirvana (deaths)…Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche entered into 12 days of clear light meditations in Dharamsala and Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, three days.

And their unmistaken incarnations are back recognized by both H.H. the Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden via his oracle again. How come they didn’t go to the Three Lower Realms since they worshipped Dorje Shugden the ‘spirit’ their whole lives in fact in all their previous many incarnations they worshipped also.

They didn’t descend into the lower realms from a lifetime of practicing and propagating a Dorje Shugden. Since these great lamas have ‘degenerated’ their refuge by the practice of Dorje Shugden which implies they have zero attainments in the first place to choose a spirit to worship, then their other practices naturally became defiled.

Do we choose to believe that way of thought?? I and many others clearly don’t. It doesn’t make sense. Many teachers and thousands of their disciples around the world today are committed and practice Dorje Shugden today. Because they have been given this practice by H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche. They are following the commands of their root gurus, so what are they doing wrong? We switch gurus like status symbols??

His Holiness Zong Rinpoche (left) and His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche (right) were both Lama’s gurus. Both of them practiced Dorje Shugden, and they in turn conferred this practice onto Lama. Lama maintained his commitment to them until the end of his life, so how come we cannot maintain ours?

These are both the root gurus of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa. So we should not criticize other centers, lamas, students that practice Dorje Shugden. Be true to your dharma practice.

Even if hypothetically lama had given up his Dorje Shugden practices during his life, which he did not, his gurus didn’t give it up. So if his gurus did not give it up, then the practices received by Lama Yeshe would have been degenerated since his lamas are degenerated.

Lama Yeshe was inviting H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche up till his death in the early 80’s to his centers giving teachings, initiations, transmissions and commentaries. And Dorje Shugden life empowerments to hundreds. So however you want to look at it, then many of the practice graciously conferred by lama Zopa today are in one way or another defiled or at least contaminated. Could that be so? I don’t want to go that direction.

So however many photos Lama Zopa takes together with H.H. the Dalai Lama and advertised (as today, affiliations with Dalai Lama in any way would hint at authenticity/genuine practice whether you are or not) or whoever many events of H.H. are sponsored by Lama Zopa, it still cannot wash away the inner degenerate practices received from Lama Yeshe. Is that what we choose to believe?

Lama assisting Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, who he was extremely devoted to. Lama never gave up his commitments. What kind of example are we setting for future generations of FPMT if we gave up what Lama gave to us? What does that say about our devotion to Lama?

Even if Lama Zopa truly gave up his Dorje Shugden practices to be ‘absolved’, then he would have to give up all the practices that Lama Yeshe gave him also or at least don’t pass it to others. Then we have to believe the founder of our FPMT Lama Yeshe WAS WRONG.

In order to be truly clean? Just giving up Dorje Shugden wouldn’t be enough as his root lama, Lama Yeshe would have to be thought of as WRONG IN LAMA ZOPA’S DAILY MEDITATIONS. I also don’t think so.

So I again request everyone to think of the implications. Otherwise Lama Zopa had no formal long term training in Sera, has never studied to be a Geshe and is not a known as a scholar. He is not a Geshe of any rank. But contrary to not being a scholar-Geshe, he has excelled as a great master anyways. How kind of Dorje Shugden to know that Lama Zopa would bring many benefit to others and therefore recognize him as a true reincarnation.

When Dorje Shugden recognized him as a great incarnation, everyone accepted and believed. It is believed and accepted until today WITHOUT QUESTION. So if Dorje Shugden is an evil spirit, what about Lama Zopa? Do we want to go that direction I ask again ? If Dorje Shugden is evil, then why believe Lama Zopa is an incarnation? Since Dorje Shugden pronounced it first.

I am grateful to Dorje Shugden for assisting Lama throughout his holy life. I am grateful to H.H. the Dalai Lama to spread Dharma even further now where the seeds have been sown way back then by the greats like Lama and his contemporaries for it to grow this big now..

This website speaks the same message as Lama Yeshe did. That is guru devotion, tolerance, acceptance and using one’s wisdom mind. I thank all those who participate in it and host it.

Our great current Lama Zopa Rinpoche HIMSELF WAS RECOGNIZED AS A REINCARNATION OF LAWUDO LAMA BY DORJE SHUGDEN HIMSELF.

The famous oracle of Dungkar, taking trance of Dorje Shugden. There was only one oracle at Dungkar, and this oracle took trance of six deities, three of whom are Dorje Shugden or associated with Dorje Shugden.

There was a very famous oracle of Dorje Shugden in Dromo Geshe’s Rinpoche’s Dungkar Monastery. This Monastery was visited by H.H. the Dalai Lama. When Dalai Lama visited, he was so impressed with Dorje Shugden’s prophecies via the Oracle Monk, that there and then H.H. the Dalai Lama composed the prayer and praise to Dorje Shugden. Still in use today. I am sure it is the same prayer as on the Home page of this extraordinary website.

There were many incidences of Lama Zopa wanting to become a monk or join his uncle to go to Tibet when he was very young. His mother relenting finally sent the young Lama Zopa with his uncle to Tibet where they went to Dungkar Monastery.

It was at this Monastery, the monks asked Dorje Shugden in full trance whether this young boy from Nepal was indeed a Tulku Incarnation as the young boy himself insisted that he was. DORJE SHUGDEN CONFIRMED IT. Yes Dorje Shugden took full possession/trance of Dungkar’s oracle and conferred the Rinpoche title on Lama Zopa and till this day it still holds.

So the current holder of the whole FPMT organization, our own Lama Zopa Rinpoche, was recognized, installed and enthroned by Dorje Shugden himself as a reincarnation or a Tulku. It is on that basis that Lama Zopa received special training from Lama Yeshe.

Many didn’t know that Lama Zopa was recognized by Dorje Shugden himself. He is and many of the younger FPMT students can verify that with the book written by the nun Jamyang Wangmo. Excellent book.

I would recommend highly getting this book which tells you everything:

THE LAWUDO LAMA

Written by Jamyang Wangmo (Vajra Publications)

You can get it at any major bookstore. The incredible thing is that His Holiness the Dalai Lama has given a foreword to the book!

Why would His Holiness endorse this book knowing that it was Dorje Shugden who confirmed Lama Zopa’s incarnation status. Isn’t the Dalai Lama inadvertently or indirectly endorsing the recognition made by Dorje Shugden by giving a foreword to this book which is the biography of Lama Zopa Rinpoche?

See Page 172-173 of this book. Also see page 376 (footnote 250, 256) where it mentions clearly that ‘Gyachen’ (short for Gyachen Dorje Shugden) took possession of the oracle that day and pronounced Lama Zopa to be a true incarnation. This Dungkar Monastery oracle was famous throughout Tibet to take trance of Gyachen Dorje Shugden, Tashi Ober, Kache Marpo and Namkar Barzin. Kache Marpo and Namkar Barzin both being Dorje Shugden’s main entourage.

Page 172 and 173

footnote 250, as referenced in Pages 172 and 173

footnote 256

In fact many of the great masters mentioned in this book took Dorje Shugden as their principle protector. Masters such as Serkong Dorje Chang, Geshe Rabten, Zong Rinpoche, Trijang Rinpoche, Trehor Kyorpon Rinpoche, etc. etc. It seems many of the Lamas connected to Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa are great practitioners of Dorje Shugden.

We of FPMT, especially the people who joined after Lama Yeshe’s passing should think of the future from a wide scope. Our founding father was a sound Dorje Shugden practitioner, and his legacy was passed to Lama Zopa who was invested as a Tulku by Dorje Shugden.

Our lineage lamas all practiced Dorje Shugden as their principle protector. We must not criticize this protector in any way. If he was so bad, or truly a spirit, do you think all the dharma protectors of Tibet cannot out beat him?

Do you think the Dalai Lama cannot do some wrathful pujas and just subdue him as was done to Nechung (In Exile From The Land Of Snows. Wisdom Publications by John F. Avedon. Chapter: Wheel of Protection, pp. 238-270). Could it be that and evil spirit can harm the Dalai Lama’s life, merits and activities? If he can be harmed, then what is the point we take refuge?

We must think deeper, harder and refrain from actions of body, speech and mind to get immediate benefit. We must think of our organization, the dharma, and our personal growth on a long term basis. Into our future lives.

I hope all that read this would understand better. That is my hope to write. As I have not said anything for over twenty years.

Yeshe Sangye

FPMT Lineage Lamas

If FPMT is to be a fortress of Dharma, it has to depend on the solid foundations by which it is built, and there is no stronger foundation than to follow the Guru’s instructions, as stated in Je Tsongkapa’s text The Foundation of All Good Qualities. The majority of Lama Zopa’s teachers are well-known stalwarts of Dorje Shugden. It is no secret that Lama practiced Dorje Shugden himself too. In fact, Lama Zopa himself says,

Of course, Lama and I practiced Dorje Shugden for many years. That was always the main thing that Lama did whenever there were problems to overcome. At the beginning of every Kopan course, Lama always did Shugden puja to eliminate hindrances.
Source: http://www.lamayeshe.com/?sect=article&id=1026

It is therefore baffling that Lama Zopa and any of the senior students of FPMT, most of whom have Lama Yeshe as their root guru, would denounce Dorje Shugden today. By contradicting their lineage masters, a number of questions arise:

If most of FPMT’s lineage masters are correct about Dorje Shugden and take the Protector as an integral practice, how can the FPMT simply dismiss it on the whim of the Dalai Lama?
If Lama Zopa so blatantly disregards the majority of his teachers, how can the FPMT hope to inculcate guru devotion in their students? And if there is no culture of strong devotion to the gurus, how can the FPMT teach higher trainings that requite absolute adherence to the guru’s instructions?
If the FPMT agrees with the Dalai Lama and CTA as they seem to, and accordingly treat Dorje Shugden practitioners as criminals of society and enemies of the Tibetan people, then why list “criminals” on their official website as lineage masters?
Following on from that, why continue to pass on the lineage teachings to present and future FPMT students if indeed these teachings came from lamas who seriously erred by practicing demon worship, as the FPMT claim Dorje Shugden to be?

Let’s take a closer look at the list of gurus that Lama Zopa names as his teachers:

1. H.H. Pabongka Rinpoche Dechen Nyingpo

Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche’s faith and reliance on Dorje Shugden was undisputed. This enlightened master, who authored what has been recognized as an important Lamrim text (Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand) by the Dalai Lama himself, taught the great importance of propitiating Dorje Shugden as the Dharma Protector of the Gelug lineage.

2. H.H. Trijang Rinpoche

In modern Gelugpa history, there is hardly any significant figure of the Ganden tradition who has not been a disciple of Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. Trijang Rinpoche’s role in preserving the entirety of the Oral Ganden lineage and then passing it on intact cannot be disputed, and Dorje Shugden’s practice is an integral part of that tradition.

3. H.H. Ling Rinpoche

Kyabje Ling Rinpoche was the heart disciple of Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, and Ling Rinpoche received all his Dharma knowledge and practices from Pabongka Rinpoche. Ling Rinpoche, in turn, passed his knowledge and practices down to the 14th Dalai Lama. It is a known fact that Ling Rinpoche prescribed Dorje Shugden’s practice to many within the Tibetan community, and also composed prayers to Dorje Shugden.

4. H.H. Zong Rinpoche

A heart son of H.H. Trijang Rinpoche, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche had impeccable knowledge of all rituals, art and science, and was renowned for his ‘many actions of powerful magic,’ as a result of which ‘the most marvellous, indescribable signs occurred.’ Zong Rinpoche trusted Dorje Shugden wholeheartedly and advised his students to practice strongly and devotedly.

5. Lama Yeshe

The founder of FPMT and a great practitioner of Dorje Shugden till the end, Lama Yeshe is well known to have commenced all-important Dharma projects with Dorje Shugden prayers. He remained devoted to his teachers and did not give up his practice of Dorje Shugden despite the ban on its practice.

6. Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche

Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche was a Dorje Shugden practitioner and his devotion borne out of his practice is legendary. Rinpoche absorbed the obstacles to the Dalai Lama’s welfare and works, and took them upon himself through the practice of tonglen. It is therefore incredible that anyone should accuse Dorje Shugden lamas of wishing to harm the Dalai Lama.

7. H.H. Serkong Dorje Chang

Serkong Dorje Chang was well known for writing extensive commentaries on the tantric deity Chakrasamvara as well as an extensive confession and propitiation prayer (kangso) to the protector Dorje Shugden. In this kangso, Serkong Dorje Chang identifies Dorje Shugden as the principal protector of Lama Tsongkapa as well as the special protector of Ganden’s Ear-Whispered Lineage, the heart of the Gelug tradition.

8. H.H. Sakya Trizin

History shows that Dorje Shugden was first propitiated by the Sakyas. Dorje Shugden was inducted into the pantheon of Sakya protectors by the 30th Sakya Trizin Sonam Rinchen (1705-1741). Later, Sonam Rinchen named Dorje Shugden together with two other Protectors – Setrab and Tsiu Marpo – as the “Three Kings” (Gyalpo Sum).

Other Sakya high lamas who propitiated Dorje Shugden include the 31st Sakya Trizin Kunkhyen Ngawang Kunga Lodroe, the 33rd Sakya Trizin Padma Dudul Wangchug, the 35th Sakya Trizin Tashi Rinchen, the 37th Sakya Trizin Kunga Nyingpo, the 39th Sakya Trizin Dragshul Thinley Rinchen and the 41st Sakya Trizin, who later recanted his practice under political coercion.

9. Geshe Rabten Rinpoche

Geshe Rabten was the philosophical assistant of the 14th Dalai Lama and the first Tibetan Buddhist master to introduce the complete Vinaya-tradition and the study of the five major topics of Buddhism to the West.

Geshe Rabten’s faith in the Protector is clear by his statement, “This manifestation of the Buddha has no equal. If you are really determined to tame your mind, he will even give you his heart”.

10. Geshe Sopa Rinpoche

The Dalai Lama praised Geshe Lhundrub Sopa Rinpoche as an eminent “Buddhist mentor and a guide to hundreds of Western students and a pure lineage holder of the monastic tradition”.

However, this erudite teacher disagreed with the Dalai Lama’s view of Dorje Shugden, saying that “The idea of these ritual texts of Shukden is to spread and strengthen the pure teachings and destroy wrong views and practices, so their language and imagery tends to seem rather sectarian and aggressive”.

11. Gomo Tulku

Lama Zopa himself stated that Gomo Tulku worked to spread the Dorje Shugden lineage:

“My root guru, His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche; Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s guru’s root guru; His Holiness Zong Rinpoche, from whom many of the older students received the initiation of Shugden; and the previous incarnation of Gomo Rinpoche, who has a strong connection with Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, here in Italy, all promoted the practice of Shugden. They were all aspects of the Dharmakaya”.

12. Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche

Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche was born in the province of Amdo and at age six was recognized as the reincarnation of the former Abbot of Kirti Gompa. Rinpoche received teachings from many high Lamas of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition including the practice of Dorje Shugden, which he kept all his life.

13. Zemey Rinpoche

So highly realised was Zemey Rinpoche that Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang regarded Zemey Rinpoche, one of his heart disciples, as being equal to him in knowledge and attainments. Zemey Rinpoche held all the same lineages, transmissions and practices as Trijang Rinpoche including the practice of Dorje Shugden.

14. Ribur Rinpoche

Ribur Rinpoche’s devotion to his guru, Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche was legendary. He faithfully held on to all the teachings he received from Pabongka Rinpoche, including the Dorje Shugden practice.

As Ribur Rinpoche said, “I have had some success as a scholar, and as a lama I am somebody, but these things are not important. The only thing that matters to me is that I was a disciple of Pabongka Rinpoche”.

15. Choden Rinpoche

Choden Rinpoche, one of the highest lamas in Tibetan Buddhism, was recognized and ordained by Pabongka Rinpoche. Choden Rinpoche was a fiercely steadfast practitioner of Dharma, saying: “I don’t remember too clearly my first meeting with Pabongka Rinpoche, but I do remember that Rinpoche was very happy with me. I really admired everything that Rinpoche did: the way he walked, the way he dressed, everything. I felt, “If only I could be like him”.

16. Khensur Denma Locho Rinpoche

Khensur Denma Locho Rinpoche of Drepung Loseling Monastery was a direct student of H.H. Ling Dorje Chang. He was an expert on Manjushri’s fierce form, Yamantaka, amongst many other teachings and practices, and was appointed the Abbot of the Dalai Lama’s Namgyal Monastery from 1986 to 1991.

Denma Locho Rinpoche was a scholar of the highest calibre and a very prolific gentle teacher who did not discriminate against Dorje Shugden practitioners although it cost him his reputation.

17. Khyongla Rato Rinpoche

Khyongla Rato Rinpoche is a reincarnate lama and scholar of the Gelugpa order of Tibetan Buddhism. Rinpoche was born in the Dagyab region of Kham, in southeastern Tibet and eventually settled in the United States where he founded The Tibet Center, the oldest Tibetan Buddhist Center in New York City.

It is truly shocking to see FPMT policies that openly dishonor the practice of its lineage masters. Our root Guru, Lama Yeshe, was a Dorje Shugden practitioner. Kopan manifested with the help of Dorje Shugden. Sadly however, it appears that to be politically correct and on the Dalai Lama’s side far outweighs loyalty to the lineage masters and the pure tradition the masters used their lives to manifest.

Further Developments

After Yeshe Sangye’s stunning article on the fact Lama Zopa was recognized by Dorje Shugden as a Rinpoche, the news spread like wildfire. Lama Zopa tried to issue a clarification but it only served to confirm by Lama Zopa himself that he was indeed recognized by Dorje Shugden.

Lama Zopa’s “clarification” is included below. Notice that he ends it by saying, “So the Lopon for his own benefit asked the oracle of the monastery if this was true.” We ask – who is the oracle of the monastery? The famous Dorje Shugden Oracle of Dungkar Monastery, of course! See here: http://www.dorjeshugden.com/?p=307

Lama Zopa’s 2008 “clarification”
about being recognized by Dorje Shugden:

HOW I WAS RECOGNIZED
(Source: http://www.lamayeshe.com/index.php?sect=article&id=292)

To my very dear friends and students, I heard there is some misunderstanding about how I was recognized, so I just want to give you the details here.

The main disciple of the Lawudo Lama Kunsang Yeshe (who it is said is my previous life) was Ngawang Chopel. He did many retreats during his life and he also followed the Buddha’s example of offering his own body (charity) to the insects and animals for seven days; this was quite amazing as he completely offered and they ate parts of it and he had to be taken to the hospital. Later Ngawang Chopel also built a monastery at Maritika near a cave of Guru Rinpoche (considered one of the most holy places of Guru Rinpoche – where it is said He achieved immortality). Ngawang Chopel was with the Lawudo Lama at the time of his death. The Lawudo Lama explained the signs happening in the death process to him as he was dying.

Since I was born in a very poor family, there was doubt by some if I was the incarnation, mainly on the part of the son of Lama Kunsang Yeshe. When Ngawang Chopel heard this he went immediately to Tibet to consult high lamas and all six lamas he consulted confirmed without doubt that I was the incarnation of the Lawudo Lama Kunsang Yeshe. Two of the six high Lamas were His Holiness Tulshig Rinpoche (one of the teachers of His Holiness the Dalai Lama) and his root guru, the great Lama Rongpu Sangye. So at an early age, long before going to Tibet and the monastery at Pagri (small branch of Domo Geshe’s main monastery), I was recognized. Before I left for Tibet the son of Lama Kunsang Yeshe accepted me as the incarnation and promised to return to me the cave and texts, etc. belonging to his father after I returned from Tibet.

I was brought into Tibet by two uncles; both were my alphabet teachers. Why did I have two alphabet teachers? The first one was from Thami, near Lawudo; he took care of me. When I was very small (maybe four years old) I was always escaping and running home, so my mother sent me far away to the monastery in Rolwaling, a very isolated place high in the mountains near Tibet. There I was in the care of another uncle, Ngawang Gendun, who also taught me the alphabet (Tibetan). I stayed with him in Rolwaling for seven years, memorizing and reading texts and doing pujas called “shi-trol.”

These two uncles took me to Tibet. In Tibet I stayed with another uncle. He was in the Indian army; then he met a Tibetan lady from Tsang and they married and lived in Pagri, Tibet. Pagri was a very busy place for traders from Bhutan, Kalimpong, Lhasa, etc. The three uncles with some other Sherpas left me in the care of my aunt while they went on pilgrimage to Lhasa. They didn’t take me as they thought the journey would be too difficult and I could die, as I was still very young. After living some time in Pagri (hanging around), outside my house I met a very tall monk (externally appearing not to know me) and immediately he asked me if I would be his disciple (there must have been very strong karma with him). I answered him immediately “yes.”

Next day in the morning my aunt made a very nice thermos of tea and bread in a bamboo container inside a basket and took me to the small branch monastery of Domo Geshe Rinpoche’s main monastery about fifteen to twenty minutes’ walk away, where I met the tall monk again – he was the Lopon of this small monastery. The Lopon heard stories of me from people in the village, that I was a tulku from Lawudo near Thami. So the Lopon for his own benefit asked the oracle of the monastery if this was true.

With much love and prayer,
Lama Zopa Rinpoche

If you look carefully, the explanation from Lama Zopa Rinpoche does not deny the fact that he was also recognized by Dorje Shugden.

There are other descriptions such as about hospitals, insects, tall uncles, small monastery, etc. etc. etc. that attempt to distract the reader but Lama Zopa himself writes on the last line that the lopon of this monastery asked the oracle to confirm if he is a tulku or not. But he doesn’t explain what the oracle said and which deity entered the oracle. Of course the possessing being was Dorje Shugden, as stated in the book Lawudo Lama by Jamyang Wangmo. The book was written by one of FPMT’s own nuns and even more surprising, a foreword was provided by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The private office of His Holiness definitely did not read this book carefully before issuing this foreword. Maybe they had no time to scan and read page by page so it most likely slipped past them. One thing is for sure – Lama Zopa Rinpoche, who is a special being, was recognized by the protector of his root guru, Dorje Shugden, another special being.

If Lama Zopa Rinpoche was not recognized by Dorje Shugden, then just say so. Just say that he was not recognized by Dorje Shugden. Simple and straight. But the fact is, he was.

Someone called Ronald Johnson further tried to deny all of this but his attempt was futile, and he was easily and immediately refuted:

You totally miss the point. Also, it would appear that English is not your first language so you would not be aware of the difference between recognized and confirmed. The implications of Yeshe Sangye’s first missive were that Rinpoche was FIRST identified by DS; Rinpoche’s letter clearly indicates that this is not so.

Look, anybody can ask DS anything…I could ask him if Tenzin Gyatso was indeed the Dalai Lama and he would confirm it. So what?

Also, to take a couple of sentences out of Jamyang Wangmo’s 500-page book and make a federal case out of it is simply obfuscation. Anyway, this happened in the mid-50s. The world was a very different place back then…especially Tibet. “

In response, a user on the Dorje Shugden forum known as Mountains says:

Dear Ronald,

My English being 1st or 2nd language has no point in this issue. I understand you are angry. I beg your forgiveness and wish you no ill. I am not attacking Lama Zopa nor FPMT, but the whole shugden issue has divided all of us. Imagine our Tibetan Buddhist world and how it would be if the whole Dorje Shugden issue was never brought up? Who did it harm? The majority of the Gelugpa High lamas and Geshes practiced/practice Dorje Shugden including Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa. Do you see any difference in Lama Zopa before when he was practicing and now when he says he is not?? He is exactly the same. Which leads you to believe with your own eyes, there is nothing wrong with Dorje Shugden. Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa are both sublime beings who practiced a sublime Dharma protector.

(1) Do you deny that Lama Yeshe practiced Dorje Shugden his whole life until his death? Was lama Yeshe wrong in this? Was Lama Yeshe’s refuge commitments degenerated due to this? If not, why is it so bad, that lama zopa was confirmed by Dorje Shugden?? The point is not if he was confirmed or recognized, the point is that DORJE SHUGDEN’S PRACTICE, ORACLES, TRADITION, LINEAGE WAS WIDESPREAD/PREDOMINATE AND VALID IN THE TIBET OF THE 50′S. And you are right, Tibet WAS VERY DIFFERENT BACK THEN. The gelugpas were one and coexisted with the other sects beautifully.

(2) Do you want to hinge on one word of Yeshe Sangye’s letter that is identified? Whether Rinpoche indicates it is or not is not the point, the point is DORJE SHUGDEN was used to confirm his reincarnation status.

In the other Lama Zopa’s book “The Door to Satisfaction” by Wisdom Publications page X of Editor’s Preface, again Lama Zopa mentions clearly in the 3rd paragraph that the Dharma Protector of Domo Geshe’s Monastery CONFIRMED THAT RINPOCHE WAS A REINCARNATE LAMA AND OFFERED ADVICE CONCERNING HIS CARE. That we can conclude since Rinpoche mentions no other names of who else recognized him, whoever else did not hold much weight in the eyes of the ppl to caretake and train Rinpoche at that time. So they had to consult something to CONFIRM AND MAKE SURE Lama Zopa is who the others say he is. Who did they trust to confirm, Dorje Shugden.

If the great emanation of Tsongkapa, Domo Geshe Rinpoche would have a oracle recieving Dorje Shugden’s presence in his temple, definitely Dorje Shugden is a beneficial and beneficient being. Unless Domo Geshe Rinpoche was also unattained? I dont think so. Domo Geshe’s famous oracle in which HH the 14th Dalai Lama himself consulted in the 50′s at Dungkar Choede, can take full possession of 6 different dharma protectors!

They are:

Dorje Shugden

Namka Barzin (Dorje Shugden’s entourage)

Kache Marpo (Dorje Shugden’s entourage)

Tashi Obar

Genyen Jingkarwa

Pawo Trobar

Three of them are Dorje Shugden and his acolytes. Surely Domo Geshe Rinpoche whose people and temple nurtured and took care of Lama Zopa in the early years are not all evil, wrong and degenerate for propitiating Dorje Shugden? Domo Geshe is famed for his devotion to Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche (root guru of Lama Yeshe and HH Dalai Lama), His great meditative concentration on the Vajra Yogini Tantras and his powerful propitiation of Dorje Shugden. Is Domo Geshe wrong to have a famous Dorje Shugden oracle in his monastery that ppl came from all parts of Tibet to consult. On all states of affairs, governmental, secular, etc. Many high incarnations are found by the oracular pronouncements of Dorje Shugden’s oracles past and present, so why not Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Even the current Trijang and Zong Rinpoche incarnations were found and confirmed by the Dorje Shugden oracle or Choyang Dulzin Kuten of Gaden. Then only it was presented to the Dalai Lama for formal recognition. What Dorje Shugden found and recognized was further confirmed by HH. Is that so bad that Lama Zopa was also confirmed by the great protector of Lama Yeshe, Trijang Rinpoche, Zong Rinpoche, Pabongkha Rinpoche, Regent Daktra Rinpoche, Domo Geshe Rinpoche that he is authentic? Of course not.

The incarnations of HH the Dalai Lamas are all confirmed by Nechung Oracle, but recognized and enthroned by the regents of Tibet. So are the confirmations by Nechung Oracle for the Dalai Lama not important? You dont say that Nechung recognized the Dalai Lama, but he plays an important part to confirm that LEADS TO EVENTUAL RECOGNITION. Just the same in the case of Lama Zopa, where Dorje Shugden confirmed he is a real tulku and even gave advice on the care. And in the Tibet of the 50′s Dorje Shugden’s oracular pronouncements carry great weight as his famous oracle in Lhasa called PANGLUNG KUTEN OR ORACLE where many high lamas, nobilities,and government officials consulted for private and governmental affairs. HH kyabje Trijang Rinpoche very much relied on the accuracy of this oracle of Dorje Shugden/Kache Marpo. You can read in his personal autobiography of HH Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche.

(3) If Dorje Shugden was an evil spirit, he would of said that Lama Zopa is not a tulku, dont take care of him. Why would he say that? Because he can forsee Lama Zopa would benefit many and he would try to stop it not being happy about that. Devadatta did whatever he can to stop Buddha, but could not of course. Similarily, Dorje Shugden was so bad, he would try to stop Lama Zopa’s works to flower in the future.

(4) I see that Sangye has taken a couple of sentences out of Jamyang Wangmo’s book, to support the fact that even great lamas alive today are direct, or indirect products of the Dorje Shugden lineage of lamas, oracles and practices. It is not making a federal case. And If it was attempted to be turned into a federal case in any country outside of the Tibetan Exile footholds, it would never be a federal case. Religious freedom is tolerated anywhere in the democratic world. What is happening in the Tibetan settlements can only happen because of the pressures of ostracization. Muslims, satanists,Hindus, Sikhs, atheists, voodoo-followers, Protestants, Baptists, Mormons, Amish, Orthodox, Jews are ALL ALLOWED TO ATTEND ANY BUDDHIST SERMON IN ANY FPMT CENTRE IN THE WORLD. CAN ATTEND ANY TEACHINGS/GATHERINGS/INITIATIONS BY HH DALAI LAMA IN THE WORLD. ONLY DORJE SHUGDEN PRACTITIONERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO. Doesnt that sound funny. Surely Dorje Shugden practitioners are ‘better’ than satanists?? Christians, Muslims would find the image of the Buddha blasphemous, yet their devotees are never barred from HH Dalai Lama’s talks, why is that? Because it cannot never be gotten away with?

(5) My point is simple. FPMT as well as many other centres, lamas, organizations in the world has practiced Dorje Shugden peacefully and without incidence for a long time. In some cases, centuries. What is the big furor now. Suddenly HH Dalai Lama is right and all other lamas are wrong?? Cannot be. If so, then HH the Dalai Lama can be wrong also. In the unfortunate time in the future, when HH passes away, what will stop ppl from saying his ban on Dorje Shugden was wrong?? In fact what is to stop people from saying it now. Since our gurus can be wrong, the whole basis of Guru devotional practices is severely disrupted. This is not a Gelugpa issue, but a issue of freedom to practice whatever lineage we wish free of any lamas condemnations. If one lama can condemn, then all can be condemned. Then who is right and who is wrong?? I dont want to go that direction.

(6) Dont hinge the whole thing on words such as recognition and confirmation. Lama Yeshe and his root gurus/lineage practiced Dorje Shugden. Lama Yeshe consulted Dorje Shugden on many issues throughout his whole life. That is what makes FPMT so great now. Lama himself mentions in his books that it is the protector’s divine help in all his works that made it grow. FPMT’s main sadhanas are composed by lamas that held Dorje Shugden as their principal protectors. So if you wish to throw out Dorje Shugden, you better abandon the practices of for example Cittamanitara, Vajra Yogini and Yamantaka composed by Kyabje Pabongkha Rinpoche. Since he practiced Dorje Shugden and that is a mistake, then the sadhanas he composed that Gelugpas do everyday could be a mistake also. After all he seems to be able to make mistakes. We have to be very careful. That is not the case definitely.

THE POINT IS THIS: FPMT’S ROOTS ARE DEEP-SEEDED IN CONNECTIONS TO DORJE SHUGDEN. YOU MAY DENY CURRENT CONNECTIONS BUT YOU CANNOT DENY PAST CONNECTIONS. PAST CREATES THE FUTURE. SO IF YOU DYE A SCARF RED, IT CANNOT COME OUT BLUE. YOU CANNOT DENY THE SAMAYA CONNECTIONS TO DORJE SHUGDEN THAT ARE DEEPLY INTERRELATED TO ALL OF FPMT’S LINEAGE LAMAS OF THE PAST THAT CREATES/RESULTED IN ITS GREATNESS NOW. IF DORJE SHUGDEN PRACTICE AND PRACTITIONERS WERE ARE EVIL, THEN THE FRUIT MUST BE EVIL, IN THIS CASE FPMT MUST BE EVIL AND IT IS DEFINITELY NOT THE CASE.

Again Ronald, I write this to you in earnest to help you and many people see that Dorje Shugden has never harmed and will never harm. If he does harm, just have the great lamas do a fire puja or binding puja and be done with it. Do you mean all the dharma protectors of Tibet cannot overcome one ‘evil’ spirit Dorje Shugden?? It is not as simple as that. There is a bigger picture as predicted by Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. Dorje Shugden will go global. China will adopt the practice and on a governmental level promote the practice of Dorje Shugden first in China then from China into the world. The practice will go global and strong in the future generations. HH the Dalai Lama knows that. He cannot openly push it. So in his own way he is pushing it. China is already using Dorje Shugden as one of the bargaining ‘chips’ in the 6th negotiations with the exile govt of Tibet as stated by kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche. China is taking great interest and HH is pushing it in that directions. That is a level much more powerful than our likes and dislikes within the Tibetan Buddhist Community. China will adopt Dorje Shugden’s practice and will make it grow as HH is pushing it into that direction. As predicted in the early 70′s by HH Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang.”

Addendum

Zasep Tulku Rinpoche’s autobiography, A Tulku’s Journey from Tibet to Canada, published in 2016, provides historical evidence and irrefutable proof that the Central Tibetan Administration is falsifying the facts when it comes to the practice of the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden.

The autobiography of Zasep Tulku Rinpoche, a high lama of the Gelug lineage, provides accurate historical accounts of the Dorje Shugden practice. Click to enlarge.

The back cover of the book, click to enlarge.

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Historical accounts show that prior to the politicization of the Dorje Shugden practice by the Central Tibetan Administration, this popular deity was relied upon by Dharma practitioners to help in their spiritual practice. Contrary to detractors’ claims about Dorje Shugden being ‘anti-Dharma’, this Dharma Protector practice was traditionally deemed to be suitable to be practiced alongside the Highest Yoga Tantras.

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Zasep Rinpoche and his family were able to escape to safety prior to the events of 1959 through the clairvoyance and prophetic advice of Dorje Shugden through one of his oracles, Lama Gelong Chojor Gyamtso.

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Oracles of the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden were known for the accuracy of their prophecies due to Dorje Shugden being a fully enlightened deity with perfect clairvoyance. As stated clearly by Zasep Rinpoche in his autobiography ‘A Tulku’s Journey from Tibet to Canada’, Dorje Shugden warned the Tibetans of the impending loss of their homeland but his advice was mostly ignored by the Tibetan government.

The Tibetan government chose to consult the worldly state protector Nechung, and Nechung advised that the Dalai Lama should remain in Tibet where he would be safe. This was mistaken advice, as historical events would later show. Fortunately for Tibetan Buddhists all around the world, Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang had great faith in Dorje Shugden and consulted the protector for advice on the Dalai Lama’s safety. Dorje Shugden via the Panglung Oracle urgently adviced the Dalai Lama to leave for India immediately and gave the exact escape route. In saving the Dalai Lama from certain harm, Dorje Shugden prevented the destruction of Tibetan Buddhism and preserved the future of the Tibetan culture and people.

Zasep Rinpoche’s account of events concur with monastic records that it was indeed Dorje Shugden who saved the Dalai Lama instead of Nechung, contrary to the claims of the Tibetan leadership.

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Dorje Shugden’s practice was first established within the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. The Sakya Throneholders regarded this Dharma Protector as an enlightened being and Dorje Shugden, together with Dorje Setrab and Tsiu Marpo formed the triune of Sakya Protectors known as Gyalpo Sum. Today, Sakya practitioners claim that Dorje Shugden was never widely practiced by their lineage but history proves otherwise. The undeniable fact is that before the CTA’s religious ban, Dorje Shugden was practiced first by the Sakyas and was later transmitted to the Gelug school where it was practiced by the majority of the Gelugpas.

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Contrary to the CTA’s claims that Dorje Shugden’s practice is sectarian, Zasep Rinpoche’s autobiography shows how practitioners of all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism lived and practiced together in harmony, especially during the early years of exile in India. It was only when the CTA launched a virulent smear campaign against Dorje Shugden that the general public began to label Dorje Shugden a sectarian practice. In truth, Dorje Shugden’s practice is no more sectarian than the practices of other Dharma Protectors such as Mahakala Bernagchen, Achi Chokyi Drolma or Dorje Legpa, who protect the Karma Kagyu, Drikung Kagyu and Nyingma schools respectively.

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By the 1980s, the Tibetan government had failed to fulfil multiple promises to return the Tibetan people to their homeland. A scapegoat was needed and they made one out of an ancient Buddhist practice, pinning the loss of Tibet and the failure of the Tibetan cause on Dorje Shugden. In his autobiography, Zasep Rinpoche is of the same opinion, stating that “…the [Dorje Shugden] controversy was orchestrated by the Tibetan Central Administration…”

The Tibetan leadership effectively sanctioned witch-hunts on Dorje Shugden practitioners and persecuted them using government instruments, declaring that simply by being a Shugden worshipper, one was effectively an enemy of the Tibetan nation.

As a result of the hatred against Dorje Shugden practitioners instigated by the Tibetan leadership, virtually all Shugden Buddhists had to fear for their lives, or at least for their safety.

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Dorje Shugden’s beneficial practice has continued to thrive due to the courage and commitment of high lamas such as Zasep Tulku Rinpoche.

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For centuries, Dorje Shugden has been practiced alongside the highest practices of the Gelug and Sakya lineages. Zasep Tulku Rinpoche’s list of transmission is an indication that the highest scholars viewed the Protector as an enlightened being compatible with their yidam practices.

For further reading:

Where is Lama Yeshe? (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/where-is-lama-yeshe/)

FPMT Lineage Masters are Dorje Shugden Believers (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/fpmt-lineage-masters-are-believers-of-dorje-shugden/)

FPMT, Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/fpmt-dalai-lama-and-dorje-shugden/)

A True Inspiration: Claudio Cipullo (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/news/a-true-inspiration-claudio-cipullo/)

Fabrizio Pallotti (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/news/fabrizio-pallotti/)

Politically Correct at the Expense of the Lineage (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/the-controversy/politically-correct-at-the-expense-of-the-lineage/)

Lama Yeshe and Geshe Rabten (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/mail-out/lama-yeshe-and-geshe-rabten/)

The Broken Samayas of FPMT (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/the-controversy/the-broken-samayas-of-fpmt/)

The Questionable Policies of the FPMT (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/the-controversy/the-questionable-policies-of-the-fpmt/)

Lama Zopa admitted to being recognized by Dorje Shugden (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/others-old/lama-zopa-admitted-to-being-recognized-by-dorje-shugden/)

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What Happens to Dorje Shugden Lamas?

admin — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 02:09:20 +0000

What happens to lamas who practice Dorje Shugden? The Tibetan leadership says one thing, but their actions show another.

It is common knowledge that the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA; the Tibetan leadership based in Dharamsala) continuously promotes the false notion that Dorje Shugden is an unenlightened spirit or demon. They claim that he arose from the culmination of flawed and mistaken prayers made during his previous life as Tulku Dragpa Gyeltsen. As a lowly vengeful spirit, the CTA maintains that it is his nature to harm sentient beings. Hence, the CTA equates the propitiation of Dorje Shudgen to spirit worship. This is a claim which presents a serious problem for Buddhist practitioners.

The foundation of the Buddhist faith is one’s refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, collectively known as the Three Jewels. A part of this involves a commitment to rely only on the Enlightened Beings (Buddhas) on the path towards complete liberation from suffering. As the central-most aspect of Buddhist practice, all other practices hinge on this refuge being intact. By worshiping a spirit or demon, this refuge is broken and the karmic consequences of breaking one’s vows will lead to an unfortunate rebirth in one of the three lower realms (animal, hungry ghost or hell-being).

Such sentiments echo His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama’s thinly veiled threat during his address to the Sangha that,

Those who worship Dorje Shugden will be reborn in the three lower realms.

Hence, by preying on the Tibetan people’s fear of a negative rebirth, this has become one of the ways by which the CTA justifies the undemocratic ban on Dorje Shugden and the abuse against Dorje Shugden practitioners for the last 20 years. They claim that there is a need to ban the practice because of the harm it causes to practitioners.

Following such strong statements, the CTA capitalized on the situation to further their personal agendas. They began by taking extreme steps to police the religious belief of their citizens for their own personal advantage. From abusing state instruments to codifying discrimination against Dorje Shugden practitioners, to issuing controversial allegations designed to provoke hate and even violent reactions, the CTA expended a significant amount of public resources in an attempt to stamp out the religious practice.

The Proof is in the Pudding

But the amount of resources they have allocated to suppressing a religious practice is not the most disturbing aspect, nor are the violent consequences that often follow when someone is revealed as a Shugden practitioner. One of the more disturbing aspects of the whole Dorje Shugden ban is the sheer hypocrisy that permeates every decision and policy from the CTA. One example of their hypocritical behavior concerns their recognition of the reincarnations of many Dorje Shugden lamas.

Kyabje Zong Rinpoche (left) performing prayers for Lama Yeshe (right) just before Lama Yeshe passing. Both passed away as Dorje Shugden practitioners. According to the Tibetan leadership, both would have taken rebirth in the lower realms so why is the CTA recognizing their reincarnations?

According to the CTA, those who rely on Dorje Shugden will take rebirth in the three lower realms. This is because, according to the Tibetan leadership, Dorje Shugden is a spirit and relying on a spirit causes us to break our Refuge, Bodhisattva and Tantric vows. If we are to believe the CTA’s claims of what happens to you after death if you practice Shugden, it would therefore follow that high lamas who rely on Dorje Shugden will also take rebirth in the three lower realms. Hence, there should be no need to search for and recognize the reincarnations of Dorje Shugden Lamas. Based on the CTA’s flawed logic for imposing the ban, there should be no one to recognize as there should be no human reincarnation!

So why then does the CTA continue to recognize the irrefutable reincarnations of many Dorje Shugden lamas? Below are but a handful of stalwart Dorje Shugden high lamas and great masters who have, out of great compassion, returned amongst us in perfect human form to continue spreading the Dharma for the benefit of all. In many of these cases, the reincarnations were recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama himself, thus contradicting the Tibetan leadership’s own justification for banning the practice.

Not only is their recognition of these lamas’ reincarnations hypocritical but in recognizing these lamas, they invalidate their own reasons for imposing the ban. How can they say that Shugden practice is harmful and sends you to the three lower realms, when they themselves are recognizing lamas who clearly did not go to the three lower realms?

H.H. Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche

H.H. Pabongka Rinpoche

One of the most recognizable lamas of the past century, His Holiness Kyabje Pabongka Dorjechang is a household name amongst Tibetan Buddhists everywhere. A renowned proponent of the Dorje Shugden practice, the fact that Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche widely propagated this practice reflects the significant role he knew it would play in protecting and disseminating the Gelug teachings all around the world. Thanks to Pabongka Rinpoche’s kindness, many of these teachings and lineages are still intact and widely practiced today.

It is a real testament to Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche’s attainments and the respect he commanded that H.H. the 13^th Dalai Lama requested Pabongka Rinpoche to give the annual Lamrim teachings in 1925, instead of asking the Gaden Throneholder (Gaden Tripa) as was customary. Arrangements were also made to extend Pabongka Rinpoche’s teachings to 11 days instead of the usual seven days.

There is no Gelug practitioner today who has not benefited from Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche’s works at some point of their practice and study. For example, the universally-renowned Lamrim text, Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, was compiled by His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, one of Pabongka Rinpoche’s direct students. The text is an edited recording of 24 days of Lamrim teachings given by Pabongka Rinpoche to tens of thousands of people. The text was personally acknowledged by H.H. the 13^th Dalai Lama to be authentic and of great importance, and it continues to be one of the main Lamrim references in Tibetan Buddhist studies throughout the world today.

H.H. Pabongka Choktrul Rinpoche (3rd and current supreme incarnation)

Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche had many prominent students, like Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche who would later go on to become His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama’s tutor. Trijang Rinpoche would also find Pabongka Rinpoche’s subsequent reincarnation, Ngawang Lobsang Trinley Tenzin (1941-1969), who passed away in his twenties.

The current incarnation, His Holiness Kyabje Pabongka Choktrul Rinpoche Lobsang Thubten Trinley Kunkhyab was born in 1969. Identified in the early 1970s before the ban would have any real impact on his recognition, he continues to be universally accepted by the Gelug community, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, as the unmistaken incarnation of the great Pabongka Dorjechang.

H.H. Kyabje Ling Rinpoche

H.H. Ling Rinpoche

One of the most influential teachers of our time, His Holiness Kyabje Ling Dorjechang was one of two tutors to His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama. Together with His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche who was the other tutor, Ling Rinpoche played a significant role in imparting Dharma knowledge and practices to the 14^th Dalai Lama during the ruler’s most formative years.

Kyabje Ling Rinpoche’s impeccable knowledge in Sutra and Tantra was uncontested. Such was the respect for his attainments that the Gelug assembly of Varanasi University requested him to compose a ritual to invoke upon enlightened Dharma Protectors.

It is one thing to engage in prayers but it is quite another thing for a lama to be able to compose prayers that would successfully invoke upon the enlightened beings. On the side of the lama, to be able to request the enlightened beings to heed the prayer, he would have to have some kind of attainments himself, starting with Bodhicitta.

So the fact that the Gelug assembly requested Ling Rinpoche to compose a prayer, reflected their belief that prayers composed by him would be effective because he has attainments. The request that Ling Rinpoche so compassionately and skillfully granted turned out to be a simplified prayer of fulfillment, confession, request for activity and serkyem for Mahakala, Kalarupa, Palden Lhamo and Dorje Shugden.

H.H. the 7th Kyabje Ling Choktrul Rinpoche was enthroned by H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama

Kyabje Ling Rinpoche was a heart son of Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, hence it is no surprise that he was a Dorje Shugden practitioner. Many of the older monks who are still alive today can attest to Ling Rinpoche having frequently prescribed Dorje Shugden’s practice within the Tibetan community.

In 1987, the unmistaken incarnation of Kyabje Ling Rinpoche was recognized again by the student of his previous life, H.H. the 14^th Dalai Lama.

Click here to download Kyabje Ling Rinpoche’s prayer to Dorje Shugden

H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche

H.H. Trijang Rinpoche

Few lamas have reached the renown of His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. Widely known as the ‘teacher of teachers’, it is an undeniable fact that many erudite and influential Gelug lamas in this modern era can attribute their Dharma knowledge and understanding to Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, either as their direct teacher or their lineage teacher through his eminent students. In fact, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche was one of the two tutors of His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama, and the majority of the 14^th Dalai Lama’s lineages, teachings, commentaries and practices are a result of Trijang Rinpoche’s transmissions. Trijang Rinpoche was also known to be an extremely astute politician, a quality that he imparted to the Dalai Lama ahead of his ascension to become the secular leader of the Tibetans.

H.H. Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche

Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche’s unmistaken faith in Dorje Shugden was so pervasively known, that the Dalai Lama exempted the current incarnation from the ban on the propitiation of Dorje Shugden. His is the one and only exception to the ban that has ever been expressly given by the Dalai Lama.

Not only did Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche find and train Dorje Shugden oracles, including the current 7^th Panglung Kuten, but he also wrote, compiled and composed extensive texts and prayers to help practitioners engage in the practice. He also compiled explanations into the background, nature and benefits of propitiating Dorje Shugden. This text is known as Music Delighting the Ocean of Protectors.

The current incarnation of this great master, Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche was officially recognized by His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama on 23 April 1985. Just like his predecessor, Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche continues to be a staunch devotee of the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden, giving sogtae (life entrustment initiation) of Dorje Shugden to thousands of people.

Click here to download Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche’s book

H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche

H.H. Zong Rinpoche

His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, considered to be an emanation of Heruka, was highly revered as a powerful tantrician. He gave many empowerments and teachings to thousands of students, with a special emphasis on the Tantras of Heruka, Yamantaka, Guhyasamaja and Vajrayogini. He was also known to be a master of the Hayagriva, Dorje Shugden, White Tara and Vaishravana practices.

Known to be a ritual master, there are stories aplenty of Kyabje Zong Rinpoche’s attainments, from controlling the weather to healing people, to the erudite and penetrative teachings that he would give directly from memory.

Zong Rinpoche was also very strict, traditional and exacting, especially when it came to rituals. Upon entering a prayer hall, if he saw the altar had not been set up properly, or the offerings were not done correctly, he would crush the tormas (ritual cakes) and leave. He would only return once the set-up had been done correctly. Instead of being offended, the monks would fold their hands and scramble to make the corrections. Such was their devotion and respect for Kyabje Zong Rinpoche.

H.H. Zong Choktrul Rinpoche

Kyabje Zong Rinpoche was a heart disciple of his root guru, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. It is therefore no surprise and no secret that Kyabje Zong Rinpoche shared an extremely close relationship with the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden and consistently advised his students to propitiate Dorje Shugden strongly and devotedly.

His new incarnation was duly recognized by His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama and enthroned at Gaden Shartse Monastery in India amidst great pomp and ceremony.

Click here to listen to the previous Kyabje Zong Rinpoche teach about Dorje Shugden’s background, history and origins

H.E. Zemey Rinpoche

The greatness and significance of Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche’s contributions to the Dharma is widely believed to be unparalleled, but even so, Trijang Rinpoche himself singled out His Eminence Zemey Rinpoche as his equal in all aspects of attainments.

Zemey Rinpoche was an erudite scholar and a highly sought-after teacher by the monks from the three monasteries of Gaden, Sera and Drepung. As such, he became the teacher of many of the most influential practitioners of the world today including high lamas like H.E. Dagom Rinpoche and even the Dalai Lama’s translator, Thupten Jinpa. The last years of Zemey Rinpoche’s life were spent in isolated retreat, having been heavily ostracized by the Tibetan community due to his unwavering faith in Dorje Shugden.

H.E. Zemey Choktrul Rinpoche

The unmistaken incarnation of this great master has since returned, and he has been recognized by high lamas across Tibet, Nepal and India. In addition, the young incarnation has since officially reconnected with his Dharma Protector of many lifetimes as he has received Dorje Shugden initiation (sogtae) from Lama Jampa Ngodrup at Yangding Monastery in Daocheng County, Sichuan, China. Like his previous life when he was known as an erudite scholar, the current incarnation of Zemey Rinpoche has gained the reputation of being a formidable debater with penetrative insight into the teachings.

Click here to download Kyabje Zemey Rinpoche’s book

H.E. Kyabje Domo Geshe Rinpoche

The 1st Domo Geshe Rinpoche, Ngawang Kalsang

According to the well-known story, upon meeting H.E. Domo Geshe Rinpoche Ngawang Kalsang, His Holiness the 13^th Dalai Lama was so impressed by this erudite master that he equated meeting Domo Geshe Rinpoche as meeting Lama Tsongkhapa himself.

Tales of Domo Geshe Rinpoche’s accomplishments are aplenty, from his remarkable healing abilities to his fulfillment of a prophecy made by both his Guru and Dromtönpa (the main disciple of Atisha Dipamkara) by erecting a large Maitreya Buddha statue at Galingkang.

Domo Geshe Rinpoche is also remembered for having tamed the ferocious spirit of a murdered Mongolian monk, and installing the being within Dorje Shugden’s entourage. He is now known as Namkar Barzin, and propitiated as a member of Dorje Shugden’s entourage who is especially effective in preventing robberies. In fact, Domo Geshe Rinpoche has always had a very close connection with Dorje Shugden. His monastery, Dungkar Gompa, which is located at the crossroads of India and Tibet, would come to host many powerful oracles of Dorje Shugden.

The 2nd Domo Geshe Rinpoche

The 2nd Domo Geshe Rinpoche, Ngawang Jigme, was known for his quick intelligence and humility. In 1976, Domo Geshe Rinpoche established Dungkar Gonpa Society in the United States and shortly after that, established Gangjong Namgyal, a large piece of land in the Catskills Mountains in New York State. Gangnam, as it came to be known, would host the Dalai Lama in the summer of 1981. Domo Geshe Rinpoche continued to reside here until his passing in 2001.

In the spring of 2008, the unmistaken incarnation of Domo Geshe Rinpoche was enthroned in Samten Choling Monastery in Ghoom; in Tashi Choling Monastery in Kurseong; and in Enchey House, the ancestral home of the previous Domo Geshe Rinpoche in Gangtok, Sikkim. On 21 June 2008, His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and Kyabje Yongyal Rinpoche presided over the hair-cutting and final enthronement ceremonies at Gangnam in the USA. Today, Domo Geshe Rinpoche is undertaking his monastic education at Shar Gaden Monastery in South India.

Ironically, despite their assertion that Dorje Shugden lamas go to the three lower realms, the Tibetan leadership have also recognized their own candidate as the incarnation of this prominent Dorje Shugden lama. However, only the incarnation in Shar Gaden is acknowledged and recognized by Dorje Shugden practitioners, and indeed by Dorje Shugden himself, to be the true incarnation of the 2^nd Domo Geshe Rinpoche.

The 3rd Domo Geshe Rinpoche Losang Jigme Nyak-gi Wangchuk

H.E. Kyabje Denma Gonsa Rinpoche

H.E. Denma Gonsa Rinpoche

When political turmoil reached Tibet in 1959, many lamas left to enter a life of exile in India. Only a handful of high lamas remained in Tibet to navigate the tumultuous times, to try and preserve the Dharma there. H.E. Denma Gonsa Rinpoche was one such lama who remained in Tibet and worked tirelessly to ensure the Dharma would be protected and not lost. It is a feat many agree that he was more than qualified to do, considering Denma Gonsa Rinpoche has represented the Gaden, Sera, Drepung and Reting Monasteries in Lhasa, Shigatse, Shan Nan, and other places in Tibet.

Known to be a no-nonsense, direct lama, Denma Gonsa Rinpoche would, over time, come to win the respect of both Tibetans and Chinese alike. Denma Gonsa Rinpoche was a devotee of Dorje Shugden, having built Tibet’s largest Dorje Shugden statue at his monastery. Such was his unwavering faith in the Dharma Protector and the strength of his guru devotion that Denma Gonsa Rinpoche was one of the few lamas to speak out against the Dorje Shugden ban in its early days, even directly to H.H. the 14^th Dalai Lama himself.

As the well-known story goes, when the Dalai Lama called to gain Denma Gonsa Rinpoche’s support for the ban, the elderly lama hung up on the Dalai Lama. Whilst some saw this as rudeness or an act of defiance, others would later come to see this as skillful means – remaining on the phone with the Dalai Lama would have compelled Denma Gonsa Rinpoche to do something about the ban, as he would have found it difficult to resist a direct instruction from the Dalai Lama himself. Yet, he did not want to break his spiritual commitments by giving up the practice that he received from his own teachers. Regardless of Denma Gonsa Rinpoche’s motivations, his actions gave hope and courage to millions of Dorje Shugden practitioners to stand up against the ban on the practice.

H.E. the 20th Denma Gonsa Choktrul Rinpoche

Following specific instructions from Denma Gonsa Rinpoche prior to his entering clear light, his students found his perfect incarnation who was subsequently recognized by four of the greatest masters of the Gelugpa lineage, namely His Holiness the 11^th Panchen Lama, His Holiness Kyabje Pabongka Choktrul Rinpoche, His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche, and Dorje Shugden via oracular trance. On 31 July 2014, the 20^th Denma Gonsa Choktrul Rinpoche was enthroned in his monastery in Tibet, an event attended by over 200,000 people.

H.E. Kyabje Dagom Rinpoche

Recognized as the 12^th Dagom Rinpoche by H.H. Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang at the age of six, His Eminence Kyabje Dagom Rinpoche was a true Dorje Shugden lama who showed every sign of being a highly accomplished master in both Sutra and Tantra. Dagom Rinpoche’s main practice was Yamantaka and indeed, the monastic community came to view the 12^th Dagom Rinpoche as being one with Yamantaka himself.

After the ban on Dorje Shugden, Dagom Rinpoche spent his later years in Nepal until he entered clear light in 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand. Dagom Rinpoche’s many deeds include his incorporation of Dorje Shugden as one of the main Protectors in the magnificent Gelugpa refuge tree.

H.E. the 13th Dagom Choktrul Rinpoche Lobsang Khyenrab Tenpai Wangchuk

To incorporate a Dharma Protector into a refuge tree is no insignificant matter. The refuge tree represents all the Buddhas, yidams and deities that a Buddhist practitioner can take refuge in. Spirits, demons and other unenlightened, lesser beings are not depicted on a refuge tree as they are not objects worthy of prostrating to or taking refuge in. Hence, for Dagom Rinpoche as Yamantaka to include Dorje Shugden on the refuge tree is a strong reflection of Dorje Shugden’s nature being that of Enlightenment itself.

On 21 November 2016, the new incarnation of Dagom Rinpoche was duly recognized and enthroned at Lhorong County’s Shodo Monastery, the traditional seat of the Dagom lineage of incarnations.

Ven. Geshe Rabten Rinpoche

Venerable Geshe Rabten Rinpoche, a renowned Dorje Shugden lama, served not only as the philosophical assistant of H.H. the 14^th Dalai Lama, but was entrusted by the Dalai Lama to ‘break into’ the West and propagate the Dharma there. Thus, long before Tibetan lamas had truly established themselves in the United States or Europe, Geshe Rabten became the first Tibetan Buddhist master to introduce the complete Vinaya-tradition and the study of the five major topics of Buddhism to the West.

Ven. Geshe Rabten Rinpoche

Amongst Geshe Rabten’s many notable students were Venerable Lama Thubten Yeshe and Venerable Lama Zopa Rinpoche, both of whom relied on Dorje Shugden for their own works in spreading Dharma to the Western Hemisphere. Also amongst Geshe Rabten’s students was Venerable Helmut Gassner, a Western Buddhist monk who would later become the Dalai Lama’s first translator in the West, especially in Europe.

Ven. Tenzin Rabgye Rinpoche

After Geshe Rabten’s passing, his heart student Ven. Gonsar Rinpoche continued Geshe Rabten’s legacy at Rabten Choeling Monastery in Switzerland.

In 1989, Geshe Rabten’s incarnation was discovered and recognized by Gonsar Rinpoche through a series of consultations with various authoritative sources including His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden through oracular pronouncement. The new incarnation is known today as Rabten Rinpoche, or Tenzin Rabgye Rinpoche.

Venerable Lama Thubten Yeshe

Venerable Lama Yeshe, the founder of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), was one of the most beloved teachers of his time. Charming, humorous, easy-going yet extremely realized and very humble, Lama Yeshe’s method of delivering the Dharma meant thousands of Western students connected with Buddhism at a time when most were still unfamiliar with Eastern philosophies.

Lama Yeshe with his heart disciple Lama Zopa performing puja under a Dorje Shugden thangka

Under his stewardship and through his reliance on Dorje Shugden, Lama Yeshe grew FPMT to become one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist organizations in the world, with 165 Dharma centers, projects and social services.

It is no secret that Lama Yeshe strongly relied on Dorje Shugden for the growth and success of his organization. In fact, his chief disciple Lama Zopa himself has said that Lama Yeshe would never begin the One-Month Meditation Course held annually at Kopan Monastery without a kangsol (extensive puja/ritual) to propitiate the blessings of his Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. In the image above, you can see Lama Yeshe (far right) and Lama Zopa (wearing glasses) engaged in a puja under a thangka of Dorje Shugden.

Lama Ösel Hita Torres

Based on His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama’s confirmation of Lama Zopa’s observations, Ösel Hita Torres was recognized as the unmistaken incarnation of Lama Yeshe. He was subsequently enthroned as Tenzin Ösel Rinpoche on March 1987 at Tushita Retreat Centre in Dharamsala, India. Again, the Dalai Lama’s recognition of Lama Ösel, as he came to be known, is ironic, confusing and hypocritical considering the Tibetan leadership’s assertion that those who rely on Dorje Shugden take rebirth in the three lower realms.

H.E. Serkong Dorjechang

A collage of H.E. Serkong Dorjechang’s incarnations

A prominent Dorje Shugden lama, His Eminence Serkong Dorjechang not only authored extensive commentaries on the Tantric deity Heruka Chakrasamvara, but he also wrote extensive confession and propitiation prayers (kangsol) to the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden.

This kangsol forms the basis of the monthly Dorje Shugden puja performed by Gelugpas all over the world.

In it, Serkong Dorjechang not only asserted Dorje Shugden’s true enlightened nature but also made direct references to Dorje Shugden’s previous incarnation as Duldzin Dragpa Gyeltsen.

H.E. the 3rd Serkong Dorjechang

Serkong Dorjechang also referred to Dorje Shugden as the principal Protector of Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings as well as the special Protector of the Gaden Ear-Whispered Lineage, the heart of the Gelug tradition.

The 3^rd Serkong Dorjechang was recognized as the reincarnation of the 2^nd Serkong Dorjechang by His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama during a Kalachakra initiation in Bodhgaya. Yet again, this recognition of the reincarnation of a Dorje Shugden lama was confusing at best and hypocritical at worst, considering the Tibetan leadership’s assertion that all Dorje Shugden practitioners take rebirth in the three lower realms.

H.E. Lati Rinpoche

H.E Lati Rinpoche

One of a very rare class of scholars, saints and practitioners who completed his training in Tibet itself, His Eminence Kyabje Lati Rinpoche not only served as spiritual advisor to H.H. the 14^th Dalai Lama but the Dalai Lama also entrusted him to tutor many of the young Rinpoches of the time.

Lati Rinpoche was a former abbot of Ganden Shartse Monastery, where he would teach, advice and guide the monks long after his abbotship tenure was completed. Hence, this Dorje Shugden lama educated many of the eminent teachers, masters and scholars of today, including the likes of His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche.

And like the thousands of monks of Ganden Shartse Monastery, Lati Rinpoche relied strongly on Dorje Shugden. He was well known to consult Dorje Shugden during the monthly trances held at the Dorje Shugden Protector Chapel in the monastery.

The young reincarnation of Lati Rinpoche with H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama

To say that the 14^th Dalai Lama respected Lati Rinpoche would be an understatement. The Dalai Lama was so fond of Lati Rinpoche that within the Dalai Lama’s personal monastery, Namgyal Monastery in Dharamsala, North India, the Dalai Lama had rooms permanently allocated for Lati Rinpoche’s use. It was a highly unusual occurrence, but it served to reflect their close, personal relationship. And so great was Lati Rinpoche’s contribution to the Buddhadharma that when he entered clear light, the 14^th Dalai Lama immediately composed a prayer for the swift return of Lati Rinpoche’s incarnation.

According to recent information released by Lati Ladrang, the new incarnation of Kyabje Lati Rinpoche has been found in Mustang, Nepal – along the border of Nepal and Tibet. Considering Lati Rinpoche’s well-known reliance on Dorje Shugden and the CTA’s claim that all Dorje Shugden practitioners take rebirth in the three lower realms, the Tibetan leadership’s act of recognizing yet another Shugden lama is very hypocritical.

Venerable Zawa Rinpoche

Ven. Zawa Tulku Rinpoche

In addition to having two prominent Dorje Shugden lamas like Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and Kyabje Zong Rinpoche as his main gurus, Venerable Zawa Geshe Rinpoche received teachings from many high lamas of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, including the practice of Dorje Shugden which he kept all his life.

It is a testament to his accomplishments that many miraculous signs appeared and quite a number of sacred relics were discovered when Zawa Geshe Rinpoche chose to pass into clear light.

In this life, the unmistaken incarnation of Zawa Geshe Rinpoche, Zawa Tulku Rinpoche was recognized again by many yogis and high lamas. This includes the Panglung Oracle when he was in trance of Dorje Shugden. Zawa Tulku Rinpoche was enthroned in an elaborate and large ceremony at Ganden Shartse Monastery in 1997.

H.H. Sharpa Choeje Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Nyima

It is a testament to His Holiness Sharpa Choeje Rinpoche’s attainments and the respect he won that, when he completed not one but two Vajrayogini three-year, three-month, three-day retreats, His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama instructed him to become the Abbot of Ganden Shartse Monastery.

This was after he had already completed a tenureship as Abbot of Gyuto Tantric College. Later, Kensur Jetsun Lobsang Nyima Rinpoche ascended to the throne of Sharpa Choeje, ‘Lord of the East’. This put him in line to become the next Gaden Tripa, the Throneholder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism considered to be Lama Tsongkhapa’s representative on this earth.

The young incarnation of H.H. Sharpa Choeje Jetsun Lobsang Nyima

Being a devoted student of H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, it is no surprise that Sharpa Choeje Jetsun Lobsang Nyima faithfully propitiated Dorje Shugden.

What is surprising however, is that both Dorje Shugden and His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama have confirmed the same candidate as the unmistaken incarnation of Sharpa Choeje Rinpoche. It is surprising considering the Tibetan leadership’s false assertion that those who rely on Dorje Shugden will take rebirth in the three lower realms.

H.H. the 10th Panchen Lama Lobsang Trinley Lhundrub Chokyi Gyaltsen

H.H. the 10th Panchen Lama

It is common knowledge that in his great omniscience, His Holiness the 10^th Panchen Lama held Dorje Shugden as a principal Dharma Protector of his lineage. In fact, at his monastic seat of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, he would personally propitiate Dorje Shugden together with the other Protectors of Tashi Lhunpo. Tashi Lhunpo itself has a special temple and chapel dedicated to the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. Every day, special pujas, rites and rituals propitiating Dorje Shugden’s blessings are conducted by senior monks, as they have been for decades already.

The 10^th Panchen Lama wrote extensively, and his works have been compiled into various volumes known collectively as a sungbum (collected works). Contained within the Panchen Lama’s sungbum are extensive prayers that the Panchen Lama himself composed to propitiate Dorje Shugden’s blessings. Had Dorje Shugden been a minor Protector, or an insignificant practice, a lama of the Panchen Lama’s caliber would not have dedicated so many pages of his sungbum to the propitiation of Dorje Shugden.

H.H. the 11th Panchen Lama Gyaincain Norbu

On 29 November 1995, His Holiness the 11^th Panchen Lama Jetsun Lobsang Jampa Lhundrub Chokyi Gyalpo Pelsangpo was recognized and was enthroned in Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, Tibet on 8 December of that same year. He was selected using the Golden Urn Method, which had also been used for recognizing the 11^th Dalai Lama and His Holiness the 8^th Panchen Lama.

The Tibetan leadership have proposed their own candidate for the seat of the 11^th Panchen Lama. Their insistence on a candidate is confusing considering the 10^th Panchen Lama clearly worshipped Dorje Shugden and therefore, according to the CTA’s own claim, there should not be an 11^th Panchen Lama at all. Therefore, their own action of recognizing a Panchen Lama candidate contradicts what they claim to be true about Dorje Shugden.

Click here to download His Holiness the 10^th Panchen Lama’s sungbum

Conclusion

It is clearly evident from the above that;

All these erudite enlightened masters had unshakable faith in the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden and were committed proponents of the Protector’s practice
All of them are irrefutable masters of both Sutra and Tantra of impeccable standing and unstained reputation
All their reincarnations were either found, confirmed, recognized and/or enthroned by highly learned and accomplished masters with the same irrefutable attainments and qualities

Thus, if Dorje Shugden was really an evil spirit, it should be impossible for any one of the above lamas to reincarnate in human form at all given, according to the CTA, that they were doomed to end up in the three lower realms. If Dorje Shugden’s practice really is demon worship that causes people to take rebirth in the three lower realms, then why did His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama confirm and enthrone the reincarnations of Dorje Shugden masters?

At the end of the day:

There is clear evidence of Dorje Shugden lamas returning in perfect human form (and not ending up in the three lower realms) despite their continued propitiation of Dorje Shugden
The actions of the Tibetan leadership are inconsistent, hypocritical and contradictory to their own stance about Dorje Shugden practice
In the absence of clear proof, the Tibetan leadership has no solid justification to ban Dorje Shugden practice. In recognizing the reincarnation of any Dorje Shugden lama, they themselves undermine and invalidate one of the reasons they gave to ban the practice
For Dorje Shugden practitioners, there is no contradiction in their behavior – Dorje Shugden practitioners believe Dorje Shugden is an enlightened being and thus, his practice will not send practitioners to the three lower realms. As a result, there is no conflict in recognizing any reincarnations.

Thus, it is plain to see that the Tibetan leadership’s false assertions damning Dorje Shugden as an evil spirt just does not add up. But then again, considering the ban has always been based on politically-motivated trumped-up charges, is it any surprise that yet again, the Tibetan leadership’s behavior is proven to be hypocritical and their reasons for the ban proven to be wrong? No, there is absolutely no surprise at all.

Read about many more great masters who have relied on Dorje Shugden throughout the ages:
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A Tribute to Ven. Lama Yeshe Rinpoche

admin — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:54:25 +0000

If one thinks of the lamas who were influential in bringing Dharma to the West in the 1970s, one of the first names to come to mind is that of Lama Thubten Yeshe.

Lama Yeshe (left) with his disciples Lama Zopa Rinpoche (right) and Zina Rachevsky (center). Lama Yeshe was instrumental in bringing Dharma to the West

Lama Yeshe, together with his heart son Lama Thubten Zopa and American disciple Zina Rachevsky, founded Kopan Monastery in Nepal, which has since become the nucleus of hundreds of centers worldwide under the banner ‘Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition‘ (FPMT).

This monumental feat of propagating the Buddha’s doctrine to many was accomplished by a pure and “simple” monk who held his vows strong, displayed tremendous devotion to his gurus, and practised Dorje Shugden till the very end of his life.

Biography

The town of Tölung Dechen, Tibet, welcomed this special boy in 1935. At a young age, Lama Thubten Yeshe was recognized by a Kagyu lama renowned for his psychic powers, Nenung Pawo Rinpoche, as the reincarnation of the Abbess of Chi-me Lung Gompa, where nuns lived in accordance with the pure Gelug tradition.

Lama Yeshe is remembered for his extraordinary abilities to elucidate the Buddha’s teachings

As a young boy, he would often spend time in the nunnery’s shrine room, attending ceremonies and religious functions there. He always harbored a strong, deep desire to lead a religious life, and would often beg to join a monastery whenever a member of the sangha came by to visit his family.

At the tender age of six, Lama Yeshe joined Sera Jey Monastic College in Lhasa. He received his novice monk vows at the age of eight from Venerable Purchog Jampa Rinpoche and 20 years later, was ordained as a gelong (fully ordained monk) by H.H. Kyabje Ling Rinpoche.

While at Sera Monastery, Lama Yeshe received the highest tantric initiations, teachings and discourses from esteemed Dorje Shugden lamas such as H.H. Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, and Geshe Rabten Rinpoche.

A loving photo of Geshe Rabten and Lama Yeshe

These included teachings on the Lam-Rim from Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang who was the junior tutor to His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama, instructions on Prajnaparamita, Madhyamika, the Six Yogas of Naropa and Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life amongst others, and the higher tantric initiations of Heruka, Vajrabhairava and Guhyasamaja.

Other great teachers who were influential in Lama Yeshe’s spiritual development during these years were Geshe Ngawang Gedun, Geshe Thubten Wangchuk Rinpoche, and Geshe Lhundrub Sopa Rinpoche.

Lama Yeshe remained in Sera for 19 years, until the age of 25. In 1959, his time in the monastery came to an end when he was forced into exile in India. He continued his studies in the Tibetan settlement camp of Buxar in India, and his erudite and profound learning equipped him with a fully awakened and purified mind. He would later go on to bring great benefits to sentient beings through his propagation of the doctrine. It was also here in Buxar that Lama Yeshe would become the guru of Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.

Geshe Rabten Rinpoche teaching at Lama Yeshe’s Tushita Retreat Centre in 1975. Translating was Gonsar Rinpoche

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Lama Yeshe had a very special guru-disciple relationship with Geshe Rabten Rinpoche, whom he had studied under while in Tibet as well as in Buxar. Renowned for his powers of logic and single minded concentration, Geshe Rabten Rinpoche played a huge role in Lama Yeshe’s spiritual development and education.

Lama Thubten Yeshe with heart disciple, Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Similarly, Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche was a disciple of Geshe Rabten Rinpoche, and was entrusted to the care of Lama Yeshe when he was a young boy. As Lama Zopa received extensive instructions and teachings from Lama Yeshe, his disciples wished for this relationship to be formalized. They consulted H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche on this matter and it was done soon after. Lama Zopa would remain loyally by Lama Yeshe’s side until the end of his teacher’s life.

During their time together, Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa propagated the lineage far and wide, first with the founding of Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1969. Kopan Monastery attracted many students from the West, and provided a place for them to practice the Dharma, meditate and eventually take on ordination vows. Over the years, Lama Yeshe’s organization eventually grew into a worldwide network of Buddhist centers under the banner of the FPMT.

Lama Yeshe often attributed his success to the blessings of his teachers and his Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden, and was known to have strongly relied on Dorje Shugden for FPMT’s growth. For instance, according to Lama Zopa, Lama Yeshe would always begin each course at Kopan Monastery with a Dorje Shugden kangsol.

Lama Yeshe relied and practiced Dorje Shugden till the very end of his life. In this photo, he is seen engaging in a puja with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, with a Dorje Shugden thangka in the background

Passing and Reincarnation

Lama Yeshe gave his all to propagating the lineage and imparting knowledge to his students right up until his passing in 1984 at the age of 49. He is especially remembered for his remarkable achievements in single-handedly surpassing geographical boundaries and greatly contributing to the flourishing of Dharma in the West for more than a decade.

Not long after his passing, Ösel Hita Torres was born in Spain in 1985 to students of Lama Yeshe and was later recognized as his unmistaken incarnation by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1986. He was enthroned in March 1987 at Tushita Retreat Center in Dharamsala, India.

All of us at DorjeShugden.com make this virtual offering of a butterlamp to the incomparable master Lama Yeshe, requesting his incarnation Lama Osel to remain for another 1,000 years to continue turning the wheel of Dharma and benefiting countless beings.

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The importance of clearing the lamas’ names

admin — Sun, 22 May 2016 14:20:18 +0000

Protests against the Dorje Shugden ban have been going on all over the world since the ban was first enforced in 1996. As a result, more focus and resources have been directed to the Dorje Shugden issue, which could otherwise be spent on the preservation of Tsongkhapa’s tradition

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 for the religious freedom of four million Dorje Shugden practitioners by meditating on the importance of clearing Dorje Shugden and the Shugden lamas’ reputation.

FOR THOSE WHO NEED ASSISTANCE

You might ask, he’s an enlightened being so why do we need to stand up for him and the practice? While Dorje Shugden may be an enlightened being, the people who need him the most are not. They have their karma to deal with, and this karma manifests as obstacles which prevents them from connecting with and easily accessing Dorje Shugden’s help.

One of the biggest obstacles – in fact, the biggest obstacle – is the ban against Dorje Shugden. The ban and the resulting negative propaganda from the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) have led many people to develop wrong view about Dorje Shugden’s nature. As a result, although they would benefit from a connection with Dorje Shugden, they are unable to connect with him because the CTA has poisoned their view of him.

When they hold this wrong view of him, they actively avoid a deity who has been promised to be the Dharma Protector of our times, with the closest karmic connection to beings of this time period. This promise was made by Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, who made a similar promise regarding the efficacy of Vajrayogini’s practice, one which is believed by Gelugs all over the world. If the promise regarding Vajrayogini is commonly believed, why not this promise regarding Dorje Shugden? It is a sad affair indeed that practitioners may miss the opportunity to connect with Dorje Shugden as a result of the ban.

The importance of clearing the Dorje Shugden lamas’ names is also significant in the question of gaining attainments in tantric practice. In tantric practices, the prayers start with the dissolution of the lineage lamas and their blessings, beginning with the originating lama into the next lineage holder and so on, down to our guru from whom we received the practice. At this point, when the blessings are the most potent, our guru who embodies all of the attainments of the lineage lamas before him dissolves into us.

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Penpa Tsering, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile and former Sikyong candidate, defames Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche

Many of the lineage holders of the tantric practices today just so happen to have relied upon Dorje Shugden as well, for example His Holiness Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche or His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche. Thanks to the encouragement of the Tibetan leadership, many of these lineage holders have been belittled and wrong view has been developed about them. When we develop wrong view of any of the lineage lamas, that pathway of one lama dissolving into another is interrupted. It is therefore even more disturbing that as a result of this wrong view of Dorje Shugden and the lineage lamas, practitioners cut off the blessings and attainments they receive from their practices when they belittle the very vessel of attainments – the lineage lamas themselves. Thus it is important to clear the names of the lineage lamas, for the sake of gaining attainments from one’s tantric practice.

However, the lamas who would be able to clear this wrong view are not given the opportunity to do so. They are labelled as anti-Tibetan and, more dangerously, anti-Dalai Lama and people are encouraged to direct violence and vulgarities at them.

His Eminence Kyabje Dagom Rinpoche, a prominent Dorje Shugden lama whose premature and untimely death is said to have been caused by the CTA poisoning him.

Therefore not only have the CTA poisoned people’s view of Dorje Shugden, but they have also poisoned the public’s view of lamas who rely on Dorje Shugden. Karmically and spiritually, this wrong view is dangerous because the lamas that the CTA targets are attained and have become one with their yidams (meditational deities). This is evidenced by the scope and scale of their works. Some lamas, for example Guru Deva Rinpoche, were instrumental in the reestablishment of the Tibetan Buddhist faith in exile where their monumental financial contributions allowed for monasteries to be built to house the monks and develop a new home for the Dharma. Similarly, the teachings would not have flourished in exile without the erudite scholarship of lamas like His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, His Eminence Dagom Rinpoche, His Eminence Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche, Geshe Rabten, Geshe Thubten Trinley, Geshe Tsultrim Tenzin, and the thousands of monks who subsequently became geshes and Dharma teachers thanks to their extensive teachings.

Therefore if developing wrong view of enlightened beings results in heavy negative karma, what more is there to say about directing violence, vulgarities and curses towards beings like these who have massively benefited sentient beings as a result of their works?

Working to clean the name of our lamas is not only a practice of compassion to connect people with Manjushri, but also a practice of compassion for anti-Shugden people to stop them from accumulating heavy negative karma when they denigrate and degrade qualified teachers and enlightened beings. Working to clear the name of lamas who rely on Dorje Shugden is also a practice of compassion to end the pain of families torn apart by this needless controversy, as well as teachers and students who are forced to separate, remain distant and break their samaya due to their differing approaches to Dorje Shugden practice.

FROM THE SIDE OF THE LAMAS

The ban, being illegal and undemocratic, creates unnecessary obstacles and difficulties for these lamas and their reincarnations to continue their work.

The unassuming public may wonder why so much focus is placed on Dorje Shugden. It is important to remember that this focus on Dorje Shugden is actually a very recent development. Until the ban was enforced twenty years ago, these lamas were teaching and promoting Lama Tsongkhapa’s pure lineage, without any particular focus on Dorje Shugden.

The focus these days is on Dorje Shugden because of the ban by the Tibetan leadership; under any other circumstances, the same energy and resources would have been used to promote other deities in the Buddhist pantheon. As a direct result of the ban however, Dorje Shugden lamas are unable to do this freely due to the stigma that hangs over their centers and monasteries. Potential students and sponsors avoid Shugden-reliant monasteries and Dharma centers, erroneously believing them to be places of demon worship. In the best case scenario, they may go to another center to receive teachings from another lama or lineage; in the worst case scenario, with no other centers nearby, they may not seek out another Dharma center and in fact, not become Buddhist at all and benefit from Shakyamuni’s teachings.

This is just a small handful of the great masters who have relied on Dorje Shugden. Thanks to the ban on Dorje Shugden, their reputations are stained despite their immense works to preserve Lama Tsongkhapa’s lineage and their current reincarnations face many obstacles in continuing this work. Click to enlarge.

What is more, Dorje Shugden lamas are shunned and their educations are interrupted because of their refusal to give up the practice; to this day, geshes who rely on Dorje Shugden do not have a tantric college to attend because their refusal to give up Dorje Shugden practice bars them from entering Gyuto and Gyume Tantric Colleges (as is tradition after their geshe conferment ceremonies in Gaden, Sera and Drepung).

This situation has compelled Gelug practitioners to focus on Dorje Shugden and focus on clearing his name and that of the lamas who rely on him, because the ban stains their reputations which in turn hinders the growth of the entirety of Tsongkhapa’s tradition. The ban ostracizes, marginalizes and disregards an entire group of teachers who would otherwise be able to teach freely. As a direct result of the ban therefore, more resources are put into fighting to clear the lamas’ names, which could otherwise be redirected towards promoting the entirety of Tsongkhapa’s lineage itself. This points itself to the ultimate importance of clearing the reputations of the Shugden lamas – no matter how hard we work at our monasteries and Dharma centers, our lamas’ activities will never reach fruition and its full potential so as long as the stigma of being Shugden practitioners hangs over their heads.

Kyabje Trijang Dorjechang taught tirelessly, giving countless teachings and initiations to hundreds of thousands of monks, nuns and lay people.

Using His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Dorjechang as an example, the Dorje Shugden ban has tarnished his name in the eyes of many practitioners despite the vast contributions he has made to Tibetan society. Anti-Shugden Tibetans have forgotten that he composed their national anthem, or that he was one of the first principals of the Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV) School and was therefore responsible for their secular education. Many have also forgotten his innumerable works to reestablish the medical system in exile, rediscovering doctors of Tibetan medicine like the famed Dr Dolma who might have otherwise continued to languish in building roads instead of utilizing her invaluable medical skills.

Anti-Shugden Tibetans have forgotten that Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, the teacher of teacher, educated thousands of monks who later became the geshes that we receive teachings from up to this day. It would not be untrue to say that virtually every great Gelug master and teacher in the world today has received teachings and initiations from Trijang Rinpoche. After going into exile, Trijang Rinpoche taught tirelessly, giving numerous teachings, empowerments and transmissions. Tibetan Buddhism in general, and the Gelug lineage specifically, owes a huge debt of gratitude towards this accomplished master and lineage holder for preserving the the teachings in this manner.

Most of all, the anti-Shugden group have forgotten that Kyabje Trijang Dorjechang was one of the tutors of their leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama learned half of everything he knows and teaches today from this great master. As a secular leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has become the statesman that he is thanks to Trijang Rinpoche who was known for being extremely politically astute. Anti-Shugden Tibetans forget that after 1959, Trijang Rinpoche played a vital role in outlining the basic structure of the Tibetan Government in Exile (TGIE).

As a spiritual leader, half of the Dalai Lama’s knowledge, learning and empowerments which he now passes on to others came from Trijang Rinpoche. Anti-Shugden people forget this when they receive teachings from the Dalai Lama, while disparaging Trijang Rinpoche’s name on the same breath.

Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche received a warm welcome during his teaching visit to Mongolia in 2014. A few months later, it was followed by a speech from the Tibetan leadership designed to dampen Mongolian enthusiasm and faith in Trijang Rinpoche’s works, and create opposition for any future visits.

Thanks to the ban, Kyabje Trijang Dorjechang’s name continues to be stained as a devil worshipper and his current incarnation, Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche carries and is a target of this ‘stigma’. When Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche taught in Mongolia in 2014, his visit there was swiftly followed by a speech from His Holiness the Dalai Lama to 600 Mongolians in Dharamsala. The Dalai Lama spoke about the failure of his own teacher, the previous Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche in giving up Dorje Shugden practice. It was clearly an attempt by Dharamsala to stop Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche’s rise in influence among the Mongolians, and create opposition for any planned future visits to Mongolia.

We do not even have to mention the thousands of other lamas who cannot travel and teach freely, for example His Holiness Kyabje Yongyal Rinpoche who was prevented from entering India. At Bangalore Airport, and despite having all of the necessary paperwork, Yongyal Rinpoche was detained and prevented from traveling onwards to Serpom Monastery where he was due to give teachings and initiations. Need we mention Kyabje Zemey Rinpoche, who manifested a stroke after the publication of the Yellow Book and did not speak for the rest of his life? The publication of the Yellow Book, and the subsequently severe ostracization for being supposedly anti-Dalai Lama, resulted in the ‘loss’ of a lama of such high caliber that he educated and created translators such as Thupten Jinpa, who now translates for the Dalai Lama.

Kyabje Zemey Rinpoche (highlighted in red) with His Holiness the Dalai Lama (front row, seated, center). When the Dalai Lama visited China in the 1950s, Zemey Rinpoche was one of the esteemed masters that the Dalai Lama invited to follow him. This close relationship was destroyed after the accidental publication of the Yellow Book, which led to Zemey Rinpoche being labelled and ostracized as anti-Dalai Lama.

To this day, Gangchen Rinpoche continues to face challenges and opposition from other Tibetan Buddhist organisations throughout Italy who report him to the Italian Buddhist Association for being supposedly anti-Dalai Lama and pro-China. His student, Claudio Cipullo who helped to start Kopan Monastery in Nepal and Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Italy, is no longer welcomed at the very places he helped to established because he refused to give up Dorje Shugden practice. In Singapore and Malaysia, lamas like Tsem Rinpoche are targeted by local organizations who have self-appointed themselves as the police of Buddhist practitioners in their respective countries.

ETHICALLY SPEAKING

The worldwide implications of the ban on Dorje Shugden therefore compels us to consider that clearing the name of Dorje Shugden lamas is a matter of ethics. The inability of these lamas to teach and travel freely is an imposition and restriction on their religious freedom, and the ban contradicts every principle of democracy in the countries where Tibetans in exile have been given refuge – India, the United States, Canada, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Germany, just to name a few. In these modern democratic nations, it is illegal, unfair and unethical to marginalize people based on their religious faith and beliefs.

In today’s culture of fear, would FPMT still invite His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche (a Dorje Shugden lama) to perform the cremation rites for their founder and teacher, Lama Yeshe (another Dorje Shugden lama)? Or would they shun their founder altogether, since he was a Dorje Shugden lama?

It is also an imposition and restriction on Buddhist practitioners who wish to receive teachings from particular lamas, but are unable to do so because they carry the ‘stigma’ of being Dorje Shugden practitioners. Clearing the name of the Dorje Shugden lamas will lift the cloud of suspicion that has hung over all teacher-student interactions in the Tibetan Buddhist world since the ban was enforced in 1996. This culture of fear, which harkens back to a kind of Cold War-era style of spying where people are afraid to be associated with Dorje Shugden practitioners, is not a healthy manner of existence. The restrictions and subsequent stigmatization of Shugden lamas are a complete antithesis to the aim of Buddhism which is ultimate liberation and freedom.

As a matter of spiritual ethics, practitioners who have sogtae (life entrustment of Dorje Shugden) made a commitment to hold Dorje Shugden as their Protector until they achieve Bodhicitta. More importantly, they made a commitment to their lama to maintain the practice. If the practice is being stamped out in the form of the illegal ban on Dorje Shugden, some practitioners may feel that it is their responsibility to keep it alive by clearing their Protector’s names, and to stop the ongoing belittlement of their tantric masters.

CONCLUSION

All of the difficulties that Dorje Shugden lamas face are a direct result of the ban, and nothing else. The ban stains their reputations which in turn hinders the growth of the entirety of Tsongkhapa’s tradition, because they are unable to teach and travel freely. Hence lifting the ban on Dorje Shugden and clearing the name of the Shugden lamas is not just a matter of secular importance but of religious importance too. If Tibetan Buddhists are serious about keeping the Gelug lineage alive, it is their spiritual imperative to work towards the lifting of the ban so that a sector of Gelug lamas can join all of the other non-Shugden lamas in freely preserving the lineage.

Because the ban is so intrinsically linked with His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s image, one day in the far future when His Holiness is no longer with us, the ban will become less relevant and over time, the strength of feeling over the ban will fade. This is something anti-Shugden supporters of the Tibetan leadership must seriously consider if their real motivation is to preserve Tibetan Buddhist teachings. Ultimately, Dorje Shugden as an enlightened being will outlast any man-made ban against him, making it futile to suppress his name, his practice and his proponents when it appears that the only result of doing so is the slow destruction of Lama Tsongkhapa’s tradition.

Lama Yeshe’s Cremation

admin — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 18:17:16 +0000

Lama Thubten Yeshe, the founder of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) who relied on Dorje Shugden for the growth of his organisation

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 junior tutor of the 14th Dalai Lama. He is renowned for being a sharp analyst and a powerful master of philosophical debate, as well as a great tantric practitioner. He was also the Abbot of Ganden Shartse monastery. Known as an emanation of Heruka, Zong Rinpoche was one of the most erudite mahasiddha masters of our time.

His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche was the guru of many great erudite masters of the Gelug School. In this picture, Zong Rinpoche is seated with eminent and highly realized students. From left to right: Kyabje Kensur Lati Rinpoche, Sokpa Kensur Rinpoche, (His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche), Kari Kensur Rinpoche, Gyuto Kensur Rinpoche and His Eminence Sharpa Choeje Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Nyima. All these highly erudite masters of sutra and tantra are from Gaden Shartse Monastery.

To have Zong Rinpoche journey to perform the entire cremation ceremony for Lama Yeshe is a big deal and great honour. It goes to show how close of a relationship Lama Yeshe had with Zong Rinpoche, and his clean samaya with his guru. In actuality someone like Lama Yeshe did not need pujas or prayers performed for his fortunate rebirth as he was highly attained and can control both his death and rebirth. Instead the pujas were performed more so for the students, in order to collect tremendous amounts of merit, to ensure that they will be able to reconnect again with their Lama in his next incarnation. The illustrious Zong Rinpoche was called upon to do this to help ensure that FPMT’s students will be able to find and recognise their Lama’s new incarnation so that he can continue turning the wheel of dharma in FPMT. As we all know Zong Rinpoche was a Dorje Shugden practitioner and we also know that Lama Yeshe was a devoted and loyal student of Zong Rinpoche. We are also aware of the fact that Lama Yeshe relied tremendously on Dorje Shugden till the very end. Therefore it is very unbecoming of Lama Zopa and FPMT to be so easily swayed to give up their guru and the Dorje Shugden practice he so compassionately bestowed in order to be seen as politically correct. It would seem that FPMT no longer has guru devotion towards their founding lama, nor gratitude for the kindness shown to them by Zong Rinpoche, during such a crucial time for their entire organisation. To disregard this on top of discriminating Dorje Shugden practitioners simply to be seen as politically correct, make FPMT look rather hypocritical.

Brief Bio on Lama Yeshe

In 1935 Lama Thubten Yeshe was born in the town of Tölung Dechen in Tibet. Even from a very young age Lama Yeshe was attracted to the Dharma and whenever a monk would visit his home, he would always beg to leave with the monk and join the monastery. At the age of six, Lama Yeshe joined Sera Je Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet and at the age of eight, Lama Yeshe was ordained as a novice monk by Venerable Purchog Jampa Rinpoche. Then at age 28, Lama Yeshe was fully ordained as a monk and received his ordination from Kyabje Ling Dorje Chang. While in Sera Je Monastery, Lama Yeshe received the teachings of both sutra and tantra from a long line of erudite masters such as Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, Drag-ri Dorje-chang Rinpoche, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, Lhatzün Dorje-chang Rinpoche and many other highly attained Lamas. Lama Yeshe’s spiritual development was also guided by Geshe Thubten Wangchug Rinpoche, Geshe Lhundrub Sopa Rinpoche, Geshe Rabten and Geshe Ngawang Gedun. It was when Lama Yeshe was in India that his teacher, Geshe Rabten entrusted him to care for a younger monk; Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpocheand this marked the beginning of a very strong relationship in which the two would work together to bring Buddhism to the west. Lama Yeshe together with his close disciple Lama Zopa, left India in 1967 and made their way up to Nepal. Within a very short span of time, two years, Lama Yeshe established Kopan Monastery, in Kathmandu. This is how it all began and from where Lama Yeshe started spreading Buddhism among the westerners who visited Nepal. They first began with an annual ‘One-Month Meditation Course’ held in Kopan.

Kopan Monastery, in Kathmandu.

Seeing that there was a demand from their western students, both Lamas decided to open a sister centre to be used for retreats. In 1972, Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa along with a few of their western students, bought an old colonial house on a hill in Himachal Pradesh, and started Tushita Retreat Centre. It was later renamed Tushita Meditation Centre. By 1974, both Lamas started their annual teaching tours to the West. Due to Lama Yeshe’s unconventional style of teaching, he became very popular and relatable to westerners and as a result he attracted many new spiritual seekers. This created a worldwide network of Buddhist centres and from here grew the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). Today FPMT is one of the largest network of Tibetan Buddhist Dharma centres in the world. It is a known fact that Lama Yeshestrongly relied on Dorje Shugden throughout his entire journey and especially for FPMT’s growth and success. Lama Zopa said that Lama Yeshe would never begin a Kopan course without a puja to propitiate the blessings of his Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden.

Lama Yeshe’s Passing

Everyone who knew Lama Yeshe knew that “he had a bad heart.” Yet it was only in November last year that they realized there was a serious danger to his life. A letter signed by three of his close students written on November 12th from Kopan Monastery in Nepal and addressed to all FPMT centre directors reported that the observations of both Lumbum Rinpoche of Swayambhu, Nepal, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche indicated that “Lama will pass away within a year unless he takes time to do a long serious retreat and unless disharmony and division cease.” And Lama had agreed to accept a full long-life puja at Kopan at New Year— the very day he eventually passed away. From: http://www.lamayeshe.com/article/tribute-lama-yeshe-1935-1984

Quote: “unless disharmony and division cease.” This goes to show that highly realised Lamas can control their body, however it is the lack of merits from the side of the students that causes them to ‘leave’ their bodies, manifesting sickness and death. It seems that the students of FPMT were not in harmony and within themselves created factions. This seems to be the very same culture FPMT members bring forth in discriminating Dorje Shugden practitioners. Now we have an understanding as to the kind of people that are behind FPMT. In 1986 Ösel Hita Torres was recognised as Tenzin Ösel Rinpoche. He was the 5th son of one of Lama Yeshe’s students; María Torres and Francisco Hita. He was only a little over a year old when His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama confirmed Lama Zopa’s observations that Tenzin Ösel was indeed the unmistaken reincarnation of Lama Yeshe.

Lama Yeshe and Zong Rinpoche

The great devotion Lama Yeshe had for H.H. Kyabje Zong Dorje Chang can be seen in this picture. Lama Yeshe on the right, Lama Zopa on the left, and of course in the centre is the illustrious Kyabje Zong Dorje Chang.

The closeness and great devotion Lama Yeshe had for his root Guru Zong Rinpoche is remarkable and admirable. Lama Yeshe was the first lama to invite the great Zong Rinpoche to the West. Zong Rinpoche turned the wheel of Dharma for so many of Lama Yeshe’s students. Vast explanations, commentaries, oral transmissions, initiations, ritual instructions, and of course Dorje Shugden life-entrustments were conferred to many of Lama Yeshe’s students. Hence some of them would also be considered Zong Rinpoche’s students. Zong Rinpoche is the lineage lama of so many great and current tulkus and geshes who are teaching around the world. The lineage that Lama Yeshe practiced is exactly that of Zong Rinpoche. Lama Yeshe kept his guru samaya to Zong Rinpoche fully intact till the day he passed into clear light. Lama Yeshe also kept all the practices passed on to him by Zong Rinpoche and this includes Dorje Shugden practice. Lama Yeshe was a Dorje Shugden practitioner till the very end. He is the perfect example of a humble and loyal student and also a sublime teacher to his own students.

Lama Yeshe was a Dorje Shugden practitioner till the very end. In this picture Lama Yeshe (far right) and Lama Zopa (second from the right) engage in a puja in front of a Dorje Shugden thangka. Lama Yeshe’s faith in Dorje Shugden is undeniable.

It is indeed a great pity to witness such admirable guru devotion exemplified by Lama Yeshe towards his Guru, Zong Rinpoche, not being emulated by his students. On top of that Lama Zopa discarded the practice of Dorje Shugden, the very Protector that helped FPMT grow and the very Protector that his guru Lama Yeshe held close to his heart. Below are extracted details of how Zong Rinpoche patiently and compassionately gave His time to advise FPMT on what they should do during the passing of their great teacher Lama Yeshe. From reading this, you’ll be able to grasp the amount of care and work Zong Rinpoche did for Lama Yeshe and FPMT.

Throughout the entire period of Lama Yeshe’s illness, Lama Zopa was in communication via phone with Kyabje Zong Rinpoche in Switzerland as to when and how to act for Lama Yeshe’s benefit.
As the days passed, Lama Yeshe’s paralysis seemed to improve. However, his overall condition was weakening. Zong Rinpoche was consulted about whether or not Lama Yeshe should return to hospital. He advised that, no, Lama Yeshe should stay at home for the time being, and that he himself would come to see Lama Yeshe soon.
Zong Rinpoche arrived from Switzerland on February 20th and stayed with Lama Yeshe for three days. He performed many pujas and gave Lama Yeshe some initiations. By the 26th, however, three days after Zong Rinpoche had left, Lama Yeshe worsened.
During the night, Rinpoche left the room to make phone calls. One was to request Zong Rinpoche again to come to California from Switzerland, this time to oversee the cremation of Lama’s body. Later, when he heard that he would come, he smiled and said, ‘It will be good for the students.’
After the talk, an all-day Heruka puja and self-initiation started. John Jackson and others, with the supervision of Zong Rinpoche, began work on the stupa in which Lama Yeshe’s body would be burned. The site chosen was a clearing on a ridge, five minutes’ walk up from the gompa, which had a spectacular view of miles of forest and the smell of the unseen ocean beyond.
They worked all day and into the night, mixing concrete, laying bricks, chopping wood. There were no precise measurements to go by, but Zong Rinpoche knew what he wanted and would say when things were not right.
The Yamantaka fire puja commenced. The mountain of offerings slowly diminished as the ingredients were handed to Zong Rinpoche who in turn handed them to Chuck Thomas and others who offered them to the fire. The puja lasted three hours. Throughout, a deep stillness, a composure, a sense of the unexpressed grief, pervaded, and the only sound to be heard above the chanting was the blazing of the powerful fire.
By Friday, many people had left. In the afternoon Zong Rinpoche gave a Heruka Vajrasattva initiation and talked briefly. He, like the other lamas, stressed harmony. ‘We are all very good relatives.’ he said. ‘Loving each other is the most important thing.’
Kyabje Zong Rinpoche was bade farewell — for what would be the last time — at the airport on Saturday, when he returned to Switzerland. That night Lama Zopa invited people to Lama’s house for a Lama Chöpa puja. The room was packed. The ocean pounded just outside the windows. It was good to be there in that house that Lama Yeshe had loved. The puja, sung in English, was intense and heartfelt. It was seven days since Lama Yeshe’s death.
Lama Yeshe’s relics, once consecrated by Zong Rinpoche in Switzerland, were divided up and sent to each of the centres, where they were received with great respect and ritual — ‘as if you were receiving Lama himself,’ Rinpoche had advised.

Here are a few questions we would like to ask FPMT based on the fact that they claim Dorje Shugden is a demon, and that anyone who practices Dorje Shugden is considered wrong, tainted and invalid. We have provided some answers based on logical analysis of the the situation based on their own logic that Dorje Shugden practice is indeed wrong.

Questions & Answers

1) Zong Rinpoche was a Dorje Shugden practitioner. Would a puja performed by Zong Rinpoche be effective since he was a Dorje Shugden practitioner? Answer: Zong Rinpoche was well recognised to be a high lama with clear attainments. A famous story that has been told many times is how Zong Rinpoche performed a Dorje Shugden repelling puja to stop the bombardment of Gaden monastery by the Chinese army. As the story goes, the monasteries were being shelled by Chinese cannons and there were still quite a few old and sick monks inside who had not escaped and were in great peril under the Chinese attack. Zong Rinpoche was seen retreating into his chambers to perform the repelling puja during which many eye witnesses saw lights emitting form his chambers and hit the Chinese encampment causing a minor earthquake and damage to the cannons. This delayed the bombardment long enough for the remaining monks in the monastery to leave safely. This clearly illustrates the power and effectiveness of Zong Rinpoche’s pujas. Such power and omniscience as shown by Zong Rinpoche cannot be rendered void by the decree of any government. To suggest this is to say that the power of a secular government is more potent than the power of the Buddhas. 2) FPMT performed a traditional cremation for Lama Yeshe, even inviting the great Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, who oversaw every detail. The purpose of this was to generate great merit and create the causes for the Lama to return and continue the lineage and his works. Since this is the case, why did FPMT stop propitiating Dorje Shugden, who was Lama Yeshe’s Dharma protector and a practice he relied on? Why do they insist the practice is invalid? Is FPMT being selective in promoting lineages that are politically correct? Answer: Lama Yeshe’s incarnation has returned as Lama Ösel, but FPMT forbids the Dorje Shugden practice. Perhaps the reason why Lama Ösel has not manifested as a great teacher that we know him to be, is due to the lack of merits on the side of FMPT, most obviously caused by their students breaking their commitments to Lama Yeshe. Lama Yeshe’s main protector whom Lama Yeshe and FPMT relied on, has now been banned in order to remain politically correct, as it is ‘very important to support His Holiness and to fulfil His Holiness’ wishes’. This is a blatant disregard of the guru by students who have received the empowerment or commitment to practice Dorje Shugden. A student cannot stop a practice given unless they have received the permission from the teacher who initially gave the practice and commitment. Failing to do so, the students break their commitments or samaya. As Lama Yeshe has entered clear light, none of the students who have received the practice of Dorje Shugden can stop doing this practice, without breaking their commitments. Once we have made a Dharma connection with a teacher, we cannot give up this relationship unless the teacher himself has consented. This would mean that FPMT is causing the students to break their commitments or samaya with Lama Yeshe by stopping the students from practising Dorje Shugden, in order for FPMT to be seen as an organisation that supports the Dalai Lama. 3) Since Zong Rinpoche is considered tainted due to his practice of Dorje Shugden, shouldn’t FPMT redo the entire funeral for Lama Yeshe, as it was performed by a Dorje Shugden practitioner? Answer: If we believe that a high lama can be tainted due to his practice of Dorje Shugden, then we are undermining the wisdom of high lamas who can differentiate between a Buddha and a demon. If we believe that Zong Rinpoche and other lamas are tainted due to the practice of Dorje Shugden, then definitely FPMT should redo the entire funeral for Lama Yeshe. This is because it would mean that Zong Rinpoche’s prayers, pujas and rituals for Lama Yeshe would be tainted and invalid. It would mean it has no effect as Zong Rinpoche would have broken his refuge vows, seeing that he is considered a demon worshipper. In light of this, there would be no validity in recognising the current incarnation of Lama Yeshe – Lama Ösel – as lest we forget, Lama Yeshe himself was a Shugden practitioner and his last rites were performed by a Shugden lama. However, as Zong Rinpoche and most of the esteemed lamas of the Gelugpa lineage are students of Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, it would be difficult to find a lama who is not tainted. If we go along this line of reason and logic, it would mean 90% of Gelug Lamas today would all be tainted, therefore there is no reason to follow any Lama as all their practices and attainments become invalid. 4) The reincarnation of Lama Yeshe has returned in the form of Lama Ösel. Lama Ösel was recognised by Dorje Shugden in trance of an oracle and also the Dalai Lama. Why would the Dalai Lama recognise someone also confirmed by Dorje Shugden, if Dorje Shugden was not an enlightened being? Answer: The fact that Lama Yeshe‘s reincarnation has returned is in itself proof that Dorje Shugden is not a demon as he is maligned to be. Lama Yeshe was a very well-known Dorje Shugden practitioner who propitiated the Protector till his last breath, and whose funeral rites were performed by Zong Rinpoche, another well-known Shugden lama. If the lies about Dorje Shugden are correct, then Lama Yeshe would not be able to take rebirth as a human and should instead have gone to the lower realms for worshipping a demon and corrupting the Dharma. It is as if we are saying that a demon worshipper can take rebirth as a tulku and be recognised by the Dalai Lama who is Avalokiteshvara. This is entirely illogical. To say that would be akin to saying that the laws of karma failed and an evil spirit somehow deceived the Dalai Lama into being recognised as a tulku. However the Dalai Lama is an emanation of Avalokiteshvara and correctly identified Lama Ösel as the reincarnated mind of Lama Yeshe just as Dorje Shugden did. It is saying that an emanation of a Buddha and a supposed demon in trance of an oracle can reach the same conclusion concerning the recognition of a returning tulku. 5) Those against the practice of Dorje Shugden claim that those who propitiate him are demon worshippers and subsequently go to hell. In that case why even conduct rituals for Lama Yeshe, since he was a Dorje Shugden practitioner and therefore would automatically be going to hell? Answer: If we believe that Dorje Shugden worshippers go to hell, then there is no need to conduct rituals, especially for the return of the incarnation as that particular incarnation would actually be born in a hell realm. However, His Holiness the Dalai Lama confirmed Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s observations that Lama Ösel was the unmistaken reincarnation of FPMT’s founder, Lama Yeshe, so do Dorje Shugden practitioners go to hell, or did the Dalai Lama make a mistake in recognising the wrong person as the incarnation? Logically speaking, as His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s attainments are unmistaken, it is clear that Dorje Shugden practitioners DO NOT go to hell. 6) Lama Ösel is the reincarnation of Lama Yeshe’s mindstream. But Lama Yeshe died as a Shugden practitioner. According to FPMT’s criticisms of Shugden practitioners, Lama Yeshe shouldn’t have been reborn in human form. He should have taken rebirth in the three lower realms. So who is Lama Ösel? Is he the real Lama Yeshe? If he is the real Lama Yeshe, then FPMT shouldn’t be supporting Lama Ösel because Lama Ösel is of the same mindstream as Lama Yeshe, who practiced Dorje Shugden. Answer: If Dorje Shugden is evil then Lama Yeshe worshipped evil. Against all odds, if this practitioner of an demon managed to reincarnate as a tulku, then Lama Ösel is the reincarnation of a worshipper of a demon. If that is correct then FPMT is associating themselves with a demon worshipper who could destroy the works of the FPMT. If the FPMT truly believed that Dorje Shugden was a demon or malicious spirit, they would make all efforts to protect the students of FPMT from Lama Ösel instead of encouraging Lama Ösel to take a bigger role in the organization. FMPT’s actions show that they themselves do not believe the lies told about Dorje Shugden but have decided to behave like they do for reasons which are not spiritual. 7) Why does FMPT continue and propagate practices that were taught by Dorje Shugden practitioners (Lama Yeshe and the lineage gurus), when they are against Dorje Shugden and label it as wrong? If their lineage lamas were wrong about Dorje Shugden doesn’t this also call into question the validity of all their current practices too? Answer: According to the teachings, especially when it comes to tantric Buddhist practices, the most important feature is a genuine, unbroken and pure lineage stemming back to the originating deity of the practice. In the Buddhist path all teachings are necessarily based on refuge in the Three Jewels, this includes not going for refuge to unenlightened beings. As those who oppose Dorje Shugden’s practice claim, he is not an enlightened being but an unenlightened demon. Therefore, those who engage in and propagate his practice have taken refuge in an unenlightened being, and are no longer classed as Buddhist. Any Buddhist practices these people have held are logically negated. Lama Yeshe and the lineage gurus of the FPMT, are according to this logic not Buddhist and their practices are circumspect. These are the very same practices that FPMT preserves, promotes and engages in. By their own logic the very validity of these practices are negated since they trace the lineage through Dorje Shugden practitioners. Following a logical course, from their own standpoint, FPMT shouldn’t be practicing any practices received via Lama Yeshe as he was a staunch Dorje Shugden practitioner. Given this very logical conclusion, they continue their practice, despite stating Dorje Shugden is a demon and so undermining their entire organisation (since it was founded by Lama Yeshe, a Dorje Shugden practitioner) and its corpus of teachings. 8) Why keep hosting www.lamayeshe.com when it seeks to preserve and promote the collected works of Lama Yeshe, who was a tainted demon worshipping monk? Answer: By right FPMT should shut down lamayeshe.com since Lama Yeshe was a Dorje Shugden practitioner, hence considered wrong and tainted. This means that all his teachings are wrong and therefore FPMT would be spreading tainted and mistaken teachings. 9) Why does Lama Zopa continue to teach what he received from Lama Yeshe, or teachings similar to what is presented on www.lamayeshe.com, since these teachings are tainted and therefore flawed? Answer: Lama Zopa should not continue to teach what he received from Lama Yeshe since it is all considered tainted and flawed. When Lama Zopa continues to teach what was taught by Lama Yeshe, this goes to show he either has double standards and is a hypocrite or is pretending to support the ban on Dorje Shugden yet secretly still believes and practices Dorje Shugden. 10) Why does FPMT still have pictures of Kyabje Zong Rinpoche on their website when he is a Dorje Shugden practitioner? Shouldn’t they disassociate from all Shugden practitioners? Answer: By right FPMT should take down the pictures of Zong Rinpoche who to them is considered wrong as he was a Dorje Shugden practitioner, teacher, master. They should disassociate with Zong Rinpoche entirely just like how they disassociate themselves with Shugden practitioners today. By right they should remove all pictures and information on Zong Rinpoche. 11) The entire FPMT was founded by Lama Yeshe. Therefore the organisation was founded by a Dorje Shugden practitioner. What are the implications of this for FPMT given the fact that they are currently against the practice of Dorje Shugden?Answer: Since the FPMT was founded by a Dorje Shugden practitioner, using their own viewpoint which is against Dorje Shugden practitioners, they should actually close down their entire organisation and all of its centres as it is tainted. In fact its whole existence is due to a Dorje Shugden practitioner so according to their viewpoint should be completely wrong and bad. If you follow the logic that anything to do with Dorje Shugden is bad, then FPMT should close down, and those people currently involved should start a NEW organisation. This organisation with brand new centres, should be ‘clean’ and have nothing to do with Dorje Shugden’s practice or practitioners in any way, shape or form. Please watch the video below for the full documented event of Lama Yeshe’s cremation ceremony conducted by the erudite master Kyabje Zong Rinpoche. See the amount of kindness, great compassion, care, and detail Kyabje Zong Rinpoche gave to FPMT.

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Pictures from the Archive of Lama Yeshe’s Cremation Ceremony

Extracted from http://www.lamayeshe.com/gallery/1984-cremation-lama

A photo of Lama Yeshe in Delhi shortly before he was brought to America for treatment for his heart condition. Photo by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

A photo of Zong Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe shortly before Lama’s death, California, 1984. Photo by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

Zong Rinpoche during a cycle of pujas that were done for Lama Yeshe before the formal cremation, Vajrapani Institute, California, 1984. Photo by Ricardo de Aratanha.

A cycle of pujas were done for Lama Yeshe before the formal cremation, Vajrapani Institute, California, 1984. Photo by Ricardo de Aratanha.

Zong Rinpoche during a cycle of pujas that were done for Lama Yeshe before the formal cremation, Vajrapani Institute, California, 1984. Photo by Ricardo de Aratanha.

A cycle of pujas were done for Lama Yeshe before the formal cremation, Vajrapani Institute, California, 1984. Photo includes Geshe Sopa, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Geshe Gyeltsen, Geshe Thinley, and Geshe Lobsang Gyatso. Photo by Ricardo de Aratanha.

A cycle of pujas were done for Lama Yeshe before the formal cremation, Vajrapani Institute, California, 1984. Photo by Ricardo de Aratanha.

Zong Rinpoche carefully inspects the measurements for the hearth and where the stupa for Lama Yeshe’s cremation is to be built.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche leading the procession to the cremation of Lama Yeshe at Vajrapani Institute, California in March of 1984. Photo by Ricardo de Aratanha.

Zong Rinpoche arrives at the cremation of Lama Yeshe at Vajrapani Institute, California in March of 1984. Photo by Ricardo de Aratanha.

Cremation of Lama Yeshe at Vajrapani Institute, California in March of 1984. Photo by Ricardo de Aratanha.

Lama Yeshe’s body is placed in the cremation stupa. Cremation of Lama Yeshe at Vajrapani Institute, California in March of 1984. Photo by Ricardo de Aratanha.

Geshe Lobsang Gyatso with Zong Rinpoche at the cremation of Lama Yeshe at Vajrapani Institute, California in March of 1984. Photo by Ricardo de Aratanha.

Zong Rinpoche attended to by Geshe Gyeltsen at the cremation of Lama Yeshe at Vajrapani Institute, California in March of 1984. Photo by Ricardo de Aratanha.

Zong Rinpoche about to begin the funeral puja for Lama Yeshe. Zong Rinpoche at the cremation of Lama Yeshe at Vajrapani Institute, California in March of 1984. Photo by Ricardo de Aratanha.

Flaming skull of Lama Yeshe. Cremation of Lama Yeshe at Vajrapani Institute, California in March of 1984. Photo by Ricardo de Aratanha.

Relics of Lama Yeshe in a box after the cremation at Vajrapani Institute, California in March of 1984. Photo by Ricardo de Aratanha.

An Exclusive Interview with Claudio Cipullo

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In Tibetan Buddhism, names like His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang, Geshe Rabten, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe are legendary, illustrious and almost illusive. Hence it would take a practitioner of exceptional merits to have met, and to have received teachings and empowerments from such high lamas. Claudio Cipullo is one such practitioner and deservedly so.

Claudio Cipullo began his practice of Buddhism during its renaissance in the West and he was amongst the fortunate first group of Westerners to have received teachings from lamas who were pioneers of Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet’s borders. Others in the group include famous personalities such as Professor Robert Thurman and Stephen Batchelor.

He is one of the rare few people who have personally studied under His Holiness the Dalai Lama (for whom Claudio also did translation work), Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang (from whom Claudio received certain tantric empowerments and personal advice), Lama Yeshe (who was Claudio’s root guru), Kyabje Zong Rinpoche (who was Claudio’s preceptor and who ordained Claudio into the Tibetan Buddhist Sangha), Lama Zopa (whom Claudio translated for and assisted), Kyabje Gangchen Rinpoche and many others. Claudio was also one of the founders and directors of Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, and a founding member of Kopan Monastery.

In over 40 years of unbroken practice, Claudio has received many important empowerments and instructions, including the initiation of Dorje Shugden from Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang (which Claudio received alongside Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Piero Cerri). Behind a certain humility that Claudio wears with ease is a highly realized Vajrayana practitioner. Today, Claudio Cipullo is a close student of Kyabje Gangchen Rinpoche and also serves as a tutor in Gangchen Rinpoche’s Albagnano Healing Meditation Centre in Italy.

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 controversy. 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 and was happy to forego the status and recognition he had earned with Lama Zopa and the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). Had Claudio chosen to remain with the FPMT at the cost of his vows to Lama Yeshe, Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang and his Dorje Shugden practice, Claudio would no doubt be holding a lofty position within the FPMT network today. Therefore it was an honor and a pleasure for DorjeShugden.com to speak with Claudio Cipullo regarding his views on the Dorje Shugden conflict.

A Dorje Shugden Empowerment by Gen-La Dekyong at Manjushri KMC

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This video, produced by the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT), was published on Apr 10, 2012 with the following description:

“Dorje Shugden is the Wisdom Buddha, appearing as the Dharma Protector of modern Kadampa Buddhism. He is our ultimate friend and protector; by relying on him with faith, all our spiritual needs and wishes will be fulfilled and all obstacles dispelled. Receiving the empowerment of Dorje Shugden makes an unbreakable connection between us and this holy being, so that we will always come under his loving care, never apart from a wise and powerful ally.”

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHHkvtNHdT0

The swift growth of Dorje Shugden’s lineage in the West has been largely due to the efforts of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT), which was founded by Ven. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. When NKT first split from the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), many saw it as a betrayal of the Gelug tradition by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. However, 1100 NKT centers later, one begins to see the wisdom of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, who has instilled amongst his students a loyalty and devotion so essential for Vajrayana practice.

FPMT, on the other hand, appears to have forgotten its roots in its efforts to toe the line. It seems that they have conveniently ignored their own history; the massive Dorje Shugden rituals performed at Kopan, how fervently its founder, Lama Yeshe, relied on Dorje Shugden, and how Dorje Shugden was the protector who brought FPMT to a global level.

A very close and senior student of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is Gen-La Dekyong, whose humility and clarity of speech is apparent when she is giving teachings or empowerments. Gen-La Dekyong is the General Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition and she bestows many empowerments including that of Dorje Shugden every year at the Buddhist Festivals. These festivals are hugely popular, with 2000-6000 people attending them. We rejoice in the efforts of Gen-la Dekyong and NKT to touch people’s hearts and minds with the Wisdom Buddha’s energy and empowerments.

The video in this post is of Gen-La Dekyong giving a Dharma sharing during a Dorje Shugden empowerment at the Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre, the mother center of NKT. As Gen-La Dekyong points out succinctly

…we have no power on our own to overcome delusions. We need help, we need Dorje Shugden’s help, Wisdom Buddha’s help, our Guru’s help. We need help, support and power. We need power.

We’re asking Dorje Shugden – please help me with my Dharma practice. There is no more qualified protector for the Ganden Oral Lineage at this time than Dorje Shugden, now is the time to rely upon Dorje Shugden.

An empowerment is usually associated with permission to practice a particular deity or protector. Naturally, if we receive an empowerment from someone who has received it from an authentic unbroken lineage and is attained in that particular practice, we also receive the powerful lineage blessings all the way from its first practitioner.

It is a prerequisite of the Dorje Shugden life entrustment¹ (initiation-empowerment) or srog gtad (pronounced as ‘Sogtae’) that we have first received the Anuttara Yoga Tantric practices like Yamantaka or Heruka Chakrasamvara. The Dorje Shugden empowerment is an opportunity to establish or strengthen our connection with Dorje Shugden as he is a powerful loving friend, ally and protector and his practice is beneficial for anyone.

Once you receive empowerment you promise to hold Dorje Shugden as your main protector until you gain Bodhicitta. Dorje Shugden promises to protect you on the dharma path until you gain Bodhicitta in life after life.²

The exact origin of life entrustment seems to be unknown, and it is also possible that the term came to be popular at a certain time and was used in place of initiation (rje gnang). It would appear that “life entrustment” (srog gtad) and “life empowerment” (srog dbang) are used interchangeably. Although life entrustment is similar to a subsequent permission initiation (rje gnang), it would appear the term life entrustment is never used in relation to yidams.³

Initiations in general may entail the initiate abiding by certain commitments (dam tshig) after receiving the initiation. This is a common feature of Vajrayana Buddhism. In some cases, this means daily recitation of a sadhana. With protectors it may entail that monthly fulfillment or torma rituals be observed, which is less time consuming in comparison to a daily sadhana.³

In Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche’s namtar⁴, it is very apparent that Dorje Shugden was ever present watching over the young Trijang Rinpoche, supporting and ensuring the next generation of Gelug teachers are ready for the future and the preservation of Je Tsongkapa’s tradition. Dorje Shugden is not a protector just for the moment, he is a protector for innumerable lifetimes.

A Biography of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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Lama Zopa and the Future of the FPMT

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 07:50:21 +0000

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Lama Yeshe and Zong Rinpoche

There is hardly anyone in Tibetan Buddhism who has not heard of the Federation For The Preservation Of The Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). Besides the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT), the FPMT is probably the largest network of Tibetan Buddhist Dharma centres in the world. Synonymous with the name FPMT is of course its founder, the great Lama Yeshe and his heart son, Lama Zopa. The closeness between Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa is legendary. So is Lama Yeshe’s devotion to his guru, H.H. Kyabje Zong Dorje Chang.

Lama Yeshe was the first lama to invite the great Kyabje Zong Rinpoche to the West. Zong Rinpoche turned the wheel of Dharma for so many of Lama Yeshe’s students. Vast explanations, commentaries, oral transmissions, initiations, ritual instructions, and of course Dorje Shugden initiations were conferred many times at the request of Lama Yeshe.

Zong Rinpoche is the lineage lama of so many great current tulkus and geshes teaching around the world. The lineage that Lama Yeshe practiced is exactly that of H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche. No difference whatsoever. Lama Yeshe kept his guru samaya to Zong Rinpoche fully intact till his passing. He is the perfect example of a humble student to his master and a sublime teacher to his students.

It is a pity that such devotion that Lama Yeshe showed for his guru has not been emulated by Lama Zopa and nowhere is this seen more obviously than in the way Lama Zopa discarded the practice of Dorje Shugden, the Protector deity that Lama Yeshe held very close to his heart.

Lama Yeshe and Dorje Shugden

Lama Yeshe and his root gurus/lineage practiced Dorje Shugden. Lama Yeshe consulted Dorje Shugden on many issues throughout his whole life. That is what makes FPMT so great now.

Lama himself mentions in his books that it is the protector’s divine help in all his works that made it grow. Many people heard Lama Yeshe mention many times during his talks that FPMT grew and was successful due to the blessings of his dharma protector Dorje Shugden.

Lama Yeshe’s personal Dorje Shugden statue

Lama Zopa and Dorje Shugden

Dorje Shugden officially recognized Lama Zopa when no one else knew he was an incarnation (see the book ‘The Lawudo Lama‘ by Jamyang Wangmo, Vajra Publications, pages 171-180). Because of Dorje Shugden, Lama Zopa was accorded the status of a Tulku since very young in Tibet. Like Lama Zopa, Dorje Shugden has also recognized hundreds of Gelug Tulkus and various incarnations including the current H.H. Kyabje Pabongkha Rinpoche, H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche. His identification of these incarnations matched the exact details of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s.

Lama Yeshe loved Lama Zopa like a son, and gave him the practice of Dorje Shugden. But Lama Zopa abandoned Dorje Shugden to win favor with the Dalai Lama after Lama Yeshe passed away

And yet, many have tried to deny that Dorje Shugden had anything to do with the rise of Lama Zopa. It was an inconvenient fact that the present spiritual head of FPMT was recognized as a tulku and empowered into his present status by the deity he is now disowning.

But it is easy to refute this denial. If Shugden is wrong, then why did they consult him for Lama Zopa’s tulku recognition in the first place? Clearly, the high respect accorded to Shugden is obvious. Remember, this all happened in H.H. Domo Geshe Rinpoche’s monastery in Tibet. We all know the level of respect Domo Geshe was held in. Shugden was one of the principal protectors of Domo Geshe and his institutions. No one doubted the compassion, saintliness and attainments of Domo Geshe Rinpoche. If Domo Geshe held Shugden so highly, it says very much for Shugden himself.

Lama Zopa himself has acknowledged it. In ‘The Door to Satisfaction’ by Wisdom Publications (page X of the Editor’s Preface), Lama Zopa mentions clearly in the 3rd paragraph that the Dharma Protector of Domo Geshe’s Monastery CONFIRMED THAT HE WAS A REINCARNATE LAMA AND OFFERED ADVICE CONCERNING HIS CARE.

We can conclude that, since Lama Zopa mentions no other names of who else recognized him, they did not hold much weight in the eyes of the people to caretake and train him at that time. So they had to consult someone to CONFIRM AND MAKE SURE Lama Zopa is who the others say he is. Who did they trust to confirm? Dorje Shugden.

If the great emanation of Lama Tsongkapa, H.H. Domo Geshe Rinpoche, would have an oracle receiving Dorje Shugden’s presence in his temple, definitely Dorje Shugden is a beneficial and beneficent being. That is unless Domo Geshe Rinpoche was also unattained, which is highly unlikely. Domo Geshe’s famous oracle, whom H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama himself consulted in the 1950′s at Dungkar Choede, can take full possession of 6 different dharma protectors! They are:

Dorje Shugden
Namka Barzin (Dorje Shugden’s entourage)
Kache Marpo (Dorje Shugden’s entourage)
Tashi Obar
Genyen Jingkarwa
Pawo Trobar

Three of them are Dorje Shugden and his acolytes. Surely Domo Geshe Rinpoche, whose people and temple nurtured and took care of Lama Zopa in the early years, are not all evil, wrong and degenerate for propitiating Dorje Shugden? Domo Geshe is famed for his devotion to H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche (root guru of Lama Yeshe and H.H. Dalai Lama), his great meditative concentration on the Vajra Yogini Tantras, and his powerful propitiation of Dorje Shugden. Is Domo Geshe wrong to have a famous Dorje Shugden oracle in his monastery that people would come from all parts of Tibet to consult on all states of affairs, governmental, secular and so on?

Many high incarnations are found by the oracular pronouncements of Dorje Shugden’s oracles past and present, so why not Lama Zopa Rinpoche? Even the current Trijang Rinpoche and Zong Rinpoche’s incarnations were found and confirmed by the Dorje Shugden oracle or Choyang Dulzin Kuten of Ganden. Only after the confirmation from the oracles was it presented to the Dalai Lama for formal recognition. What Dorje Shugden found and recognized was further confirmed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Is that so bad that Lama Zopa was also confirmed by the great protector of Lama Yeshe, Trijang Rinpoche, Zong Rinpoche, Pabongkha Rinpoche, Regent Daktra Rinpoche, and Domo Geshe Rinpoche, that he is authentic? Of course not.

The incarnations of His Holiness the Dalai Lamas are all confirmed by the Nechung Oracle, but recognized and enthroned by the regents of Tibet. So are the confirmations by the Nechung Oracle for the Dalai Lama not important? You don’t say that Nechung recognized the Dalai Lama, but he plays an important part to confirm that LEADS TO EVENTUAL RECOGNITION.

Just the same in the case of Lama Zopa, where Dorje Shugden confirmed he is a real tulku and even gave advice on his care. And in the Tibet of the 1950′s, Dorje Shugden’s oracular pronouncements carried great weight. His famous oracle in Lhasa, called Panglung Kuten, was consulted for private and governmental affairs by many high lamas, nobilities, and government officials. His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche very much relied on the accuracy of this oracle of Dorje Shugden/Kache Marpo. You can read this in the autobiography of His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche.

If Dorje Shugden is an evil spirit, he would have said that Lama Zopa is not a tulku, and don’t take care of him. Why would he say that? Because he can foresee Lama Zopa would benefit many and he would try to stop it, not being happy about that if he is evil. Devadatta did whatever he could to stop Buddha, but failed of course. Similarly, if Dorje Shugden is so bad, he would have tried to stop Lama Zopa’s works from flowering in the future.

FPMT, the Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden

FPMT’s roots have deep-seated connections to Dorje Shugden. They may deny the current connections but they cannot deny past connections. They cannot deny the samaya connections to Dorje Shugden that are deeply interrelated to all of FPMT’s lineage lamas of the past, that created/resulted in its greatness now. Past creates the future. So if you dye a scarf red, it cannot come out blue. If Dorje Shugden practice and practitioners were all evil, then the fruit must be evil and in this case the FPMT must be evil, but this is definitely not the case.

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing Dorje Shugden puja in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1976. (Photo by Jon Landaw. Image extracted from LYWA Image Gallery, 1976, vol. 3)

FPMT claims that Shugden is a demon yet the “embarrassing” fact is that FPMT has become what it is today because of the assistance of Dorje Shugden. FPMT denies Dorje Shugden yet FPMT’s main sadhanas are composed by lamas who held Dorje Shugden as their principal protectors. So, if FPMT wish to throw out Dorje Shugden, they better abandon the practices of Cittamani Tara, Vajra Yogini and Yamantaka, for example, which are composed by H.H. Kyabje Pabongkha Rinpoche. Since he practiced Dorje Shugden and that is a mistake, then the sadhanas he composed that Gelugpas do every day could be a mistake also? After all, he seems to be able to make mistakes? We have to be very careful? That is not the case definitely.

FPMT centres around the world are famous for their ‘witch hunts’ against other centres that do Dorje Shugden or that are suspected of keeping the practice. They think of themselves as some kind of spiritual police for the Dalai Lama. But the real motivation behind them pointing fingers at others is abundantly clear and it is not for spiritual purposes. No witch hunts can be motivated by spiritually good intentions.

FPMT want to look good for the Dalai Lama or Central Tibetan Administration so they get their support. With more support, more members and MORE MONEY to do their projects. Which in itself is not bad, but to point fingers at other centres and make other centres look bad does not justify the means as an end to the results. Their methods are wrong.

By criticizing Dorje Shugden practitioners to get on the Dalai Lama’s good side, they abandon their own lineage lama (Lama Yeshe). And by abandoning their lineage lama, they slowly create the causes for their own centres/organization to go down, down and finally flat in the future. They may look good by giving up Dorje Shugden and siding with the Dalai Lama’s Tibetan government, but it will not mend the broken samaya with Lama Yeshe and his protector. So by FPMT making the current Dalai Lama ‘happy’, they lose themselves.

Even though FPMT gave up Shugden, they should remain quiet about it. They should just do their dharma practice and be still and not make a fanfare about it. Instead you can hear of their attacks on other centres quite often. They want to look so good that even in their centres they have signs posted up that if you do Shugden, you are not welcome. How strange. How fanatical. So if Lama Yeshe, H.H Trijang Rinpoche, H.H Zong Rinpoche showed up, they wouldn’t be allowed in?

It is better for FPMT to continue their Dorje Shugden practices quietly and stop criticizing other practitioners in order to please the Dalai Lama. Many of the senior FPMT students met Lama Yeshe first and accepted him as their guru before they ever met the Dalai Lama. So they should hold what Lama Yeshe held close to his heart, which is Dorje Shugden and his practices.

By following their lineage lama, they can make their organization succeed well into the future. In the future, whatever the Dalai Lama has said will be forgotten. All thirteen of the previous Dalai Lamas’ words are unknown or forgotten for most dharma practitioners. Hardly anyone cares what the previous Dalai Lamas have said. No doubt they were great teachers, but truth be told, it is past already.

If FPMT continue on their present course, when this current Dalai Lama passes away, then they will have nothing left. There will be no Dalai Lama to win favor with and no blessings of the lineage lamas and no reincarnation of Lama Yeshe doing dharma work. And Lama Zopa will have passed away by then. FPMT should think carefully. Things may look rosy from the outside now, but definitely not in the near and distant future. Cause and effect does exist unless the Buddha was mistaken.

Kopan Monastery

It is not only FPMT that is affected by broken samayas. Kopan Monastery has a large portion of monks who are of Nepalese descent. The other part is Tibetan. These two groups are having problems and not getting along. So Kopan now is not in a harmonious state. The karma of creating dissent in other places using the Shugden issue is now coming back full swing.

Kopan should resume their practices as ordained by their root lama, founding father and Master, Lama Yeshe, and not trade it in for anything if they wish their lineage to grow, and their practices to be able to confer blessings. To abandon their practices in order to get in the good books of the Dalai Lama will have only temporary benefits as their samaya with their root guru, Lama Yeshe, is severely broken.

What happens if the Dalai Lama passes (sorry) and they have another lama teaching in the future? Do they adopt the practices another lama teaches because Dalai Lama has passed? If not, then why would they abandon their practice from Lama Yeshe just because another more famous teacher (Dalai lama) says they should? If we keep doing that, our monasteries will lose their basis.

What happens if everyone does that? The minute your master passes, you abandon what he taught you to practice and adopt another lama’s? Then when the new lama passes, you again abandon what he taught, and adopt yet again more new practices? That does not sound right.

To switch practices each time your lama passes and adopt a new and more famous lama’s practices IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO GO. But that is what Kopan/FPMT are doing today. Hence after Lama Zopa, they will have many problems for sure. It is such a waste that a great institution like Kopan/FPMT shows a poor example of guru/lineal devotion. I for one would never join in Kopan or their activities due to this break, I am sorry to say.

FPMT and Lama Osel

Lama Zopa succumbed to the political pressure of the Dalai Lama and broke samaya with his guru

FPMT has broken a very strong samaya by giving up the practice of Lama Yeshe. Dorje Shugden was the one that worked hand in hand with Lama Yeshe to get Kopan land, find sponsors, build, and increase the centres around the world.

Zong Rinpoche and Trijang Dorje Chang were the root lamas of Lama Yeshe. By giving up their Dorje Shugden practice, FPMT sends a message to the world and themselves that Zong Rinpoche and Trijang Rinpoche were wrong. Certainly, they were not wrong in any way. That breaks the lineal blessings right there. Broken samayas have repercussions. Causes do bear effects.

We see this effect in the new incarnation of Lama Yeshe. Lama Yeshe in the form of Lama Osel is the correct incarnation. Dorje Shugden has confirmed it in the beginning. Lama Zopa consulted Dorje Shugden through the Ganden Oracle himself. But Lama Osel has disrobed, left Sera and is staying in Ibiza, Spain with his girlfriend. Lama Osel’s brother also left Sera.

FPMT has caused many people within their own organization and other organizations to doubt, lose faith, question and have negative thoughts against their gurus for practicing Dorje Shugden. In that way, they have caused many to break their samayas with their gurus. That broken samaya comes back to them by way of Lama Osel, who is not able to manifest and ‘continue’ his dharma works as so much hoped by FPMT.

So doesn’t Lama Yeshe have attainments? If so, what happened? Lama Osel is definitely attained just like his predecessor, Lama Yeshe. So it leads us to believe that Lama Osel cannot manifest his dharma works due to the heavy broken samayas of his wayward students. That his dharma works are delayed due to the karma of his students.

Buddha appeared in this world, but samsara is not empty. Certainly that is not Buddha’s fault. Nagarjuna appeared and lived 600 years, but not everyone still has understood the truth of Emptiness and hence released from dualism. If the lake is not still and free of movement, then the moon cannot be seen in it clearly. That is not the fault of the moon.

Lama Osel as a two-year-old consecrating his previous incarnation’s stupa at Vajrapani Institute in Santa Cruz, where Lama Yeshe was cremated. Lama Zopa is seen on young Lama Osel’s right

A baby Lama Osel in the arms of Lama Zopa.

Lama Osel disrobed. It is a pity that Lama Osel cannot continue the great works of his previous incarnation due to the broken samayas of Lama Zopa and FPMT

Whatever Lama Osel does, I feel it is a teaching to FPMT whose many centres around the world have chosen to forget their lineage lama’s practices. Lama Yeshe definitely was very devoted to Dorje Shugden. Since Lama Yeshe practiced Dorje Shugden, so should his disciples as hundreds of them did in the past. They should continue his lineage and practices regardless of what H.H. the Dalai Lama says. His Holiness has his own reasons for what he is doing. So by practicing Dorje Shugden, it doesn’t show disrespect to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. But by stopping this practice, FPMT show great disrespect to Lama Yeshe and all that he stood for.

I hope so much Lama Osel will manifest his enlightened actions quickly. We hear nothing of him in any of the FPMT websites anymore and FPMT these days seldom talk or mention Lama Osel. It is as if he doesn’t exist anymore. I don’t think that is correct. He is the incarnate founder of FPMT worldwide. It must be a great embarrassment for them.

What FPMT don’t realize is that Lama Zopa is advanced in age and if he passes away, then what happens? They don’t have anyone to pass the torch to. Lama Osel should have been the one. But Lama Osel cannot manifest his dharma work because they have broken their samaya with Lama Yeshe by abandoning Dorje Shugden’s practice.

FPMT should repair their samaya with Lama Yeshe by doing their Dorje Shugden practices. Then Lama Osel can manifest his dharma work and their organization can continue even after the Dalai Lama has passed away. If they wait too long, then the chance for Lama Osel to manifest may pass completely for this lifetime.

I do not wish for FPMT to fall, nor do I wish ill of the Dalai Lama, but I do wish people would follow the teachings and practices of their teachers without being swayed by political winds. Who is Lama Zopa’s root guru? Lama Yeshe or His Holiness the Dalai Lama? Whose words have more precedence in his mind? Lama Yeshe’s or His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s? What factors have more influence on Lama Zopa’s mind? Status, throne, title, wealth, fame or what?

Lama Yeshe practiced Dorje Shugden and His Holiness the Dalai Lama forbids it. Why do the Dalai Lama’s words override that of Lama Yeshe’s? Isn’t Lama Yeshe enlightened? Can Lama Yeshe be wrong and His Holiness is correct and vice versa? If Lama Yeshe is wrong on this count, can he be wrong on other counts? Shouldn’t Lama Zopa recheck all his practices from Lama Yeshe and Lama Yeshe’s gurus?

These questions should make us think deeper on this issue. Lama Zopa and FPMT’s actions undermine not only Lama Yeshe’s credibility but also his own.

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Where is Lama Yeshe?

admin — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 09:09:03 +0000

The altar of an FPMT centre. Notice Lama Yeshe’s portrait (as a Shugden lama) appears next to the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa’s portraits. Is this FPMT centre aware that they have a Shugden lama’s photo on their altar and are taking refuge in a Shugden-practicing lama?

By: Yeshe Sangye

The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to ds@dorjeshugden.com.

Lama Yeshe, the founder of FPMT

In 1975, Lama Yeshe established the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (or FPMT in short). Today, it has grown to become one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist organisations in the world, with 165 Dharma centres, projects and social services. Since Lama Yeshe’s passing in 1984, his student Lama Zopa assume the position of the organisation’s spiritual director.

The above is the official history of the FPMT organisation that they make public. What many may not be aware of however, is the true story behind FPMT’s success. That is, up until the day he entered clear light, their founder Lama Yeshe strongly relied on Dorje Shugden for his organisation’s growth and success. Lama Zopa himself said that Lama Yeshe would never begin Kopan course without a puja to propitiate the blessings of his Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden.

Lama (Yeshe) and I practiced Shugden for many years. That was always the main thing that Lama did whenever there were problems to overcome. At the beginning of every Kopan course, Lama always did Shugden puja to eliminate hindrances.

- Lama Zopa speaking about Lama Yeshe’s reliance on Dorje Shugden for the growth of FPMT and Kopan Monastery’s activities (http://www.lamayeshe.com/?sect=article&id=1026)

The ban on Dorje Shugden came about in 1996. Having entered clear light in 1984, Lama Yeshe therefore never swore out from Dorje Shugden practice, as so many other monks and lamas were forced to do. Given Lama Yeshe never gave up his Shugden practice and entered clear light as a Shugden lama, it is confusing why FPMT continues to place Lama Yeshe’s photos on their altars when they have so clearly announced their anti-Shugden stance.

What is FPMT’s real stance on the matter? Are they anti-Shugden simply for material and reputational gain resulting from their alliance with the ‘correct’ side, the Dalai Lama’s side? Or are they secretly continuing to practice Shugden, as demonstrated by their ongoing reliance on and veneration of a Shugden lama?

Consider also that the Dalai Lama has said those who worship Dorje Shugden are engaging in spirit worship, and therefore they have broken their refuge vows and are no longer Buddhist. Why then does FPMT continue to venerate this Shugden lama who is no longer a Buddhist (let alone a monk) given he has broken his refuge vows? Why do they continue to view him as an object worthy of refuge when, according to the Dalai Lama himself, Lama Yeshe is no longer a Buddhist, having broken his samaya and his refuge vows because of his Shugden practice?

Lama Yeshe (far right) and Lama Zopa (second from the right) engage in a puja in front of a Dorje Shugden thangka. Lama Yeshe’s faith in Dorje Shugden is undeniable

Is FPMT aware that the Dalai Lama has said those who worship Shugden will be reborn in the Three Lower Realms? Given this statement, doubt is therefore cast on the recognition of Lama Osel as the reincarnation of Lama Yeshe since, according to the Dalai Lama, Lama Yeshe must have been reborn in the Three Lower Realms due to his Shugden practice.

Note that Lama Osel is not the only reincarnation of a Dorje Shugden lama that the Dalai Lama has recognised. The Dalai Lama has also recognised HH Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche, whose previous incarnation was renowned for his practice and promotion of Dorje Shugden as an enlightened Dharmapala. The Dalai Lama has also recognised alternative candidates for the reincarnations of HH the Panchen Lama and HE Domo Geshe Rinpoche, whose previous incarnations also strongly relied on Dorje Shugden. In the case of the Panchen Lama, his previous incarnations composed prayers to Dorje Shugden; in the case of Domo Geshe Rinpoche, his previous incarnations installed Namkar Barzin to the entourage of Dorje Shugden. All these recognitions take place in spite of the Dalai Lama’s own announcement that Shugden practitioners are reborn in the Three Lower Realms.

Lama Yeshe’s personal Dorje Shugden statue. Lama Yeshe relied on Dorje Shugden for FPMT’s growth and success, and continued to do so until his passing into clear light in 1984

In light of FPMT’s broken samaya, having given up the heart practice of their founder, it is no wonder Lama Osel has refused to draw a closer association with the organisation that his predecessor established. FPMT should make their stance clear to the public – either give up their Shugden practice entirely (like they have claimed to do so) and remove all traces of all Shugden lamas from their organisation, or accept the fact they broke their samaya when they gave up their root guru’s heart practice.

Why is Lama Zopa encouraging statues of Lama Yeshe and praying to images of Lama Yeshe, who never renounced Dorje Shugden?

If they choose the first path, then FPMT should follow the Dalai Lama’s instructions and refrain from glorifying the works, teachings and archives of the Dorje Shugden monk Lama Yeshe. Lama Osel can no longer be promoted as the reincarnation of their root guru, because it is not possible (according to the Dalai Lama) that he was reborn in the human realm given his previous incarnation’s Dorje Shugden practice. Is this what FPMT really wants? In the first place how can Lama Yeshe’s incarnation even be sought after, found and enthroned? He was a Shugden Lama, by your own standards, Lama Yeshe went to the Three Lower Realms as he worshipped Shugden his whole life.

This Lama Yeshe statue arrived at FPMT International Office on August 1, 2007. It was greeted with khatas, incense and tea. Why are the anti-Shugden FPMT paying so much respect to this statue? Why the hypocrisy?

Giving up Dorje Shugden for the sake of political correctness, and material and reputational gain has made it glaringly obvious that the ban brings out the worst in people. Where the six paramitas should be nurtured and developed, the ban has instead encouraged people to be hypocritical about their beliefs, practices and opinions, a quality which is incongruous to Buddhist practice.

FPMT should stop denying the fact Dorje Shugden was instrumental to their organisation’s success, and clarify for the public their stance on the Shugden issue. Their lack of clarity is disrespectful to a believing, faithful public who have expectations of a Buddhist organisation to be honest about their lineage, origins and history.

Conclusion

FPMT should, immediately and without further delay:

Remove all pictures and images of Lama Yeshe. His stupas must be removed too. He is a Shugden lama and you must be clean of him. Go all the way with the purge.
Remove all teachings, online and books, resources related to Lama Yeshe. You should not be studying or spreading anything from Lama Yeshe.
Remove all pictures and images of Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, Geshe Rabten and Kyabje Zong Rinpoche from their altars throughout all centers and affiliates as they are Shugden lamas.
Remove all Lam Rim (Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand) by Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, rituals, texts, commentaries by any of the Shugden lamas.
Remove all books (Tibetan, English and in all languages) by Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and Kyabje Zong Rinpoche as they are Shugden lamas. These lamas never renounced Shugden nor swear out. They practiced their whole lives making them unfit to follow.
Remove all teachings which are being disseminated online and offline, which were taught by Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, Geshe Rabten, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and Kyabje Zong Rinpoche and all of their practices stopped as they are Shugden lamas.
Remove from their whole organisation all sadhanas and commentaries by the same Shugden lamas mentioned above.
Remove all statues, stupas, images and protective items throughout their organisation which contain the holy works, images, remains and relics of Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, Geshe Rabten, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe as they are Shugden lamas. FPMT are deceiving people into circumambulating objects containing Dorje Shugden-related materials and lamas.
And therefore be prepared to stand as an organization without a lineage, having destroyed all the works, teachings, archives and images transmitted to them from Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, Geshe Rabten and Kyabje Zong Rinpoche through Lama Yeshe. Start your own new and fresh lineage if you can completely free of any taint of Shugden and Shugden lamas.
If you want to be truly clean, follow Dalai Lama’s instructions and be separated from all Shugden lamas and teachers past and present, start with yourselves by removing Lama Yeshe. If you don’t remove, it shows hypocrisy. Before getting upset, think about it carefully.

In order to be ‘clean’, FPMT should do all of the above without further delay. If you don’t, then FPMT should stop speaking against Shugden online, in teachings and on any of your resources. Dorje Shugden is the main protector of your founding Lama Yeshe. It is a shame you disparage the protector of your founding lama. Very wrong and very hypocritical. How can you even keep any images of Lama Yeshe because he was a Shugden lama till the end. Be honest.

This is Lama Yeshe in the ‘aspect’ of Vajrasattva with consort in FPMT’s Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala. Why are they making these types of images of a Shugden lama? FPMT barricades themselves from any lama and individual who practices Shugden, so politically they are in the right camp and the donations keep coming in. So why do they still have images of the Shugden-worshipping Lama Yeshe? If they want to be clean, they should go all the way.

For further reading:

FPMT Lineage Masters are Dorje Shugden Believers (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/fpmt-lineage-masters-are-believers-of-dorje-shugden/)

FPMT, Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/fpmt-dalai-lama-and-dorje-shugden/)

A True Inspiration: Claudio Cipullo (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/news/a-true-inspiration-claudio-cipullo/)

Fabrizio Pallotti (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/news/fabrizio-pallotti/)

Politically Correct at the Expense of the Lineage (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/the-controversy/politically-correct-at-the-expense-of-the-lineage/)

Lama Yeshe and Geshe Rabten (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/mail-out/lama-yeshe-and-geshe-rabten/)

The Broken Samayas of FPMT (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/the-controversy/the-broken-samayas-of-fpmt/)

The Questionable Policies of the FPMT (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/the-controversy/the-questionable-policies-of-the-fpmt/)

Lama Zopa admitted to being recognized by Dorje Shugden (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/others-old/lama-zopa-admitted-to-being-recognized-by-dorje-shugden/)

Recognized by Dorje Shugden, but Speaks against Dorje Shugden (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/the-controversy/recognized-by-dorje-shugden-but-speaks-against-dorje-shugden/)

Kopan Monks Asking for Dorje Shugden Puja for Lama Zopa (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/the-controversy/kopan-monks-asking-for-dorje-shugden-puja-for-lama-zopa/)

Dakini Healed Lama Zopa? (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/the-controversy/dakini-healed-lama-zopa/)

Who made Lama Zopa a Rinpoche? (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/who-made-lama-zopa-a-rinpoche/)

A Tribute to Ven. Lama Yeshe Rinpoche (http://www.dorjeshugden.com/great-masters/a-tribute-to-ven-lama-yeshe-rinpoche/)

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La deuxième femme affirme avoir été molestée par Dagri Rinpoché

Dagri Rinpoché est en effet un molester sexuel en série

TRADUCTION (cliquer pour élargir)

Déclaration statutaire de Jaki

DÉCLARATION STATUTAIRE (cliquer pour élargir)

Second woman alleges molestation by Dagri Rinpoche

La religieuse Thubten Chodron se prononce contre Dagri Rinpoché

Transcription (01:52 – 05:06)

Adelaide Foster parle pour son amie Jaki – version en langue tibétaine

Adelaide Foster parle pour son amie Jaki – version en langue français

TRANSCRIT (cliquer pour élargir)

Adelaide Foster parle pour son amie Jaki – version en anglaise

MESSAGES DE SOUTIEN

TRADUCTION (cliquer pour élargir)

Lettre de soutien de Karma Yeshe

TRADUCTION (cliquer pour élargir)

Lettre de soutien de Tenzin Yangchen

UNE TROISIÈME VICTIME S’EXPRIME PUBLIQUEMENT

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE: FPMT FINALLY “TEMPORARILY” SUSPENDS DAGRI RINPOCHE

Mise à jour concernant Dagri Rinpoché (cliquer pour élargir)

LAMA ZOPA RINPOCHE’S SOLUTION TO DAGRI RINPOCHE’S CHARGES OF MOLESTATION AND SEXUAL ABUSE

Le conseil de Lama Zopa Rinpoché aux étudiants de Dagri Rinpoché (cliquer pour élargir)

THE PUBLIC REACTS

[TRICYCLE] Des nonnes demandent une enquête sur les allégations de molestation contre l’enseignant Dagri

TRADUCTION (cliquer pour élargir)

JAKAIRA REPLIES

TRADUCTION (cliquer pour élargir)

BURNING NEWS: How to protect yourself from lama murta?

TRANSCRIPT (click to expand)

The FPMT’s second statement on Dagri Rinpoche’s exposé shows bad intent

POINTS (click to expand)

Lama Zopa’s attempts to wriggle the FPMT out of the Dagri mess is nothing but a cheap trick

Conseils supplémentaires de Lama Zopa (click to expand)

Dagri Rinpoche is charged!

Update on Dagri’s Case

Dagri Rinpoche stalls court hearing, case adjourned

Mila Rangzen released his video on Dagri case

Dagri Victim Jakaira’s exclusive exposé to Tibet Star

Transcript of Jakaira’s letter

Nuns send second appeal letter urging FPMT to conduct an investigation

Dagri stalls court proceedings again today by asking for another adjournment

FPMT Board says YES to third party investigation into sex harassment allegations, Lama Zopa (still) says NO

Who made Lama Zopa a Rinpoche?

THE LAWUDO LAMA

FPMT Lineage Lamas

1. H.H. Pabongka Rinpoche Dechen Nyingpo

2. H.H. Trijang Rinpoche

3. H.H. Ling Rinpoche

4. H.H. Zong Rinpoche

5. Lama Yeshe

6. Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche

7. H.H. Serkong Dorje Chang

8. H.H. Sakya Trizin

9. Geshe Rabten Rinpoche

10. Geshe Sopa Rinpoche

11. Gomo Tulku

12. Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche

13. Zemey Rinpoche

14. Ribur Rinpoche

15. Choden Rinpoche

16. Khensur Denma Locho Rinpoche

17. Khyongla Rato Rinpoche

Further Developments

Lama Zopa’s 2008 “clarification” about being recognized by Dorje Shugden:

Addendum

What Happens to Dorje Shugden Lamas?

The Proof is in the Pudding

H.H. Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche

H.H. Kyabje Ling Rinpoche

H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche

H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche

H.E. Zemey Rinpoche

H.E. Kyabje Domo Geshe Rinpoche

H.E. Kyabje Denma Gonsa Rinpoche

H.E. Kyabje Dagom Rinpoche

Ven. Geshe Rabten Rinpoche

Venerable Lama Thubten Yeshe

H.E. Serkong Dorjechang

H.E. Lati Rinpoche

Dagri Victim Jakaira’s exclusive
exposé to Tibet Star

Dagri stalls court proceedings again today
by asking for another adjournment

Lama Zopa’s 2008 “clarification”
about being recognized by Dorje Shugden: