Comments on: Dorje Shugden in Tricycle https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/dorje-shugden-in-tricycle/ The Protector whose time has come Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:35:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Sierra https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/dorje-shugden-in-tricycle/comment-page-1/#comment-206090 Sierra Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:18:13 +0000 http://www.dorjeshugden.com/?p=29607#comment-206090 Yeah, I agree with the editor that the article published by Tricycle is pretty objective with a bit of a misinformation with regards to the opening para re: clashes between Shugdenpas and anti Shugden followers. If everyone can stay objective and take it as it is, that it is a difference of opinion, and stay calm, then there is hope for peace. After all, the Buddha had 84,000 teachings for different minds, so, why begrudge the difference within the 4 major schools of Tibetan Buddhism? After the great master of the time, including the Mindroling lamas and Dalai Lama could not subdue Dorje SHugden should imply something to the lamas as to the nature of Dorje Shugden. Furthermore, the Dalai Lama is an emanation of Avalokiteshvara, an enlightened being, so he is not subject to harm by anything. Nothing can harm him except a Buddha who is of equal attainments as him. But, Buddhas, are enlightened and do not harm anyone, not even and ant or a snake, so why would he want to harm another Buddha? Buddhas won't even harm a spirit, he will just send the consciousness of the spirit to Dharmadhatu so that it can eventually have redemption to go on the path to enlightenment too. So, i kind of like this article. It's objective enough without trying to shove any bias opinion down anyone's throat. Thanks, Editor for clarifying the points of the article. Informative. Yeah, I agree with the editor that the article published by Tricycle is pretty objective with a bit of a misinformation with regards to the opening para re: clashes between Shugdenpas and anti Shugden followers.

If everyone can stay objective and take it as it is, that it is a difference of opinion, and stay calm, then there is hope for peace. After all, the Buddha had 84,000 teachings for different minds, so, why begrudge the difference within the 4 major schools of Tibetan Buddhism?

After the great master of the time, including the Mindroling lamas and Dalai Lama could not subdue Dorje SHugden should imply something to the lamas as to the nature of Dorje Shugden.

Furthermore, the Dalai Lama is an emanation of Avalokiteshvara, an enlightened being, so he is not subject to harm by anything. Nothing can harm him except a Buddha who is of equal attainments as him. But, Buddhas, are enlightened and do not harm anyone, not even and ant or a snake, so why would he want to harm another Buddha? Buddhas won’t even harm a spirit, he will just send the consciousness of the spirit to Dharmadhatu so that it can eventually have redemption to go on the path to enlightenment too.

So, i kind of like this article. It’s objective enough without trying to shove any bias opinion down anyone’s throat.

Thanks, Editor for clarifying the points of the article. Informative.

]]> By: BlueUpali https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/dorje-shugden-in-tricycle/comment-page-1/#comment-50976 BlueUpali Sun, 11 Aug 2013 03:17:38 +0000 http://www.dorjeshugden.com/?p=29607#comment-50976 Yes, the Dalai Lama, with his normal double-speak talks of promoting unity and non-sectarianism while causing schism and ostracizing practioners who practiced the same practice as his root guru; the Dalai Lama definition of non-sectarian appears to be 'bring all 4 schools under the influence of the Dalai Lama." His version of harmony is something like "don't disagree with anything I say." Truly non-sectarian Buddhist teachers such as the 16th Karmapa respect all 4 lineages of Buddhism and wish for each school to maintain its own tradtions in the way that that school deems would most benefit all living beings, rather than simply doing everything one person says. Yes, the Dalai Lama, with his normal double-speak talks of promoting unity and non-sectarianism while causing schism and ostracizing practioners who practiced the same practice as his root guru; the Dalai Lama definition of non-sectarian appears to be ‘bring all 4 schools under the influence of the Dalai Lama.” His version of harmony is something like “don’t disagree with anything I say.”
Truly non-sectarian Buddhist teachers such as the 16th Karmapa respect all 4 lineages of Buddhism and wish for each school to maintain its own tradtions in the way that that school deems would most benefit all living beings, rather than simply doing everything one person says.

]]> By: The True Dalai Lama https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/dorje-shugden-in-tricycle/comment-page-1/#comment-50436 The True Dalai Lama Sat, 13 Jul 2013 19:41:09 +0000 http://www.dorjeshugden.com/?p=29607#comment-50436 The Dalai Lama has made Tibetan Buddhism so sectarian, but of course Trijang Rinpoche taught at Nyingma and Sakya Monasteries in Tibet, he was great friends with the 16th Karmapa and supported him when the "Thirteen Settlements" tried to break away from the Dalai Lama's control and wished to make the 16th Karmapa their head. Perhaps there is no surviving "thangka evidence" of Dorje Shugden before the 19th Century because 1. the Chinese destroyed them, or 2. the Dalai Lama has since destroyed them. The Dalai Lama has made Tibetan Buddhism so sectarian, but of course Trijang Rinpoche taught at Nyingma and Sakya Monasteries in Tibet, he was great friends with the 16th Karmapa and supported him when the “Thirteen Settlements” tried to break away from the Dalai Lama’s control and wished to make the 16th Karmapa their head.
Perhaps there is no surviving “thangka evidence” of Dorje Shugden before the 19th Century because 1. the Chinese destroyed them, or 2. the Dalai Lama has since destroyed them.

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