Comments on: The Ruling Empire of Dorje Shugden https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/the-ruling-empire-of-dorje-shugden/ The Protector whose time has come Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:50:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Dalai Lama should set things right https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/the-ruling-empire-of-dorje-shugden/comment-page-1/#comment-622922 Dalai Lama should set things right Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:07:41 +0000 http://www.dorjeshugden.com/?p=50879#comment-622922 Dear Dalai Lama, Since you started the cruel ban against the 350 year Dorje Shugden practice, how has it benefit your Tibetan society and Buddhism in the world? <font color=#cc4125 class="bbcode-color">Things have become worse and most educated Tibetans can see this.</font> They don't speak out not because they don't see your ban as wrong, but you instill fear in them and not respect. It is like fear of a dictator. I am sorry to say so. Everyone is divided. <font color=#cc4125 class="bbcode-color">There is no harmony.</font> Before your ban there was more harmony and unity. By enacting the ban, you split the monasteries, split so many families, split regions in Tibet apart, split your disciples from you, split your own gurus from you, split Tibetan Buddhism apart. You have created so much disharmony. It is not democratic what you have done to ban a religion within your community. You always talk of tolerance and acceptance and democracy and yet you do not accept and tolerate something different from your beliefs. When people practice Dorje Shugden you ostracize them, ban them from seeing you, ban them from using Tibetan facilities. You know you have done that. <font color=#cc4125 class="bbcode-color">There are videos that capture your speech and prove this point.</font> You even had people expelled from monasteries just because they practice Dorje Shugden. Some of the monks you expelled have been in the monastery for over 40 years. Many older monks shed tears because of this. Many young educated Tibetans lost confidence in you as they saw the damage the Dorje Shugden ban created and they lose hope. Many have become free thinkers. They reject what you have done. <font color=#cc4125 class="bbcode-color">So many people in the west left Buddhism because of the confusion you created with this ban against Dorje Shugden which is immoral.</font> You could of had millions of people who practice Dorje Shugden to support, love and follow you, but you scared them away. They are hurt and very disappointed. They loved you and respected you deeply before the ban. It has been 60 years and you have failed to get Tibet back. <font color=#cc4125 class="bbcode-color">Your biggest failure is not getting Tibet back after 57 years in exile.</font> Now you are begging China to allow you to return to Tibet to the disappointment of thousands of people who fought for a free Tibet believing in you. <font color=#cc4125 class="bbcode-color">So many self-immolated for a free Tibet and now you want Tibet to be a part of China with no referendum from Tibetans.</font> Just like a dictator, you decide on your own. It was your government and you that lost Tibet in the first place. Your policies and style of doing things do not benefit Tibet and Buddhism. You have been the sole ruler of Tibet your whole life and you still have not gotten our country of Tibet back for us. Our families and us are separated. Yet you create more pain by creating a ban to further divide people. Please have compassion. No other Buddhist leader has banned or condemned any religion except for you. It looks very bad. You are a Nobel laureate and this is not fitting of a laureate. You should unite people and not separate them by religious differences. <font color=#cc4125 class="bbcode-color">You said Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi did not do right to the Rohingya people in Myanmar due to religious differences, but you are doing the same thing to the Shugden Buddhists within your own society.</font> There is a parallel in this. You separate the Shugden Buddhists from the others in Tibetan society. You have lost so many people who would have loved and supported you. You have lost so much support around the world. The Shugden Buddhists who love you number in the millions. When you are fast losing support from governments and private people, it will not do you well to lose more. After you are passed away in the future, the rift you created between the Dorje Shugden and non-Dorje Shugden people will remain for a while and that will be your legacy. Disharmony. You will be remembered for this. Not as a hero but a disharmony creator. Dorje Shugden will spread and further grow, but you will be no more as you are a human. <font color=#cc4125 class="bbcode-color">No one wishes you bad and in fact we hope you have a long and healthy life, but we have lost so much hope and have so much despair because of you.</font> All the hundreds of Dorje Shugden lamas, tulkus and geshes are maturing and there are hundreds of Dorje Shugden monasteries in Tibet who will not give up Dorje Shugden. You have made a mistake. These hundreds of teachers and teachers to be will spread Dorje Shugden further in the future. The gurus that gave us Dorje Shugden as a spiritual practice and you have called these holy gurus wrong and they are mistaken in giving us Dorje Shugden. <font color=#cc4125 class="bbcode-color">How can you insult our gurus whom we respect so much? If they can be wrong, then you can be wrong.</font> Then all gurus can be wrong. So no one needs to listen to any guru? You have created this trend. It is not healthy. Your own gurus practiced Dorje Shugden their whole lives. Your own gurus were exemplary and highly learned. Dalai Lama you have created so much pain with this ban against so many people due to religion. You are ageing fast. Are you going to do anything about it or stay stubborn, hard and un-moving. You show a smile and preach peace and harmony wherever you go. But will you do the same to your own people? Please rectify the wrong you have done. Please before it is too late. You can create harmony again or you can pass away in the future with this legacy of peace. May you live long and think carefully and admit what was a mistake in having this unethical ban against Dorje Shugden religion. <a href="http://www.dorjeshugden.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/download.jpg" title="Download: download.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.dorjeshugden.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/download.jpg"></a> Dear Dalai Lama,

Since you started the cruel ban against the 350 year Dorje Shugden practice, how has it benefit your Tibetan society and Buddhism in the world? Things have become worse and most educated Tibetans can see this. They don’t speak out not because they don’t see your ban as wrong, but you instill fear in them and not respect. It is like fear of a dictator. I am sorry to say so. Everyone is divided. There is no harmony. Before your ban there was more harmony and unity.

By enacting the ban, you split the monasteries, split so many families, split regions in Tibet apart, split your disciples from you, split your own gurus from you, split Tibetan Buddhism apart. You have created so much disharmony.

It is not democratic what you have done to ban a religion within your community. You always talk of tolerance and acceptance and democracy and yet you do not accept and tolerate something different from your beliefs. When people practice Dorje Shugden you ostracize them, ban them from seeing you, ban them from using Tibetan facilities. You know you have done that. There are videos that capture your speech and prove this point. You even had people expelled from monasteries just because they practice Dorje Shugden. Some of the monks you expelled have been in the monastery for over 40 years. Many older monks shed tears because of this.

Many young educated Tibetans lost confidence in you as they saw the damage the Dorje Shugden ban created and they lose hope. Many have become free thinkers. They reject what you have done. So many people in the west left Buddhism because of the confusion you created with this ban against Dorje Shugden which is immoral.

You could of had millions of people who practice Dorje Shugden to support, love and follow you, but you scared them away. They are hurt and very disappointed. They loved you and respected you deeply before the ban. It has been 60 years and you have failed to get Tibet back. Your biggest failure is not getting Tibet back after 57 years in exile. Now you are begging China to allow you to return to Tibet to the disappointment of thousands of people who fought for a free Tibet believing in you. So many self-immolated for a free Tibet and now you want Tibet to be a part of China with no referendum from Tibetans. Just like a dictator, you decide on your own. It was your government and you that lost Tibet in the first place. Your policies and style of doing things do not benefit Tibet and Buddhism. You have been the sole ruler of Tibet your whole life and you still have not gotten our country of Tibet back for us. Our families and us are separated. Yet you create more pain by creating a ban to further divide people. Please have compassion.

No other Buddhist leader has banned or condemned any religion except for you. It looks very bad. You are a Nobel laureate and this is not fitting of a laureate. You should unite people and not separate them by religious differences.

You said Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi did not do right to the Rohingya people in Myanmar due to religious differences, but you are doing the same thing to the Shugden Buddhists within your own society. There is a parallel in this. You separate the Shugden Buddhists from the others in Tibetan society.

You have lost so many people who would have loved and supported you. You have lost so much support around the world. The Shugden Buddhists who love you number in the millions. When you are fast losing support from governments and private people, it will not do you well to lose more.

After you are passed away in the future, the rift you created between the Dorje Shugden and non-Dorje Shugden people will remain for a while and that will be your legacy. Disharmony. You will be remembered for this. Not as a hero but a disharmony creator.

Dorje Shugden will spread and further grow, but you will be no more as you are a human. No one wishes you bad and in fact we hope you have a long and healthy life, but we have lost so much hope and have so much despair because of you. All the hundreds of Dorje Shugden lamas, tulkus and geshes are maturing and there are hundreds of Dorje Shugden monasteries in Tibet who will not give up Dorje Shugden. You have made a mistake. These hundreds of teachers and teachers to be will spread Dorje Shugden further in the future.

The gurus that gave us Dorje Shugden as a spiritual practice and you have called these holy gurus wrong and they are mistaken in giving us Dorje Shugden. How can you insult our gurus whom we respect so much? If they can be wrong, then you can be wrong. Then all gurus can be wrong. So no one needs to listen to any guru? You have created this trend. It is not healthy. Your own gurus practiced Dorje Shugden their whole lives. Your own gurus were exemplary and highly learned.

Dalai Lama you have created so much pain with this ban against so many people due to religion. You are ageing fast. Are you going to do anything about it or stay stubborn, hard and un-moving. You show a smile and preach peace and harmony wherever you go. But will you do the same to your own people? Please rectify the wrong you have done. Please before it is too late. You can create harmony again or you can pass away in the future with this legacy of peace. May you live long and think carefully and admit what was a mistake in having this unethical ban against Dorje Shugden religion.

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By: Lhakpa Dhendup https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/the-ruling-empire-of-dorje-shugden/comment-page-1/#comment-622734 Lhakpa Dhendup Sat, 11 Aug 2018 11:34:19 +0000 http://www.dorjeshugden.com/?p=50879#comment-622734 <b>What will the all the people around the world and in Tibet do now? Dalai Lama says he is happy that Tibet is a part of China and should remain a part of China. So many Tibetans self-immolated for Tibet to be independent and now Dalai Lama did a 360 degree turn and says he wants to go back to Tibet and China and Tibet should be a part of China. So unbelievable. So many are angry and disappointed. </b> <q><b><span style="font-size:1.4em;color:red">Tibetans ready to be part of China: Dalai Lama</span></b> Organised by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the event was a part of "Thank You India - 2018" held by the Tibetan community across India to mark 60 years of its exile in the country. Indo-Asian News Service Bengaluru Tibetans are ready to be a part of China if guaranteed full rights to preserve their culture, the Dalai Lama said on Friday. "Tibetans are not asking for independence. We are okay with remaining with the People's Republic of China, provided we have full rights to preserve our culture," the 83-year-old spiritual leader said at "Thank You Karnataka" event here in the city. Organised by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the event was a part of "Thank You India - 2018" held by the Tibetan community across India to mark 60 years of its exile in the country. "Several of Chinese citizens practicing Buddhism are keen on Tibetan Buddhism as it is considered scientific," the Nobel laureate said. Born in Taktser hamlet in northeastern Tibet, the Dalai Lama was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. He fled to India from Tibet after a failed uprising against the Chinese rule in 1959. China annexed Tibet in 1950, forcing thousands of Tibetans, including monks, to flee the mountain country and settle in India as refugees. Since then, India has been home to over 100,000 Tibetans majorly settled in Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh among other states. https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/india/tibetans-ready-to-be-part-of-china-dalai-lama/293109.html</q> What will the all the people around the world and in Tibet do now? Dalai Lama says he is happy that Tibet is a part of China and should remain a part of China. So many Tibetans self-immolated for Tibet to be independent and now Dalai Lama did a 360 degree turn and says he wants to go back to Tibet and China and Tibet should be a part of China. So unbelievable. So many are angry and disappointed.

Tibetans ready to be part of China: Dalai Lama
Organised by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the event was a part of “Thank You India – 2018″ held by the Tibetan community across India to mark 60 years of its exile in the country.
Indo-Asian News Service
Bengaluru
Tibetans are ready to be a part of China if guaranteed full rights to preserve their culture, the Dalai Lama said on Friday.
“Tibetans are not asking for independence. We are okay with remaining with the People’s Republic of China, provided we have full rights to preserve our culture,” the 83-year-old spiritual leader said at “Thank You Karnataka” event here in the city.
Organised by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the event was a part of “Thank You India – 2018″ held by the Tibetan community across India to mark 60 years of its exile in the country.
“Several of Chinese citizens practicing Buddhism are keen on Tibetan Buddhism as it is considered scientific,” the Nobel laureate said.
Born in Taktser hamlet in northeastern Tibet, the Dalai Lama was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. He fled to India from Tibet after a failed uprising against the Chinese rule in 1959.
China annexed Tibet in 1950, forcing thousands of Tibetans, including monks, to flee the mountain country and settle in India as refugees.
Since then, India has been home to over 100,000 Tibetans majorly settled in Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh among other states.
https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/india/tibetans-ready-to-be-part-of-china-dalai-lama/293109.html

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By: christine victor https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/the-ruling-empire-of-dorje-shugden/comment-page-1/#comment-298700 christine victor Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:49:53 +0000 http://www.dorjeshugden.com/?p=50879#comment-298700 From Mandala of Dorje Shugden, we learned that Dorje Shugden is actually a Buddha. From the 5 forms of his emanations to the ten deities, Dorje Shugden have emanate to have all sort of sentient beings, Dorje Shugden help without divided who we are, what religion we are and where we are. And from the manifestation of Dorje Shugden’s mandala, Dorje Shugden could also control the elements and also our senses to help us more. This article is very useful From Mandala of Dorje Shugden, we learned that Dorje Shugden is actually a Buddha. From the 5 forms of his emanations to the ten deities, Dorje Shugden have emanate to have all sort of sentient beings, Dorje Shugden help without divided who we are, what religion we are and where we are. And from the manifestation of Dorje Shugden’s mandala, Dorje Shugden could also control the elements and also our senses to help us more.

This article is very useful

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By: Sierra https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/the-ruling-empire-of-dorje-shugden/comment-page-1/#comment-205454 Sierra Mon, 04 Jul 2016 08:35:02 +0000 http://www.dorjeshugden.com/?p=50879#comment-205454 Thank you for the details of Dorje Shugden's entourage. This is the first time I'm seeing the detailed list of the entourage. To see the Bodhisattvas are the 8 Guiding Monks, I am in awe. This is no mere Dharma Protector we are talking about here but more of a Buddha. And, the brief description of the goddesses who are the 9 Mothers. Never knew the iconography of the 4 Goddesses of the elements and the 5 Goddesses of the Senses before this. And the 10 youthful and wrathful assistants who counter our ignorance with seemingly 'unruly' behaviours! I have really learned something today. Thank you. Thank you for the details of Dorje Shugden’s entourage. This is the first time I’m seeing the detailed list of the entourage.

To see the Bodhisattvas are the 8 Guiding Monks, I am in awe. This is no mere Dharma Protector we are talking about here but more of a Buddha.

And, the brief description of the goddesses who are the 9 Mothers. Never knew the iconography of the 4 Goddesses of the elements and the 5 Goddesses of the Senses before this.

And the 10 youthful and wrathful assistants who counter our ignorance with seemingly ‘unruly’ behaviours!

I have really learned something today. Thank you.

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By: Camilia https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/the-ruling-empire-of-dorje-shugden/comment-page-1/#comment-205362 Camilia Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:59:30 +0000 http://www.dorjeshugden.com/?p=50879#comment-205362 It is truly an honor to be able to connect to Dorje Shugden and His entourage. It is an equally humbling experience. Dorje Shugden in an enlightened being, emanation of Lord Manjushri, He arose as the Dharma Protector of our time to grant us assistance in a swift manner. The manifestation of His entourage is a reflection that we, sentient beings, indulging in the delusion of Samara require many support in different form, to suit us at our different level. For those who has been bestowed this practice by Lama from pure lineage, I personally think that this is the greatest gift of all. We must cherish it and guard this practice at all cost. It is truly an honor to be able to connect to Dorje Shugden and His entourage. It is an equally humbling experience. Dorje Shugden in an enlightened being, emanation of Lord Manjushri, He arose as the Dharma Protector of our time to grant us assistance in a swift manner. The manifestation of His entourage is a reflection that we, sentient beings, indulging in the delusion of Samara require many support in different form, to suit us at our different level. For those who has been bestowed this practice by Lama from pure lineage, I personally think that this is the greatest gift of all. We must cherish it and guard this practice at all cost.

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By: Amber Sonam https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/the-ruling-empire-of-dorje-shugden/comment-page-1/#comment-204852 Amber Sonam Tue, 03 May 2016 22:32:00 +0000 http://www.dorjeshugden.com/?p=50879#comment-204852 This detailed information on Dorje Shugden's five families and entourages are very useful and logical. The understanding of the meaning and their functions further support the beneficial of Dorje Shugden's practice. On the other hand, it also shows us the complexity and the variety of our obstacles that we very much needed their help in order to continue our path towards enlightenment. This detailed information on Dorje Shugden’s five families and entourages are very useful and logical. The understanding of the meaning and their functions further support the beneficial of Dorje Shugden’s practice. On the other hand, it also shows us the complexity and the variety of our obstacles that we very much needed their help in order to continue our path towards enlightenment.

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By: Sunita https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/the-ruling-empire-of-dorje-shugden/comment-page-1/#comment-204825 Sunita Mon, 02 May 2016 00:52:33 +0000 http://www.dorjeshugden.com/?p=50879#comment-204825 Thank you for this detailed information on Dorje Shugden's entourage and the explanation of each of them. What I find most interesting is that every single one of these entourage is actually an emanation of Dorje Shugden himself. How amazingly compassionate Dorje Shugden is to do this to benefit sentient beings! And if we read carefully the activities of each entourage, we know that Dorje Shugden is definitely an Enlightened being because of the actions they do like the eight guiding monks thunder with the sound of eloquent teachings of the Dharma during degenerate times, especially the teachings on Lojong, Lamrim, and Madhyamika. If Dorje Shugden was an evil spirit why would these eight guiding monks teach Dharma? The more we read and find out of about Dorje Shugden, the more we realise he is a fully enlightened Buddha and the discrimination against this practice is definitely a political one and hence an even greater injustice to our human rights. Thank you Thank you for this detailed information on Dorje Shugden’s entourage and the explanation of each of them. What I find most interesting is that every single one of these entourage is actually an emanation of Dorje Shugden himself. How amazingly compassionate Dorje Shugden is to do this to benefit sentient beings! And if we read carefully the activities of each entourage, we know that Dorje Shugden is definitely an Enlightened being because of the actions they do like the eight guiding monks thunder with the sound of eloquent teachings of the Dharma during degenerate times, especially the teachings on Lojong, Lamrim, and Madhyamika. If Dorje Shugden was an evil spirit why would these eight guiding monks teach Dharma? The more we read and find out of about Dorje Shugden, the more we realise he is a fully enlightened Buddha and the discrimination against this practice is definitely a political one and hence an even greater injustice to our human rights. Thank you

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By: Pema https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/the-ruling-empire-of-dorje-shugden/comment-page-1/#comment-204821 Pema Sun, 01 May 2016 18:17:35 +0000 http://www.dorjeshugden.com/?p=50879#comment-204821 Great job! The details about the emanations of Dorje Shugden with the details on the 8 guiding monks and the 9 mothers as well as the 10 youthful and wrathful assistents. How blessed when we come across such holy beings. May we be close to Dorje Shugden and His empire in all our lives. May the ban come down soon. Great job!
The details about the emanations of Dorje Shugden with the details on the 8 guiding monks and the 9 mothers as well as the 10 youthful and wrathful assistents.

How blessed when we come across such holy beings. May we be close to Dorje Shugden and His empire in all our lives. May the ban come down soon.

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By: Aloysius Bong https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/the-ruling-empire-of-dorje-shugden/comment-page-1/#comment-204817 Aloysius Bong Sun, 01 May 2016 05:58:21 +0000 http://www.dorjeshugden.com/?p=50879#comment-204817 Amazing detailed description of the 5 forms of Dorje Shugden and all His entourage, only a being of a Buddha's quality can have this whole system forming around Him. And Dorje Shugden is perfectly attained to be able to manifest in 5 different forms to assist sentient beings in various aspects of their lives, together with the help of His entourage, and with compassion, to pave the way for sentient beings' Dharma endeavor. Amazing detailed description of the 5 forms of Dorje Shugden and all His entourage, only a being of a Buddha’s quality can have this whole system forming around Him. And Dorje Shugden is perfectly attained to be able to manifest in 5 different forms to assist sentient beings in various aspects of their lives, together with the help of His entourage, and with compassion, to pave the way for sentient beings’ Dharma endeavor.

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By: Rene Mayo https://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/the-ruling-empire-of-dorje-shugden/comment-page-1/#comment-204816 Rene Mayo Sun, 01 May 2016 04:39:54 +0000 http://www.dorjeshugden.com/?p=50879#comment-204816 The article states "According to other sources, these 32 deities are direct emanations of the 32 deities of the Kingly Guhyasamaja Tantras". Is this why Lama Gangchen always equates Dorje Shugden's practice with the tantra of Guhyasamaja? Interesting post, thanks for this The article states “According to other sources, these 32 deities are direct emanations of the 32 deities of the Kingly Guhyasamaja Tantras”. Is this why Lama Gangchen always equates Dorje Shugden’s practice with the tantra of Guhyasamaja? Interesting post, thanks for this

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