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.

I’m glad to read that Sonam Lama has managed to correct the misinformation on the whole issue to some of the people in Rome. But, at the same time, concerned that this situation is viewed as a waiting game by the Dalai Lama and his supporters – the wait for the Dorje Shugden practitioners, who have no funding from anyone to run out of funds; while the US continue to pour funds into their coffers.

Sad, and sick situation indeed.

I wish to thank all those involved in the protests that had created so much awareness on the illogical ban on Dorje Shugden and his practise by the Dalai Lama and CTA. They had been courageous to carry on with the protests despite the threats and abuses by the supporters of the Dalai Lama and CTA. Sorry that the organisers had decided to stop all protests as they had made so much progress towards forcing the Dalai Lama and CTA to face their lies and their conduct.

Thank you for posting this report up. It is good to know that there is cohesion amongst the Dorje Shugden practitioners worldwide. But i really wonder how effective the fight against the injustices perpetrated against Dorje Shugden practitioners will be now that the ISC has stopped their protests. I have no idea why they stopped their protests but one fact is for sure. The end of the protests came about after representatives from the ISC had meetings with the Dalai Lama’s representatives. As far as i can see on the internet, there is not statement as to what was discussed and what was decided at these meetings. Why the secrecy? I really do not understand why the ISC would give in to the demands of the Tibetan Administration given their vocal support for Dorje Shugden practitioners all over the world.

Thank you for your response. It was a feeling of amazement visiting the Vatican and especially the fact that everyone was equal and it was open to everyone regardless of faith. The Dalai Lama posted segration signs on temples, monasteries, libraries, etc. but we helped build these structures together. Now, we are not allowed to enter? Does this Dalai Lama sound like a fair man?

Thank you for reading my article. Dalai Lama accuses Dorje Shugden people to receive Chinese money purposely to mislead and cover up human rights violation , segregation, and religious persecution that he committed. This also shows Dalai Lama and his organization still has the mentality of a dictator. If, we receive Chinese money, Dalai Lama will not post a law for segregation because only the segregation law is purposely for Dorge Shugden people to suffer from finance.
And also, I will not use for luxury or partying if we did receive money. For example, I am only able to attend demonstrations a few times because of financial difficulties. If this wasn’t a hardship, I would have never missed a demonstration and done a lot more to educate the world about Dalai Lama. Dalai Lama will have no choice but to lift the ban and stop segregation.

I love so much when you say “..we are free and allowed to visit Vatican places – this Christian holy places, even you are not a Christian”, but as a Buddhist you are prohibited to see your religious leader HH Dalai Lama, to step into some monasteries, libraries, even non-religous places like hospitals, temples, clinics and restaurant when you are a Dorje Shugden practitioner…

This sounds so ridiculous to non Buddhist and Buddhist. What is the feeling like to be in Vatican freely, compare toto be so restricted and life being threaten when you are on your “own land” with so many people practising Buddhism like India and etc…

Sounds like a joke, no it’s a sad history which is still happening until today!

Lift the Dorje Shugden ban to practise! Stop the discrimination! We have to raise awareness on the unfairness, bias and cruelty wherever we go, to whoever we meet and through internet!

Thank you to all who go to Rome and other countries to protest against the BAN!

Time and money are required to sustain the protest and bring people to the actual site of the protest, permits etc etc .

If Dorje Shugden practitioners do receive Chinese money then many of those who arrived for protest should be existing in luxury or at least partying all the way.

I am happy to read your report. Great to hear that Romina Power joined the protests. She is very well know all over Europe. Media will reach more and more people. People all over the world will be shocked when hearing about the ban.

Thank you for being there and showing the injustice to the world.