Comments on: Should Religion Be a Condition for the Right to Livelihood?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 02:40:57 +0000

By: Drolma

Drolma — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 07:39:46 +0000

The CTA is using the Tibetan plight to get free money from their supporters. Free Tibet movement is only a tool for the CTA to achieve their goal. For the past 60 years, the CTA did not have to work hard because they have received so much financial aids from the west. Thus, why would the CTA make the free Tibet movement a success? This will never happen.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 06:42:04 +0000

It is a fact there is no justice in the Tibetan community in India. People who are against or do not agree with the CTA will be penalised. For example, people who do not want to give up Dorje Shugden practice are segregated and not allowed to be integrated in the Tibetan community. Basic rights as a Tibetan such as working in a government agency, receiving medical treatments from government run hospitals, attending the Dalai Lama’s talks (religious or political) are taken away by the CTA. As a result, there is no harmony and unity in the Tibetan community, there is no progress in the free Tibet movement.

By: Tamang

Tamang — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 05:26:36 +0000

CTA really shows their incompetence and unprofessional act towards taking advice from Nechungwith regards to the state matters. Isn’t this sounds like a joke, when the government needs to make a certain decision they have to get the answer from the oracle instead of the elected leaders discussed and make a decision from their best knowledge and experience in term of protecting the Tibetan interest? If this everything has to depend on the oracle, then my as well just elect the oracle as the leader. Why do we need CTA?

CTA really has to act matures and professional. They cannot be a bunch of superstitious kids that running around to look for an answer instead of being a grown-up and as a responsible leader to make a rational decision for their people. It really sad to see this and how would the sponsors feel when is their money being handled by a group of people that is incompetence? Who else will respect and willing to contribute to them? Something that everyone needs to think and consider!

By: Pema

Pema — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 05:15:54 +0000

Looking at how CTA carried out the ban it shows that there is no democracy in Tibetan. Dalai Lama advice not to practice Dorje Shugden and CTA immediately carried out as instruction and even stated the ban in their charter. Why a government wants to discriminate their people just because their people have their own preference of religious practice which didn’t harm anyone.

As a government that supposed to look after the welfare of their people has CTA considers their people’s religious freedom and as well as their human rights?

By: John

John — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 05:07:44 +0000

It’s really a joke to see CTA claim that they are democratic but they put in their official website discriminating and ostracise Dorje Shudgen practice which been practice for 500 years and there is nothing to do any of the political matter. You can have all sort of spiritual belief in the country but what important is the government have to respect and give freedom for practice. How a spiritual practice can affect the Tibetan cause? They didn’t elaborate and the ban is really violating human rights. Looking at their situation which is a refugee in India why are they creating all this separation and suffering to their own people which already in a bad situation. Instead of uniting the people who already lost their country, CTA is just creating more disharmony and it doesn’t benefit the Tibetan as a whole. No one can understand their thinking and people will just lose confidence in them and I don’t people would want to donate to CTA looking at how they manage the situation. No progress on their Tibetan cause and yet create more trouble for their people. Really shame.

By: James

James — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 06:44:50 +0000

It’s funny that in this era, CTA cannot make their decision as a key government for their political matters. Since Dalai Lama has retired from the political scene, CTA which is a secular entity should be professional and should be inspired as a leader in leading the Tibetanwith the rest of their cabinet to bring benefit and improvement in their livelihoods. If they can’t manage and dependant on the oracle to make the decision then what is CTA for? Now we know why they lost Tibet and after 60 years CTA still cannot self-sustain and Dalai Lama and Tibetan unable to return to Tibetan.

By: Chodag

Chodag — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 06:22:46 +0000

CTA must accept that Tibet is under China and the Tibetans are living better in China than those in India. CTA can complain and say anything they want but the fact the Chinese still look after the Tibetan in China and invested in repairing and refurbishing monasteries. Looking at the Chinese influences at this moment many countries are looking to work with them to bring growth in their economies. CTA doesn’t even look after its own people in India and we don’t have to ask what CTA will do to support the countries that have been supporting them. CTA will just keep taking and no contribution to support back the people that have helped Tibetan before. This is what happens in India where the local people feel so unfair for the treatment of Tibetan.

CTA should show more gratitude to the people that have been supporting them especially the Indian which given the land to until now.

By: Modern Tibetan

Modern Tibetan — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:05:32 +0000

I really like this article!

The Tibetan polity has not changed in exile.

They are just a continuation of the bad system of organizing society which many, many other countries have since abandoned and progressed from. The same system which put them where they are today.

The administration in exile is littered with the same old aristocrats, their brothers, sisters, uncles, nephews, cousins, cronies, …. and the Dalai Lama and Nechung are used, and intermittently respected, at their convenience.

Dorje Shugden practice has been a bogeyman for the aristocrats to practise divide and rule and to legitimize themselves as the Dalai Lama’s most loyal subjects. The same can be said with regards to the 2 Karmapas and 2 Panchen Lamas, and others.

The Dalai Lama himself has attest to the fact that both Karmapas are real Karmapas and this is further strengthened by the fact that both of them have met, acknowledged the legitimacy of each other, and recently wrote joint prayers for the long life of the Sharmapa.

The Dalai Lama has also hinted that both Panchen Lamas are Panchen Lamas.

It is high time the Tibetans put this bad episode of lynching who is clearly an enlightened Dharma Protector Manjushri Dorje Shugden and examine what they have achieved in the last 50 years.

Are they looking at another 50 years of playing sides and nepotism?

Surely modern Tibetans deserve better!

🙏

By: Tara

Tara — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 05:17:20 +0000

Regardless of what spiritual lineage you are, your government you accept you and look after your welfare. Respect and peace are key for everyone to live together. All spiritual practice teaches us to be a good person and as a leader, should encourage their people to stay strong with their spiritual practice. With this, their people will respect their government which accepts differences. No government will want to see separation in their country. This will create a lot of problems and especially the stability of the country. Tibetan leadership is very childish to create separation among its people. Their action will not gain respect and causes many people to run away from them. Tibetan leadership forgot that the refugee and the people they have with them in India is what they have and if the Tibetan run away, there is nothing for them already. No more Tibetan cause. Tibetan leadership can really just stay in their own world and serve themselves.