Comments on: Shugden High Lama Stupas in Ganden Shartse

By: Dalai Lama should set things right

Dalai Lama should set things right — Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:09:16 +0000

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.

By: Lhakpa Dhendup

Lhakpa Dhendup — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 11:36:38 +0000

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

By: Sherabz

Sherabz — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 14:12:42 +0000

Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, is the junior tutor of the 14th Dalai Lama.
It is not easy to become a tutor and especially become a tutor of 14th Dalai Lama. When Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche was assigned to that position, he was responsible to educate the young Dalai Lama, to ensure that he received the proper education to widen his knowledge and exposure so that 14th Dalai Laman is not just a Buddhist master, but also a powerful leader.

If the people claimed that Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche is wrong because of his practice in Dorje Shugden, then 14th Dalai Lama should face the same thing too. This is due to 14th Dalai Lama was learned from his tutor, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche.
Then, we should think over again who is correct now?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 14:12:20 +0000

By: Suhaila

Suhaila — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:41:48 +0000

These double standards clearly show the Shugden ban’s baselessness. It is ridiculous, they ban the lamas, monks and practitioners who practice Dorje Shugden, segregate them from monastery and at the same time they continue to keep the stupa of the High Lamas whose proliferate Dorje Shugden for future generations to venerate?
This big question mark needs to be answered.
The Dorje Shugden’s ban should be lifted immediately. The dialogue between Tibetan Leadership and the Shugden leaders have to be made immediately.

By: Camilia

Camilia — Mon, 30 May 2016 16:07:56 +0000

No surprises to see that the anti-Shugden people landed themselves in a catch-22 situation. It is either the lineage masters like Trijang Rinpoche or Zong Rinpoche were wrong, since they are Dorje Shugden practitioners, which effectively render many of Gelugpa teachings null & invalid, or it is baseless to ban Dorje Shugden practice. When we look deeper into the issue, it is illogical to continue learn and practice Dharma and teachings from any of the Gelugpa lama, which include Dalai Lama himself, because all their teachings were passed down from teachers who were Dorje Shugden practitioners. It cannot be that some parts of the teachers’ teachings are correct while another parts are wrong. Who are we to judge which part is correct (or wrong)?

Hence, it is better to drop the baseless ban & claim against Dorje Shugden, let’s restore Dharma practice within Gelugpa school back to 20 years ago where everyone focused on Tsongkhapa’s teaching, Lam Rim, Lojong and more important things. Please do not degrade Buddhism into petty squabble on Protector practice.

By: SabrinaS

SabrinaS — Thu, 26 May 2016 08:49:04 +0000

I just thought of something interesting after reading the article and the comments here. Actually shouldn’t the non-Shugden practitioners be the ones to leave the monastery instead of chasing the Shugden practitioners out? After all, everything within the confines of the monastery would have been sponsored by Shugden practitioners to the Shugden Lamas. So actually its the non-Shugden practitioners grabbing things that are not theirs as robbers/marauders. And yet, they think that they are real practitioners with such shoddy foundations?
And they accuse the Chinese of grabbing Tibet whilst they themselves are also guilty of the same actions.
I would suggest the non-Shugden practitioners to go get their own sponsors or ask CTA to part with their donations to build new monasteries so as to have a “clean” start to their practice.

By: Lovett

Lovett — Wed, 04 May 2016 16:28:52 +0000

This is a weird position when the highest lamas of your tradition are outcasts because of a religious issue regarding a protector-deity. I think lamas and practitioners have to re-assess their priorities and allegiance. Aren’t samaya of paramount importance? What happens when your lineage lamas have broken refuge because of worshipping a spirit? Does that mean all their teachings and lineages are invalidated because of that act?

By: Amber Sonam

Amber Sonam — Tue, 03 May 2016 14:38:40 +0000

The most obvious thing is that there are many Dorje Shugden images and holy items in these two holy stupas as well! The anti-Shugden people are too afraid to see the truth. The reason they continue to live in denial is because they know for a fact that many Dorje Shugden lamas have contributed a lot for the monastery.

If they were to demolish these 2 stupas, they have to start to demolish the monastery, the buddha statues, the monks squatters etc. because Dorje Shugden lamas were the ones who raise funds, build temple and accommodation at the very beginning. It is obvious that the anti-Shugden people wish to enjoy the fruit of the Shugden lamas and conveniently ditch them for their own benefits. If Dorje Shugden is truly evil, and we must not associate with them, the anti-Shugden people should really demolish everything, start all over again and be “clean”!

By: Olivia

Olivia — Tue, 03 May 2016 06:43:17 +0000

The Tibetan leadership does only what is convenient for them and not what benefits the community and country. They oppose the practice of Dorje Shugden, instigate violence against Dorje Shugden practitioners and very ironically, they didn’t have these two great masters’ stupas removed and this have people wondering what is the reason.

They are also very biased obviously, as long as you practise Dorje Shugden, you are opposing the Dalai Lama and you should be ostracised and burn in hell, this is what they are telling Dorje Shugden practitioners. Why is it His Holiness is the only Lama that counts and even His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang is being targeted? HIS PREVIOUS LIFE WAS THE DALAI LAMA’S TUTOR!