FPMT’s registration form reflects intolerance

The two founders of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), Lama Yeshe (left) and Lama Zopa (right). Both masters propitiated Dorje Shugden strongly but after Lama Yeshe passed away and Lama Zopa became FPMT’s head, Dorje Shugden was banned. This discrimination is clearly evident in FPMT’s event registration forms. By turning against Dorje Shugden, FPMT have gone against the legacy of their extremely compassionate founder who practiced Dorje Shugden his whole life until his death. And the lineage lamas of the two FPMT founders were also all Dorje Shugden practitioners. Not only did the current FPMT people turn against their founder Lama Yeshe, but they also invalidate their lineage masters who practiced Dorje Shugden for their whole lives.

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By: Heinrich Hauff

A registration form is a written record of someone’s desire to participate in an event, organization, employment or program. It collects data and provides information and background of a person. Because forms are so common, they are often filled and submitted without any more thought than it being merely a standard process. However, in the hands of the wrong people, forms are a powerful means of manipulation and to bring others under their control.

FPMT’s sinister agenda is exemplified in their registration form. Click to enlarge.

A perfect example of this is Losang Dragpa Center’s (LDC) registration form that people need to fill in before they are allowed to attend the Lama Chopa Commentary by Dagri Rinpoche, during a Vesak event which is supposed to recall the values taught in the Buddha’s Teachings. LDC in Malaysia is the affiliate center of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), one of their various branches around the world. Founded in 1975 by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa, the FPMT is one of the larger Buddhist organizations, whose influence was strong during Lama Yeshe’s time but has waned due to the many political decisions they have become embroiled in.

FPMT has, throughout all its affiliate centers, denounced Dorje Shugden practice in spite of the fact their founder Lama Yeshe was a devoted Dorje Shugden practitioner who kept his practice until his passing in 1984. In fact, the Dalai Lama has said that those who practice Dorje Shugden will go to the Three Lower Realms, so it is uniquely ironic that Lama Yeshe’s incarnation was found, recognized and enthroned by none other than the Dalai Lama himself. The right thing the Dalai Lama should have done was to say there was no incarnation because Lama Yeshe practiced Dorje Shugden. His incarnation, named Lama Osel, has since disrobed and resides in Spain. It is beyond odd that the FPMT have become hypocrites of their own witch hunt because they recognized a lama who practiced Dorje Shugden but did not go to the Three Lower Realms.

Furthermore, FPMT creates Lama Yeshe statues of various sizes and places them on the altars of their various centers throughout the world which should be wrong. Since he practiced Dorje Shugden, Lama Yeshe should be considered evil and should have taken rebirth in the Three Lower Realms. That is their own flawed logic but even they themselves do not follow their own logic. Since FPMT disallows Dorje Shugden practitioners from receiving the blessings of the Dharma within their facilities, would it also not be logical to similarly disallow Lama Yeshe statues in their centers, let alone allow them to be worshipped? Why worship an image of a person who worshipped Dorje Shugden, even if he was their founder?

In fact, if you want to be totally honest in your so-called ‘spiritual correctness’, FPMT should rid their centers of all Lama Yeshe images, including pictures. Lama Zopa, who took over the reins from his guru, was himself a fervent Dorje Shugden practitioner until the Dalai Lama’s notorious order to ban the practice in 1996. Since Lama Zopa practiced Dorje Shugden all those years without knowing Dorje Shugden is evil, then that would show Lama Zopa was not clairvoyant. On the other hand, Lama Zopa is also known to have psychic dreams and consults his divination dice hundreds of times a week, every week. So how is it possible that for decades, his famous divination dice did not tell him that Dorje Shugden is evil?

So Lama Zopa can make mistakes? He is not reliable in his decisions on something as sacred as Protector practice? So are we to believe that for decades, Lama Zopa who has so much meditation under his belt, was praying to something evil (in the form of Dorje Shugden) until the Dalai Lama ‘warned’ him? Does that make Lama Zopa a reliable person to go to ask questions and to request divinations from? Since Lama Zopa backed the Dalai Lama’s decree of the unethical ban on Shugden practice, the FPMT has been at the forefront of the anti-Dorje Shugden campaign and a leader of the witch hunt against Shugden practitioners. This was clearly undertaken to curry favor with the Tibetan leadership because it demeans the spiritual reputation of their founder Lama Yeshe and their lineage gurus, all of whom practiced Dorje Shugden and, eerily enough, all of whose incarnations came back without going to the Three Lower Realms.

Here is a statue of Lama Yeshe in one of FPMT’s centres, remember he was a Dorje Shugden practitioner his whole life, so according to the rule of law of the Tibetan Leadership, Lama Yeshe is instantly invalidated of being a proper Dharma teacher. Yet, not only do they not discard his statue, they turn him into a Buddha Vajrasattva with a consort some more. Now here is a Dorje Shugden practitioner whose statue should be tossed out into the four winds. Instead, he is made into a god, put on the altar and worshiped. Maybe they should have Lama Yeshe fill out a FPMT-LDC registration form. I am sure that Buddha Vajrasattva, a.k.a Lama Yeshe, would not be allowed in! This is not dry, sardonic sarcasm but a direct in-depth insight into FPMT’s hypocrisy. So what right do they have to criticize other Dorje Shugden practitioners and interrogate potential attendees?

FPMT likes to promote that their founder, Lama Yeshe, was highly attained and throughout their writings in books and on websites, FPMT always directly and indirectly recount tales of Lama Yeshe’s clairvoyance and miracles. Is it possible that Lama Yeshe, being such a highly attained meditation master, with clairvoyant abilities arising from meditation, could not detect throughout his entire life that Dorje Shugden was evil? Is that what we are supposed to believe? And so does that mean that Dorje Shugden tricked Lama Yeshe? That would mean Lama Yeshe can be tricked and is unreliable and if Dorje Shugden did trick Lama Yeshe, why then should we receive teachings, read books and trust the practices that Lama Yeshe left behind in FPMT?

If FPMT’s organization now are like the leaves, branches and trunk of the tree, Lama Yeshe and the lineage gurus would be the roots. Since Lama Yeshe and the lineage gurus practiced Dorje Shugden, and according to FPMT now Dorje Shugden is bad, does that mean then the roots are rotten? So how can the tree continue to grow and provide whatever the tree is supposed to provide?

This registration form for people interested to attend FPMT’s event in Malaysia in conjunction with this year’s Vesak Day festivities holds clues to their extremely hurtful agenda.

The teaching, slated for five days from 22nd to 26th May 2019, is due to be conducted by Dagri Rinpoche who, at the time of writing, has been outed as a serial sexual molester. Dagri Rinpoche, a touring lama within FPMT with a packed schedule all year round, gives teachings, confers vows and initiations to large gatherings in FPMT centers worldwide. The sanctity of the teachings and empowerments he has given has been brought into question after he was exposed as a sex predator. Dagri Rinpoche was recently arrested by police and then let out on bail in India after he was reported for molesting a woman on board an Indian flight from Delhi to Gaggal, the airport closest to Dharamsala where the Dalai Lama resides in exile, and which also hosts the seat of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA; Tibetan leadership).

Dagri Rinpoche’s exploits are a direct violation of the fundamental vows of a Buddhist monk and having broken the vows, he should automatically be disqualified as a monk and teacher. That being the case, all the teachings and practices given by him would therefore be invalid. Hence while we were investigating the Dagri Rinpoche incident, we saw that his current teaching schedule takes him to the Far East and Malaysia. We took a look at their website and downloaded the forms for his events, and realized the hypocrisy. Here they are in their registration form with the audacity to interrogate people’s private practices in order to attend a serial molester’s events at their center, where they worship images of Lama Yeshe, the Dorje Shugden practitioner. Now how does all of that grab you?

Let’s round that up – I’ve not visited Malaysia but FPMT’s Malaysian branch’s registration form interrogates you on whether you practice Dorje Shugden or not, so that you can attend the teachings being given by a woman-assaulting individual (Dagri Rinpoche) and sit in front of images of Lama Yeshe, who practiced Dorje Shugden, inside their sanctified place of worship. This all sounds very strange but that is exactly what is happening.

Here is another statue of Lama Yeshe and in front is Lama Zopa worshiping him. Why is Lama Zopa and FPMT barring their centre for Dorje Shugden practicing sentient beings but they place a Dorje Shugden practicing Lama Yeshe in a place of honor in their centres? It is like saying, no bank robbers are allowed in my house but I am going to keep a statue of Bonnie and Clyde* on my altar and worship them. (*most famous bank robbing couple in American history).

This registration form from FPMT is an example of their hypocrisy. FPMT’s leaders and members adopt a “holier than thou” attitude, oppressing Shugden practitioners to build a close connection with the Dalai Lama which in turn fuels their centers with donations and sponsorships. Their claim of moral high ground and spiritual policing is clearly evident in the registration form for events such as this one for the Vesak Day teaching with Dagri Rinpoche. Although they say they are acting out of compassion and for the benefit of all sentient beings, the registration form itself is evidence that the opposite is true.

Dagri Rinpoche is indeed a serial molester

Or to watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T05xLBZ_1WU

An analysis of FPMT’s registration form:

1. Pre-requisite: Participants must not be Shugden/Dolgyal practitioners

What sort of pre-requisite is this? What gives FPMT the right to judge and discriminate against Shugden practitioners? This shows the extreme prejudice that FPMT has and this attitude goes against the principles of Buddhism which are to love and accept all sentient beings and to view them as our mother. Where is the tolerance, acceptance and compassion? Don’t all sentient beings deserve love, compassion and teachings.

What my religion is or is not, is a personal matter and it is my prerogative to believe what I want and choose what I pray to. Religion is something very personal and no one has the right to question anyone or judge another person based on their religion. My faith is only meant for me. It is personal, it is in my heart. FPMT definitely has no right to ask this sort of question. I should be allowed to attend their teachings and receive blessings, just like any practitioner of any other religion would be allowed to.

2. Mandatory personal details

On their form, FPMT requires participants to list out their mobile phone numbers. Why is FPMT asking for people’s mobile number? This should be optional because a person’s phone number, address and even their email are all private information. By listing out these details and not knowing how they are going to be used in the future, participants open themselves up to possibly being harassed, as has happened before in cases of young attractive women and men listing out their personal details.

If FPMT is proven to be unprepared to look after the welfare of its own students and prevent them from falling prey to sex predator teachers (Dagri Rinpoche), what assurance is there that FPMT will not misuse very private and confidential details for other reasons? How do we know their committee members and volunteers possess good reputations? With this registration form, I am not signing up for a credit card but simply for a blessing; does the blessing really require so much interrogation? Since when are the ‘gods’ so paranoid? How can FPMT be trusted that these details will not fall into wrong hands, so that the predators have even more direct access to potential prey? We also live in a world where identity theft is rampant, so what guarantee is there that FPMT will not sell people’s digital identities and details? In any case, it does show that FPMT is interested in building a database that it can mine for donations and other benefits.

Why does FPMT make it mandatory for these details to be given? Just because they are a Dharma organization, it does not mean they are all 100% good and not open to abusing information that the organization holds. Most of the time, people do not actually want to give out their personal contact details because they do not wish to be harassed to donate towards the organization. There have been multiple complaints from people that FPMT keeps calling and harassing them for donations or to join their activities. We have spoken to ex-FPMT and ex-LDC members over Skype who were committee members, who mentioned what we have just related about the organization trawling for donations. Sometimes people are wealthy and these people are harassed even more, because unscrupulous people abuse their contact details.

FPMT’s founding fathers, Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa engaged in rituals. In the background you can see a thangka (Tibetan painting) of Dorje Shugden. Both lamas practiced Dorje Shugden heavily until the ban and now FPMT discriminates against Shugden practitioners all around the world. Lama Yeshe was a life-long practitioner of Dorje Shugden so according to FPMT’s views he should have gone to the Three Lower Realms. But how can the founding lama of FPMT have gone to the Three Lower Realms, and yet they continue to use his teachings and writings?

3. Are you a practitioner of Shugden/Dolgyal? Yes/No

There are many world religions such as Jainism, Judaism, Hinduism, Shintoism, Buddhism, Islam, White Voodoo, Christianity, Black Voodoo, Witchcraft, Wicca, Satanism, Amish, Mormonism, Bon, Scientology, Shamanism, Taoism, Sikhism, Spiritism, Bahai, Shirito, Tenrikyo, Neo-paganism and more. Within this bundle of religions, some will say they are the real ones and that theirs is the only true path. And there are some who actually worship ‘dark entities’, as claimed by others, and the adherents of these religions will debate with each other over which path is real and will go so far as saying that the other religions are false and will lead you to hell.

So why then does FPMT not ask these practitioners about their background? The final analysis is that no one has the right to say which religion leads you to heaven or hell. It is better we practice tolerance and acceptance and stop interrogating. A place of worship should be open to all, regardless of your religious background, as that would validate it as a place of sanctity; a sanctified place will not have blessings if they presume to interrogate.

If FPMT are really worried about the safety of their members, why do they not instead ask if participants have criminal records on their forms? What about if they are currently engaged in criminal legal cases or have been to prison before? What about if people have been exposed to contagious diseases, or are in a questionable state of mental health? The question is, why are these sorts of considerations not on FPMT’s forms? After all, being a criminal is a lot worse than simply practicing your peaceful religion.

If FPMT does not ask about other religions, like those listed above, why then does FPMT single out and target only Dorje Shugden practitioners? Who gave them the right and authority to judge and discriminate others in the first place? Who appointed them the Dharma ‘police’? How are they even qualified to do so? Ethically, practically and spiritually speaking, this is not right. It is wrong and so uncalled-for.

There are many times we see high lamas like His Holiness the Dalai Lama and His Holiness the Panchen Lama and so on, give massive initiations such as the Kalachakra to a huge crowd of tens of thousands of people in both Eastern and Western countries. Many people in these crowds are from different faiths and denominations, and some are even atheist. They all come to attend the teachings and initiations without any hassle and problems. Why is it they are allowed to attend the Dalai Lama’s teachings and receive blessings, and there is no need for them to swear their allegiance to anyone or to swear that they do not practice a particular deity? Why are these people allowed to join but Shugden people are not?

In fact, the foundation and lineage of FPMT’s practice comes from great masters who practiced and proliferated Dorje Shugden for over 400 years. FPMT’s very own founding father, Lama Yeshe was himself a Dorje Shugden practitioner. FPMT’s entire organization was built and blessed by Dorje Shugden who assisted Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa when they first started. This is well-known and well-documented, although FPMT like to brush these facts under the carpet.

In light of the current situation where Dagri Rinpoche is scheduled to go to a center in Malaysia (LDC) to teach, and therefore they have this registration form, perhaps plans should be changed because he has been discovered to be molesting women for decades. FPMT/LDC should not be so arrogant and question people’s spirituality about whether they practice Dorje Shugden or not. Instead, they should self-introspect why Dagri Rinpoche was able to get away with this for so long and hurt so many people. Surely, FPMT promoting a teacher of such ill-repute is a much bigger crime than praying to Dorje Shugden. Therefore FPMT should be humble and stop acting like they are above everyone else, when in fact they have been unleashing Dagri Rinpoche on unsuspecting, spiritual-seeking, innocent women. FPMT owes an apology to many people and they must be genuine about it. They also owe an apology for being discriminatory. Anyone holding the Bodhisattva vows should not abandon even one single sentient being in samsara, lest they forfeit enlightenment. Click the image to enlarge.

4. Asking who you received refuge and teachings from

FPMT even wants to know personal details regarding one’s spiritual life. Why does FPMT need to know who you have taken refuge from? This is actually none of their business. One’s spiritual bond with one’s teacher is extremely personal and sacred, and FPMT has no right to ask who one’s guru is. Additionally, they ask whether you have received certain teachings and who from. Are they wondering if you have the necessary prerequisite knowledge to attend the teachings? Or are they making sure that you have not received teachings from a lama they do not approve of? It is most likely the latter, given the rest of the wholly inappropriate questions on their form. And once again, they are policing.

When you have taken Buddhist refuge, what should it matter who performed the physical ceremony? What is important is that you have actually taken refuge and that this refuge is heartfelt, not who you took refuge with. In fact, it is clearly stated in many Buddhist texts that undergoing the outer ceremony is useless without the internal generation of refuge. So why does FPMT want to so fervently know who you took refuge with?

5. Listing down the name of your Vajra Master

When taking Highest Yoga Tantra initiation, the lama whom you receive the initiation from is known as the Vajra Master. Asking someone to list down their Highest Yoga Tantra initiations and who gave them the practice is against tantric code, which states that this information is to be kept secret and private. When one engages in a tantric deity’s practice (yidam), one is not allowed to reveal the identity of the yidam and practice to anyone. It is said keeping one’s tantric practice secret safeguards the blessings so that one can gain attainments. One does not run around writing on forms, revealing to people who you may or may not know, who your secret tantric practice is.

FPMT and LDC, who sponsor these programs should know better, which leads you to believe they have another hidden agenda. What is more, Dorje Shugden practitioners would definitely not want to go to FPMT to receive teachings and initiations. Dorje Shugden practitioners have their own teachers and monasteries. So why does LDC have the audacity and arrogance to think that Dorje Shugden practitioners would want to sneak into their centers to receive teachings? Dorje Shugden practitioners have many teachers they can go to so FPMT does not need to be paranoid and act as if they are the only ones selling diamonds, when Dorje Shugden practitioners can get bigger and better diamonds elsewhere.

People are not allowed to reveal what initiations they have received in order to keep the blessings of the empowerment intact and to gain attainments. By FPMT asking such questions, they are breaking the tantric code. So why is FPMT asking this on their form? Is this not just another way to interrogate applicants to find out if someone is a Dorje Shugden practitioner? This serves to make them look holy, good and obedient to the Tibetan leadership which will, in turn, make it easier for them to snuggle up to the celebrity Dalai Lama and reap the rewards from that.

How dare FPMT ask people who their Guru is and what initiations they have received? In fact, they should be honored that someone has the Dharma imprints to enter their center, pray, make donations, and perhaps volunteer, offer their time and expertise and contribute to their growth. They should be honored that someone can be a potential member and practice the Dharma, after all their marketing efforts. They should be fulfilled when they encourage another sentient being to listen to the Dharma, because it is a method for them to increase their own merit.

Instead of treating potential students as criminals, they should treat them as honored guests. The more sentient beings listen to Dharma, the more they are able to collect merits and fulfill the very purpose of having a Dharma center. Therefore, they should look at all sentient beings with eyes of love, a feeling of compassion, and an appreciative dedication in honoring potential people coming to their center. After all, every person they help is one step closer to enlightenment for themselves. For a person who practices Dharma, and especially one who has taken the Bodhisattva vows, you cannot abandon even one sentient being, regardless of the reason for in the Bodhisattva vows, it clearly says that by abandoning even one sentient being, the practitioner cannot gain full enlightenment. That Dharma principle encompasses all sentient beings including Dorje Shugden practitioners. So it is good advice for FPMT to wake up and smell the Tibetan tea.

All these points make their registration forms discriminatory. Many other Buddhist centers and organisations do not have such discriminatory forms, or even no forms at all. They never ask so many sensitive and personal questions of anyone because they know it is none of their business. It is very clear that many other centers do not have such rules when it comes to their registration forms but FPMT does. Why is this so? Because FPMT always wants to look holy, look good and portray themselves to be above all other Dharma centers. They do so that they can be close to the Dalai Lama, to rub shoulders with him, to brag about their closeness with him and attend his teachings, and publish their pictures with the Dalai Lama all over the internet. And why do this? To validate and empower them that what their Dharma center is doing is correct and in doing so, they believe it gives them the right to bully other Dharma centers and Buddhist practitioners. This is nothing more than a type of ‘spiritual racism’.

Lama Zopa and 27 other FPMT geshes who serve as resident teachers at their various centres, are always taking pictures with the Dalai Lama, in order to legitimize themselves. This is more than just a nice photo, it shows their sinister motive to acquire fame, power and money.

The real issue here is not about anyone’s spiritual practice. The real issue is FPMT needs to survive and cover the overheads of hundreds of their centers around the world. Hence, they need to constantly curry favor with the Dalai Lama because to be seen with the Dalai Lama infers that they are good and above everyone, and that they are “better” than the rest. Let’s face it – the truth is that FPMT is treating spirituality like a business, because they compete with other centers to grab sponsors and gain donations for themselves. FPMT wants more members, which means more manpower to endorse themselves, so that they can fulfill their ultimate main objective: to get more money and power. Hence being ‘close’ to the Dalai Lama has benefited them in this way since he is a big celebrity and the method to gain this closeness is by showing on their registration forms that they are so obedient in barring Dorje Shugden practitioners from their centers. What FPMT should really do is scrap politics and welcome all sentient beings into Buddha’s fold. Whether you are a saint or sinner, a practitioner of Krishna, Buddha, Witchcraft, Voodoo or atheist, you are a human being and deserve equal respect, and you should be allowed into the house of Buddha, which is a Dharma center. No discrimination necessary. Give peace a chance.

Perhaps FPMT should consider this – close down some centers so the pressure to get money and fame is reduced, and therefore they do not have to be discriminatory and look good with the Dalai Lama, and they can get back to practicing the real Dharma.

When we get to crux of the matter, what else is there in samsara? Why else would they be so disgustingly judgemental and prejudiced? Why discriminate against others because of their faith? That in itself is against the Buddhist tenet of compassion for all sentient beings. So where has their compassion gone? What kind of Dharma organization puts others down because of their religion and forbids them from receiving the Buddha’s blessing? Would Buddha shun Dorje Shugden practitioners? Did he discriminate against people? So where did FPMT learn their form of Buddhism from? Buddha had great compassion for Angulimala, and taught him the Dharma, helped him to regret and reform his ways and brought him to arhatship. Although Angulimala killed 999 people before he met the Buddha, the Buddha still looked upon him with great love. Just to entertain FPMT for one moment, let us pretend FPMT is the Buddha and Dorje Shugden practitioners are Angulimala. What do you think Buddha FPMT should do? Embrace Angulimala with love and tolerance or make him fill out a registration form, find out he is a criminal and kick him out?

The price FPMT pays for being politically correct, is that they become spiritually-arrogant and think they have the right to judge, bully and interrogate others, and ask them extremely intimate questions. When they do this, they sound like the KGB of the USSR or the Stasi of East Germany. Why are they collecting and keeping all of this information? FPMT has lost the objective of being Buddhist which is to have compassion, tolerance and love for all beings. Instead, they have replaced them with arrogance, prejudice, intolerance, jealousy, greed, inequality and self-righteousness, everything that is the opposite of Buddhism itself…and this is clearly reflected in their registration form! No one has the right to interrogate, judge and convert others!

According to the Dalai Lama, those who commit sexual crimes should have their faces shown in public and in the media. If they do not actually follow the teachings of the Buddha, he says that perhaps public pressure will make them stop acting in harmful ways.

We highly encourage FPMT to change their registration forms and stop being so discriminatory towards other people’s religion. We downloaded this registration form because the current issue surrounding the sexual abuse that Dagri Rinpoche has committed is very worrying. In fact, during the writing of this article, a second woman came forth with a video claiming she was the victim of sexual abuse at the hands of Dagri Rinpoche when she was a nun 10 years ago. She was told to be silent by FPMT and the men in maroon who interrogated her. Despite all of this, FPMT have Dagri Rinpoche scheduled to give teachings at their centers all over the world.

The public need to be made aware of this sexual predator. FPMT think it is their right to interrogate people coming to their centers, but the fact is that the very teachers at these centers are sex offenders and should be interrogated. They are people who have broken vows, and are not even qualified in an ethical or karmic sense to teach. The saddest part is that it has been revealed that Lama Zopa was aware of Dagri Rinpoche’s abusive behavior of women and told people who approached him to be silent.

From the looks of it, what FPMT is doing is simply running their organization like a business rather than an institution of a spiritual nature. All they care about is getting more business and more people to join their teachings, because they are from a so-called high lama who has been seen with and works for the Dalai Lama.

I have come out with my own registration form, which is a form based on compassion and should be an example of what a loving Dharma center’s registration form should be like. See below:

This is what FPMT’s registration form should look like, minus Dagri Rinpoche. The “so and so” refers to a genuine and qualified lama. This is a more compassionate, practical and Buddhist form. Click to enlarge.

In conclusion, this is not an attack on Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa, FPMT or towards some of their dedicated students. All Gelugpas were very united prior to the ban of 1996 against Dorje Shugden. All Gelugpas shared teachings together, went to each others’ teachers for practices and there was total harmony. The Dorje Shugden ban has torn the Gelugpa world apart, separated families, monasteries, and samaya-bound students. It is time that organizations such as FPMT reach out and heal the divide and embrace all beings, both Dorje Shugden practitioners and non-Dorje Shugden practitioners. Stop creating prejudice, discrimination and bias. Let us get back to harmony, compassion and tolerance, as that is what our Lord and Savior taught. And FPMT can start right now by amending their registration forms.