Dear friends -
I write this as someone who has always, to the best of my ability, tried to encourage others to have strong faith in their Gurus and in their traditions, whether Buddhist or non-Buddhist. I have always taken great care not to harm another's view of their objects of Refuge, and to be respectful of their right to hold their own opinion. This is an apology and a request to all those who are students of the Dalai Lama, or who have faith in him: please be patient with me, with us.
I see on this forum a wide variety of views on HH, and many people who wish to continue to view him as an enlightened being, despite his actions and the effect of these actions on the holy Buddhadharma, and the worldwide Sangha community, Tibetan and Western, lay and ordained.
If the Dalai Lama is an enlightened being, then He is manifesting as Mara.
Some say that maybe he is being misunderstood, or maybe he is unaware of the effects of his ban. Unfortunately, he has not been misunderstood at all (except by the western media). He has directly ordered this ban and reiterated it strongly, on record, many times. He is fully aware of how this is being enforced by his fanatical representatives, and he has encouraged this.
No-one is inherently evil, of course; but it's perfectly valid to call someone's intentions evil. The Dalai Lama is clearly trying to consolidate his power, both political and religious, by destroying any opposition within the religious establishment - and has been doing this in a calculated and systematic way since he first fled Tibet in the 50s. In this sense, conventionally I can call one person "good" and another "evil"; mere name, yes, but certainly appropriate.
I have been making excuses for this tyrant for 12 years, out of respect and compassion for his faithful students. But I cannot any longer - his actions since this January leave me absolutely no choice. Out of compassion, for his victims and for him, I must expose his hypocrisy and disempower him. Therefore, I'm right behind the Western Shugden Society.
I'm truly sorry to say it, but he's a liar and a hypocrite. His intentions (as far as I can tell), and his actions are in direct contradiction with Lord Buddha's teachings. He is trying to destroy pure Buddhist lineages (not just ours - see the Kagyu debacle, for example), and he is doing this - apparently - for his own political aggrandisement. He's no monk, and he's not a Buddhist. He misuses the holy Dharma to disguise his true nature and intention.
So I am sorry to all those who have faith in this person, but he must be stopped, and to do this we have no choice but to bring to light his abuses and destroy his reputation, however temporarily painful and disruptive that may be for the Buddhist community worldwide. Through my karma this is the situation as it appears to me now, and, as a Buddhist, I have no choice but to do this.
