I agree with this very much.
With the help of my Teacher, I am making an effort to keep my mind neutral. I do not agree with the ban, but due to my limited understanding I can not claim what is really going on in a definitive way.
My only way to combat the ban is by supporting our monks and monasteries. I have found that the endless debate and thrashing of ideas is not helping me in assisting my friends and brothers here at Shar Gaden. Not that the debates and such are not important, but due to my proximity to the monastery I feel it is better for me to focus only on proactively supporting our monks.
I do not agree with the ban either as it has caused so much suffering to date. It has not really benefitted anyone but the other 3 traditions who were insecure with Gelugpa's dominance. As a result, many of the more vocal practitioners are not Gelug but the other traditions and the spread much misconception about the whole thing. There really is no benefit to the ban, not even a single bit, only imaginary benefits such as "not practicing a spirit worship" that is not even based on the truth. Endless debate and the trashing out of ideas do have their merits: they provoke people to think deeper on the issue and really think for themselves and decide what to do from there. This is the whole purpose of this forum, by the way, to make people read and understand on the issue from a neutral or slightly biased point of view using logical methods instead of one that relies purely on name.
This is what I feel I am doing when I post here because we know that the CTA visits this website regularly, in addition to many people who want to find out more about Dorje Shugden for themselves and not just take Dalai Lama's word for it. This website is here to provide second opinions and clarifications.
