Trijang Rinpoche is good news!

[vajrastorm]

Listening to the words of HH Dalai Lama, one is reminded again of the many contradictions within this very strange situation of HH Dalai Lama  making an exception of allowing Trijang Rinpoche to practice Shugden, while, at the same time, not allowing anyone else who wishes to take initiations from him(Dalai Lama) to practice Shugden. HH Dalai Lama cites the reason for not allowing others to practice Shugden as that of maintaining a 'pure' guru-disciple relationship.

If maintaining a pure guru-disciple relationship matters, why isn't HH Dalai Lama maintaining one with his guru, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, who gave him the Shugden practice? Why did he abandon the practice and put a ban on it? Then, again, why did he make an exception with the incarnation of his guru, the current Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and allow him to practice? Hence, one still has to place all of this in the context of a bigger picture.

[Ensapa]

Listening to the words of HH Dalai Lama, one is reminded again of the many contradictions within this very strange situation of HH Dalai Lama  making an exception of allowing Trijang Rinpoche to practice Shugden, while, at the same time, not allowing anyone else who wishes to take initiations from him(Dalai Lama) to practice Shugden. HH Dalai Lama cites the reason for not allowing others to practice Shugden as that of maintaining a 'pure' guru-disciple relationship.

If maintaining a pure guru-disciple relationship matters, why isn't HH Dalai Lama maintaining one with his guru, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, who gave him the Shugden practice? Why did he abandon the practice and put a ban on it? Then, again, why did he make an exception with the incarnation of his guru, the current Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and allow him to practice? Hence, one still has to place all of this in the context of a bigger picture.

I believe that the reason why the Dalai Lama 'allowed' Trijang Rinpoche to practice Dorje Shugden is because he did not want to appear to be someone who went against his own Guru or who attempted to control his own Guru and it is not a real, sincere permission. It is rather one that is put up in order to look good because the permission still did not stop the death threats and the CTA's aversion towards him, which is something which i find the most odd about this permission. In any case, if the Dalai Lama can give permission to one person, he can give it to another.

[DharmaSpace]

Pabongka Dorje Chang was once offered to take up the post of the regent of Tibet, but a wise disciple of Je Pabongka advised

He stated that, “…if you become regent, all the good work you have done will be damaged. You will have to deal with political matters and then everything will be finished. Every commitment of the master-disciple relationship will be broken. There will be nothing, so please don’t accept!”

Spirituality and politics do not mix and Trijang Rinpoche is wise beyond his years to now build his base for the greater spread of Dorje SHugden and dissemination of Gelugpa teachings all over the world.