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Dalai Lama Justifying non-virtue — Part II

A theory explaining why it is okay for the Dalai Lama to marginalize Dorje Shugden practitioners.



Many people accuse Dorje Shugden practitioners of being violent, terrorists, fundamentalists, cultish, etc. These accusations are completely false and are not based on valid evidence that can be proven in a court of law. If the accusations are true, why have those who oppose Dorje Shugden practitioners not bring such evil-doers to justice in fair trials? To assert accusations as if they were fact while there is no evidence is a symptom of ignorance. It is superstitious and fear mongering.



The reason why these criticisms are levied against the Dorje Shugden practitioners is done to discredit Dorje Shugden himself and subsequently justify the actions taken against Dorje Shugden followers. It is the same psychology behind much of the discrimination and oppression that we have seen in this world. Such as the Native Americans, African slaves, and Jews in the holocaust to name a few.



When such views are enforced by a higher power, a perfect being who is infallible, then it is blasphemy to disagree with that perfect being. Because who are we, mere ordinary beings, to dare question the pronouncements of such a higher being? So then (in the case of the Dalai Lama) ‘Enemies’ of the church become enemies of the state, and enemies of the state are the worst kind because they threaten the stability of society and government. The reason I put enemies in quotes is because in this case they are not really enemies. They are just people with a different view, practice, or belief who have been conjured up as enemies without proper reason.



Then we have the idea of faith. In the purest sense faith helps us to see beyond this ordinary world and connect with higher beings who inspire us towards spiritual advancement. Such faith is able to also see resemblances of higher beings in those who are around her, which serves as further fuel for her spiritual fire. This is beautiful. We can see this happening in many sincere religious people around the world.



There is an apparent downside to faith, however, when we have blind faith or faith that is not based on reason. I’ll call this incorrect faith for the sake of this article. So how does this incorrect faith come about? It is important first to note that a correct faith is connecting with an actual truth with regards to the object of faith. For example, when one has faith in Buddha he will regard Buddha as having perfected his love, and based upon this recognition aspire and act to attain a similar state. So Buddha actually has this perfectly pure mind of love. It would be incorrect faith to believe that someone who has not developed their mind in love and compassion is actually such a higher being. This is because emulating their example would not lead the disciple along the path of enlightenment.



Buddha looked at each and every being as though they were a dear friend or child, cherishing them and inspiring them to gain the realizations of renunciation, bodhichitta, wisdom realizing emptiness and the two stages of Secret Mantra.



Is this the type of behavior we see from the Dalai Lama?

I think not.

He’s got his own Tibetan people signing oaths to not associate with other Tibetan people, encouraging monasteries to throw out students who are practicing the prayer of Dorje Shugden and he openly claims full responsibility in front of a large audience. (See the Al-Jazeera news report http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=KqON2lxArek). How can you become a benefactor of all living beings if you can’t even sit at the same table with them? Or sell them some food? These are not compassionate minds. These are minds of righteousness and hatred.



This negativity it is justified by demonizing the oppressed. In the words of Samdong, the TGIE Prime Minister:

“A lot of shugden perpetrators are becoming terrorists and they are willing to kill anybody, they are willing to beat up anybody.“



It becomes good vs. evil, and then it is okay to do horrible things to the evil. It is the same as fundamentalist Christians who engage in ‘holy wars’ or Islamic extremists who are trying to rid the world of infidels. What is worse about this case is that the Dalai Lama has got the modern world fooled… with his Hallmark-card style sayings, signature smile, and old Tibetan monk giggle we’re all smitten. The Path to enlightenment is much much more than this.

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