Domo Rinpoche's monastery in Phedong attacked!

[Q]

Dear all,

DS.com have just received news from Domo Rinpoche's parents about an attack that took place in their Gaden Choling Monastery in Phedong, India.

Do read the recent update here: http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/breaking-news-domo-geshe-rinpoches-monastery-in-phedong-attacked/

[Lineageholder]

The false Dalai Lama alone is to blame for this, and for all the other disharmony and division his false ban has caused, as well as the damage done to the Kagyu tradition over the Karmapa affair. He brings problems and division wherever he goes.

[vajratruth]

It is quite sad how the Tharpa Choling monks chose political gain over loyalty to their Guru, Protector and lineage. This is despite the 1999 consensus by all Domo Geshe Rinpoche's monasteries to continue to worship Dorje Shugden at the meeting of the Ghum Dun Gon Samten Choaling Association. At the time and with Domo Geshe as witness, they vowed to continue in upholding the Protector practice despite whatever difficulties they knew they were going to face with the ban in place.

The reason Tharpa Choling turned against their Guru was purely out of convenience and gain. In a June 2006 letter to Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche they slyly explained that since the Dalai Lama had already given his seal to the Dalai Lama's choice of [Domo Geshe] reincarnation, they were concerned that should they reject the Dalai Lama's choice, then eventually "all the related Monasteries coming under the affiliation of Domo Dungkar will have to be segregated from the Dalai Lama".

In other words, in not wanting to be segregated by the Tibetan establishment in exile, Tharpa Choling chose to ignore the fact that:

(i) They made a vow to remain loyal to their Guru and Protector which they have broken;

(ii) That in December  2005, the Oracle of Dorje Shugden had officially declared that Domo Geshe's reincarnation had been born in Sikkim, in other words, the candidate chosen by the Dalai Lama (a boy in the Tibetan Refugee Colony in Bylakuppe) was incorrect. Tharpa Choling knew that but was willing to ignore Dorje Shugden and Trjang Rinpoche’s firm advice and was willing to go with a false reincarnation of their Master;

(iii) That the search for the [wrong] candidate should not be under the purview of the Dalai Lama (through Sera Je Drati Khangtsen which initiated the search) as the Dalai Lama had refused to compose the Swift Return Prayer. Moreover the search for the wrong candidate was not done through proper channels but via the personal initiative of Geshe Lobsang Sherab of Sera Je, all too eager to the please the Dalai Lama.

Clearly it is much more than wanting to have a continuing association with the Dalai Lama. It is common knowledge that officials of Tharpa Choling have been promised various bounties from the Dalai Lama, should they succeed in wiping out the Shugden practice from all Domo Geshe's monasteries and deliver them under the Dalai Lama's control.

Therefore what we are seeing is a continuing process in that profane effort. This is not the first case and example of how corruptive the Dalai Lama’s actions have been and how much damage have been inflicted on the Dharma and Sangha by the ban. From these acts by Tharpa Choling monks, they have shown themselves to be no longer real monks but ordinary thugs. And this could very well be the legacy of the 14th Dalai Lama and his bandit government – not that of upholding and preserving the Buddhadharma, not that of returning the Tibetan people to their homeland as promised, but a legacy of destruction of the Tibetan people’s culture, ethics and religion.

[icy]

Monks allege forcible occupation of monastery.  It is also reported in the "Business Standard". 

How appalling that monks have come to this stage of degeneration because of the ban.  It is clearly they have broken samaya with their Lama for their behaviour and will not escape the inevitable retribution in time to come.  My heart goes to these monks and I pray that they will quickly come to their senses and rectify their wrong doings.  What a shame.

Thursday, May 22, 2014 | 12:43 AM

Authorities of the Ganden Choling Monastery in Kalimpong have alleged that a group of Tibetan monks from another monastery vandalised the premises and forcibly occupied it.

"The monks of Tharpacholing Monastery with the help of members of the Tibetan Women's Association and other Tibetan refugee organisations from Kalimpong broke into and forcibly took over the Gandencholing Monastery at Pedong in Kalimpong on May 18," Phurbu Tshering, general secretary of the monastery told PTI from Kalimpong.

A police complaint has been filed.

The row among the Buddhist monks was sparked over the worship of Dorjee Shugden, a Tibetan mythological figure.

Ganden Choling Monastery is the only one in Kalimpong area that has not given up its tradition of propitiating Dorje Shugden and houses a very ancient statue of the deity and other sacred images which were installed there by the 1st Domo Geshe Rinpoche Ngawang Kalsang more than 85 years ago.

Monks from the Tharpa Choling Monastery said they were opposed to the worship of Shugden because the Dalai Lama advised them against it.

A group of seven Lamas reside in the Ganden Choling Monastery, meant only for meditation.

The monastery belonged to and was loyal to the present Domo Geshe Rinpoche Lobsang Nga-Kyi Wangchuk, an ethnic Sikkimese, who is a minor and at present studying in Shar Gaden Monastery in south India.


http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/monks-allege-forcible-occupation-of-monastery-114052100950_1.html

[icy]

[Solomon Lang]

This is a rude reminder that we are all living in Samsara and in a degenerate age.

Ultimately however, if one could measure the ratio of DS practitioners to non-practitioners and the direction it is taking, one could arguably be convinced that all this "shadow play" by the masters is actually benefiting the spread of dharma in general and the DS practice in particular.

Going forward I hope to see more dharma, less drama!

[vajrastorm]

Once again, we see lawlessness and violence being used to force an issue and an outcome.  This time it is the forced occupation of Gaden Choling by monks from Tharpa Choling, claiming that the Ladrang and Monastery belongs to them.

The history behind it says otherwise. This monastery and Tharpa Choling had both belonged to the 2nd Domo Geshe , who had altogether 7 monasteries  or Ladrang in the Pedong region. When the 2nd Domo Geshe Rinpoche passed away, all representatives of the 7 monasteries agreed to request Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche to identify the reincarnation of Domo Geshe, after the Dalai Lama refused to write a prayer for the return of the reincarnation, on grounds that the 2nd Domo Geshe was a Shugden practitioner.Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche identified the reincarnation as being born in Sikkim.  However,the monks of Tharpa Choling reneged on the agreement. Instead they found their own candidate and presented him  to HH Dalai Lama to be recognized as the reincarnation. In an uncharacteristic move, the Dalai Lama promptyly recognized this candidate as the reincarnation , as opposed to the candidate recognized by Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche!

At the same time, Tharpa Choling officially renounced Shugden practice, claiming loyalty to HH Dalai Lama, who had imposed the ban on Shugden practice. In one fell swoop they had renounced their devotion to their Guru which is at the heart of practice!

One week after the faithful and loyal attendant of the 2nd Domo Geshe Rinpoche, the caretaker of Gaden Choling ,Kusho Pasang-la passed away, the monks of Tharpa Choling swooped into Gaden Choling, even as monks from  the Samten Choling monastery were there chanting prayers for the newly departed!

Such uncalled for lawlessness and violence has opened up a can of worms, that is the Tibetan leadership, for 'inspiring' such action. The monks from Tharpa Choling refuse to  leave Gaden Choling , even though the police have requested that all vacate the premises until the true owner has been determined. So the monks of Tharpa Choling have, in an act of double jeopardy, refused to recognize their teacher's true incarnation, preferring to swear allegiance to a fake incarnation. They have done all this, including throwing away their devotion to their guru, in the name of loyalty to the Dalai Lama. We see how politics can intervene to put an ugly twist to facts and the true situation.




 

[christine V]

What a Barbaric ACts!

Other than reported in Business Standard as posted by Icy

The Economic Times have posted too. T
Times Internet - They are voted as No. 1 Indian Internet Network in 2011

Here the links

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/monks-allege-forcible-occupation-of-monastery/articleshow/35432765.cms

And the article

Monks allege forcible occupation of monastery
By PTI | 21 May, 2014, 03.55PM IST


OLKATA: Authorities of the Ganden Choling Monastery in Kalimpong have alleged that a group of Tibetan monks from another monastery vandalised the premises and forcibly occupied it.

"The monks of Tharpacholing Monastery with the help of members of the Tibetan Women's Association and other Tibetan refugee organisations from Kalimpong broke into and forcibly took over the Gandencholing Monastery at Pedong in Kalimpong on May 18," Phurbu Tshering, general secretary of the monastery told ..

[Tenzin K]

What a shameful and non-devoted act from the Tharpa Choling’s monks.
They not only harming their own fellow sangha but even show so much disrespect to their Guru. What are they trying to prove? Be a good side of the Dalai Lama? Domo Geshe is their Guru and has thought them directly! This is not to disrespect the Dalai Lama but it totally doesn’t make sense!

If Dalai Lama reluctant to enthrone the reincarnated Domo Geshe which recognized by Trijang Rinpoche where his previous life was the 14th Dalai Lama Junior teacher how can he recognize Tharpa Choling’s candidate? On what basis? It seems like telling Tharpa Choling’s monk has higher attainment than Trijang Rinpoche?

The act from Tharpa Choling is just like setting a war and conquers other country. So non-dharmic and how can they do that to their own Gurus students and property? What a betrayer and total have non guru devotion. Wonder how they do their prayer due to broken samaya?

[DharmaDefender]

Amazing the Indian polices not gone and done anything. Are they under the Tibetan governments thumb in that region? It wouldnt surprise me; Dharamsala has deep pockets thanks to the millions of gullible westerns (previously such as myself) who donate their spare change to the "cause". Little do they know what their donations are going towards. Religious oppression, suppression and religious genocide. Now we can add "breaking and entering" into the CTA rep sheet.

Not so keen to donate now, are ya?

[DharmaSpace]

If people donate to the Dalai Lama ok fine at least he teaches the dharma, but to donate to the CTA to support them to waste more money and keep oppressing their own people no way.

What is the world coming to the monks at Tharpa Choling, they dare to take over another monastery's location and doing it in front of the world. The word shame does not even become to describe the monks of Tharpa Choling.  I recall that when monks break their vows, and if the karma is unpurified they could end up being born as a Nagas, and lay people taking property from the Sangha it is not going to be a good next life.

Since Tharpa Choling is in this, they are definitely backed up the CTA and the Dalai Lama. If these monks can believe Dorje Shugden is a spirit why in seven hells do they find an incarnation of Domo Geshe. By finding an incarnation of Domo Geshe they are agreeing that you practice Dorje Shugden and not go to the lower realms. All the monks at Tharpa Choling have done is business there is no dharma in this at all.

[Galen]

Shameful..... acts of violence are against Buddhism. And these monks from Tharpa Choeling best demonstrates what a Buddhist should NOT do. violence, attacking other monks, taking over other people's property, unlawful attack, unlawful judgement...... the list goes on and on.....

Who are the violent people now? Shugdenpas who protest peacefully or monks who attacks? You be the judge.

[dondrup]

If you have forsaken your devotion to Dorje Shugden, you have broken your samaya with your guru Domo Geshe Rinpoche. Gaden Choling does not belong to you. How could you take over Gaden Choling? This tantamount to stealing from your kind guru Domo Geshe Rinpoche. Monks from Tharpa Choling are very unethical and unbecoming!

[dsiluvu]

If you have forsaken your devotion to Dorje Shugden, you have broken your samaya with your guru Domo Geshe Rinpoche. Gaden Choling does not belong to you. How could you take over Gaden Choling? This tantamount to stealing from your kind guru Domo Geshe Rinpoche. Monks from Tharpa Choling are very unethical and unbecoming!

VERY UNETHICAL AND DEFINITELY A CRIME!!!

Does anyone know the latest NEWS and outcome to this? Have the traitor monks left the Domo Geshe's property which they forcefully occupy??? What the latest news? Is everyone in the Labrang okay? Anyone know and can give us a follow up update please? I do hope those Tharpa Choling monks get arrested for their crimes... very SHAMEFUL for MONKS to do this!

Since you have went on your own separate ways from your Lama, and even recognise another Lama as your Lama, then why don't you start all over again with your "own" Domo Geshe Rinpoche... it would not be hard if it was genuine, no? 

[icy]

Two hundred Tibetans broke into Domo Rinpoche's Monastery in India, destroying property and dragging out monks. Corrupt police officers gave no support to the Monastery.

In a telephone interview Mr Phubu Tshering, General Secretary of Samten Choeling Association, describes this recent attack on the Ganden Choling Monastery in Darjeeling.

The Dalai Lama and CTA are responsible for this.



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