It is sad when you see Tibet fighting for freedom of their own country when they continue to disparage and ostracize their own people just merely because of their Dorje Shugden practice. As mere Buddhist we have been taught to show acceptance, tolerance, kindness and compassion towards others. We see HHDL visiting mosques for Muslims, churches for Christians, Jewish temples for Jews, etc when their own brothers and sisters who practice Buddhism but follow a different protector we are put down for and banned from practice. What happened to simple basic human rights and Religious Freedom? What happened to basic common Buddhist ethics of love and acceptance?
Freedom is freedom and if you believe the Dalai Lama is Avalokitesvara, he can never be harmed. So why this silliness and causing harm and sufferings to millions who believe otherwise?
HHDL is indeed Avalokitesvara, if every follower of HHDL wants to stop Dorje Shugden why physically harm, threaten and oppress Dorje Shugden followers? Why not setup puja's or rituals to attempt to dispel Dorje Shugden? Even HHDL, Avalokitesvara cannot dispel or stop Dorje Shugden? As practicing Buddhist and devotees of HHDL who preaches love, compassion, kindess and acceptance why don't, with the love for your own brothers and sisters, setup debates with Dorje Shugden practitioners? Why fight physically rather than use logical reasoning to win them over?
So now we have the "followers" of Avalokitesvara giving death threats to the pure followers of Manjushri because they claim that Manjushri is causing harm and even the life of Avalokitesvara. That is because Avalokitesvara said so.
So we must ask. Why would Avalokitesvara make such a ridiculous claim, albeit denying the Protector Dorje Shugden is Manjushri; even though many high Lamas and even the Dalai Lama's own teachers practice the Protector? We must also ask, why would the Dalai Lama's own followers take it literally the words of the Dalai Lama and more importantly as buddhist, why would these followers go on to persecute the followers of the Protector who is one with Manjushri?
These questions begs to be asked!!
Rumours, controversy and anything negative comments spreads like wild fire as compared to anything good. Everyone hears and remembers better from negative circumstances, with the compassion of HHDL who risks his own reputation has placed the banned to increase the awareness and knowledge of Dorje Shugden because he himself used to practice Dorje Shugden, he himself was saved by Dorje Shugden, his teachers passed down the teachings and practices to him.
You have to understand one of the main goals which has always been for HHDL is to spread the dharma and every action he has taken was because of that. There is a higher meaning towards this ban than merely to stop people from practicing this ban, because with HHDL as an emanation of Avalokitesvara could've easily dispelled the deemed "spirit" of Dorje Shugden many years ago if he wanted to. But no one can "dispel" an enlightened being and people should come to realize that Dorje Shugden is not an evil spirit.
Any great Lama, great teacher, great simple monk would know and understand the importance of Guru Devotion and I know HHDL would not go against his own teachers without a good reason. How can HHDL followers say his teachers were wrong and his holiness is right?
In fact, there was taught that Buddha himself in one of his many lives, was a sea captain who had to kill a pirate to save his many passengers, fell to the lower realms for the deed. The intention was good, the deed was bad. How so, now with the death threat from the Tibetan youth Congress? May these poor innocent youths spend their time in prayers and atonement so that their heavy negative karma do not manifests so soon.
The reason why Buddha Shakyamuni could do it is because he was an enlightened being himself, it was said when he passed he suffered in the lower realms for just a second. I worry for all these TYC members threatening Dorje Shugden followers because they do not have the Karma to sustain a good rebirth. If they wanted to stop Dorje Shugden followers from practicing they should be trying to use their own logic, knowledge and reasoning. Not mask the fame of HHDL and act as spiritual police to do what ever they want. How does that reflect on Buddhism to other people and to the world? How does this reflect as students of HHDL? These people will soon reap the effects of having harmed so many people just because of their differences in practice and worship.
To defeat darkness you need to shine the light. Is harming, killing, oppressing Dorje Shugden followers the right way? Violence should not be in the context of action of any practicing Buddhist. I respect HHDL a great deal for his great efforts in bringing Buddhism to the west but I wish he would finally lift the ban for the practice of Dorje Shugden and stop the disharmony amongst the Buddhist community. I will not give up my practice for Dorje Shugden, death threats would not sway my beliefs and practice because I know I am still a good person despite what I practice and I do not harm anyone in the process of it.
