"American police break up bouts of violence against protestors by Dalai Lama supporters asking for religious freedom. Tibetans paid by the CTA to incite opposition in order to counter the peaceful protests of the Shugden worshippers. The kindly police officer shouts “What’s this suppose to be? I’m not playing knock it off.” It was only with the interception of the police could the violent Dalai Lama supporters stopped.
His Holiness Dalai Lama recently began a teaching tour of North America as part of his endeavor to promote peace, love and compassion encapsulated at the core of Buddhist teaching. But did his talks have those results? The tour led His Holiness to Vancouver, Birmingham, Boston and New York City, where lawful protests against the Dorje Shugden ban took place outside the teaching venues. During these peaceful protests by people asking for the ban against Shugden to be lifted, bouts of violence erupted yet again between protesters airing their right of freedom of speech and supporters of the ban, which infringes on everyone’s indelible right to religious freedom.
Violence is turning out to be a common occurrence at these protests, as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) continues to incite Tibetans who attend His Holiness’ teachings to vehemently adhere to policies of religious discrimination against the lawfully present and peaceful protestors. It has come to light that the CTA are themselves supporting these violent outbursts by paying pro-CTA supporters to attend these events. The CTA’s policies betray a complete lack of democratic ideology and is reminiscent of a backward government bent on suppressing its own people, to secure its power upon the religious sphere.
Rather than transforming their minds after attending His Holiness’ teachings on compassion and kindness, the perpetrators of violence show their vulgarity by attacking and making rude hand gestures towards protestors in support of the CTA. Why is the Dalai Lama not asking his followers to refrain from vulgarity, violence and public disorderly conduct? As long as the discriminatory ban against Shugden remains intact, both the protests and the violence against protestors are set to continue, dividing practitioners of the same lineage and increasing in intensity. When the CTA or Tibetan Leadership state that this ban creates no discrimination or division within the Tibetan community, this starkly contrasts what can be clearly seen at these protests. The ban has created a divide within the Tibetan community, one that is marred by outright discrimination, violence and vulgarity. The divide within the Tibetan community is worsening and the Dalai Lama can stop this with a single statement, that the ban is lifted. Freedom to worship without discrimination restored.
We appeal to those who have attended the teachings, and will attend teachings in the future to take the precious Buddhist teachings to heart and not follow the politically motivated and archaic rule of the CTA, but to practice compassion and kindness. Write in to the Central Tibetan Administration for the illegal ban against Dorje Shugden to be lifted now."
http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/news/violence-again/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdx0r8RvfGg
