Celebrating H.H. Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche’s 31st Birthday
On October 12th, 2013 Trijang Buddhist Institute in Northfield, Vermont, USA celebrated the birthday of one of the world’s most erudite masters of our time and lineage. Many guests came from all around the world to celebrate the very auspicious occasion of His Holiness Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche’s 31st birthday, with a program that included the…
Contradiction in the Dalai Lama’s Public Statements
Based to current reports, the Dalai Lama recently issued statements regarding Dorje Shugden in a teaching at Gaden Monastery. In his speech, the Dalai Lama explained that the reason he had advised people not to practice Dorje Shugden was due to the divination result performed before the famous Palden Lhamo thangka (this holy thangka was…
A Commentary on The Times of India’s Article, “Rift among Tibetans riddles security agencies’ task”
By: Shashi Kei On 26 June 1975, an interesting item appeared on the obituary column of the Times of India. It read, “D.E.M O’Cracy, beloved husband of T.Ruth, father of L.I.Bertie, brother of Faith, Hope and Justice, expired on 26 June“. The newspaper was referring to a state of emergency declared by the then President…
Tribute to H.E. the 13th Kundeling Rinpoche
By: Harry Nephew Since the Dorje Shugden controversy struck the Tibetan community, there has been no peace for those affected by the ban. The ban has had far reaching effects, not sparing high lamas who are Dorje Shugden worshippers nor even the recognition of lama incarnates. However, although there was considerable pressure from the Dalai…
How is your merit bank balance?
Did you know that without merits we will not be able to understand or realise the Dharma, Lamrim, the teachings of the holy Buddha, let alone apply it? Do you have doubts, worries and suffer from depression and unresolved problems that never seem to end with obstacle after obstacle stopping you from Dharma practice? If…
UPDATE: Abbots Urgently Sent to the USA
The latest update shows that the abbot of Gaden Shartse Monastery has met with H.H. Trijang Rinpoche in the USA. The abbot travelled to Vermont where Trijang Rinpoche’s centre is located (http://www.tbiusa.org) especially to have audience. H.H. the Dalai Lama instructed the abbot to make a trip to the USA to seek audience with Kyabje Trijang…
Friends
Recently H.E. Khejok Rinpoche has passed away peacefully. Rinpoche usually resides in Australia but travelled often and also to his home monastery in Tibet. It was in his home village and monastery that he chose to pass away recently. We at www.dorjeshugden.com wish very much for the perfect unmistaken incarnation of Khejok Rinpoche’s to return…
The Yellow Book
Those who mix or pollute the Ganden teachings, Whether great beings, ordinary beings, or powerful lords, You grind into particles of dust, O Deity, Protector of the Yellow Hat Teachings, praise to you! The controversial Yellow Book, published in 1973, was named after the yellow cover of a Tibetan book called the Thunder of the…
Panglung Oracle in Tibet
In the month of September and October 2013, the renowned oracle, Panglung Kuten, of Sera Monastery at the invitation of many repeated requests visited Tibet. As there are still millions of Dorje Shugden practitioners in Tibet many monasteries, lay officials and dignitaries invited Panglung Kuten to visit their districts, monasteries and regions. Due to overwhelming…
Now you see him, now you don’t
As an enlightened being, Dorje Shugden has no problems juggling all of our requests, hazardous or otherwise! And by the way, we know this is not usually how a fire puja / offering is made to Dorje Shugden but we thought we would get a little creative! Have a connection with him and Dorje…
The Return Of A Great Master: H.E. Kyabje Denma Gonsar Rinpoche
On the 6th of October 2013, a very special and propitious event took place in Tsampehling Monastery in Chatreng, the home monastery of the illustrious Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. That auspicious day marked the enthronement of the new incarnation of one of the most extraordinary lamas of our time, the erudite Kyabje Denma Gonsar Dorje Chang….
Washing away obstacles
By: Ari Joaquim About 5 years back, after graduating from college, I felt an intense need to search for spirituality. It was quite a testing period, and I had a strong urge to take stock of my life before life took over me. I woke up one day and thought to myself, where is life…
The Tibetan Youth Congress is Tibet’s Future
By: Shashi Kei On June 29th 2013, the North American Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (NARTYC) held its 13th Annual Working Committee meeting in San Francisco, California. The NARTYC is part of a larger Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) founded in the Tibetan exile town of Dharamsala, India in 1970 and has since grown to become the…
Ganden Sumtseling Monastery
Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, also known as ‘Little Potala Palace’ or Guihua Monastery, is located 5 km away from the city of Zhongdian in Yunnan province, China, on top of Fopinshan Mountain. It is the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the province and is one of the most famous and important monasteries in southwest China. This…
Dharma demystified: Golden Drink Offering (Serkyem)
By: Steve Lee The Golden Drink Offering or Serkyem, part of the Dorje Shugden Kangsol, is central to a Dharma Protector’s practice. In Tibetan, Ser means golden and Kyem means beverage. Despite the existence of Serkyem-offering liturgies composed by High Lamas to certain Yidams, it remains largely a unique aspect of the Dharma Protector practice….
Refuting Chogyel Namkhai Norbu’s Provocations
Chogyel Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche is a well-known anti-Dorje Shugden proponent. He has openly spoken against Dorje Shugden on a few occasions. It has come to our attention that Namkhai Norbu has instructed his students together with him to engage in Vajrakilaya practices and to recite thousands of mantras aimed at the destruction of Dorje Shugden….
ATTENTION! Invitation to all Dorje Shugden Practitioners!
Dear Dorje Shugden practitioners, The Ghum Dun Gon Samten Choaling Association is hosting a gathering for all Dorje Shugden practitioners in Samten Choaling Monastery in Ghoom, Darjeeling. The event runs from 12-17 October and serves as a gather for like-minded practitioners to gather, share thoughts, ideas and problems with each other, and be inspired by the…
Abbots Urgently Sent to the USA
Breaking News (26th September 2013): In 2013, while His Holiness the Dalai Lama was in Gaden Monastery, he summoned the abbots of Gaden Shartse and Gaden Jangtse Monasteries. Dalai Lama instructed the abbots to make a trip to the USA and seek audience with Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche’s current incarnation. The abbots of Gaden Shartse Monastery…
Dalai Lama and Ling Rinpoche: A Contradiction
The Dalai Lama visited Gaden Shartse Monastery this year (2013) and gave a set of teachings. With the talks he mentioned: His Holiness (the previous) Ling Rinpoche doesn’t propitiate Dorje Shugden at all. Even though he doesn’t propitiate Dorje Shugden, he is the heart spiritual son of HH Kyabje Pabongkha Rinpoche. Ling Rinpoche himself really…
H. E. Dhenma Lochoe Rinpoche
H. E. Dhenma Lochoe Rinpoche Tibet, the land of snows has three regions. U in the centre, the land of religion, Kham in the east, the region of men and Amdo in the northeast, the country of horses. I was born in Kham, known as the land of Chushi Gangdruk (four rivers and six ranges)….
Dorje Shugden’s Clairvoyance
Growing up in Asia, to see deities/spirits taking trances in a human is quite common, be it in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan etc. I have seen quite a few oracles taking trances of various deities/spirits in various temples, but my first experience with a Tibetan oracle taking trance of Dorje Shugden was just a…
Wisdom from an American Shugden-pa
Personal Observations of An American Shugdenpa in India: More about “My Position on Dorje Shugden” Ven. Lozang Gyaltsan Some friends have recently asked me what the situation is like here in Bylakuppe for Shugdenpas and for me in particular. So far, I have not been the object of any abuse or harassment at all. Being…
UNCOVERED TRUTH: Evidence of how Dorje Shugden was actually behind the Dalai Lama’s escape out of Tibet to India in 1959
Recently DORJESHUGDEN.COM had the privilege to view some very important documents that have never been revealed before. They are published here for the first time for the world to see the clear evidence of how Dorje Shugden, contrary to purported stories, has always looked after His Holiness the 14th the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people’s welfare,…
Is It Alright Not To Obey The Dalai Lama Now?
By: Mar Nee Many times in the past His Holiness the Dalai Lama cautioned practitioners of Buddhism, monks and laity alike, not to engage in the worship of worldly gods and deities or establish any spiritual connections with such beings. The Dharma is very clear that Buddhists are only to go for refuge to the…
The Four Great Sera Mey Lamas
Below are four great masters from Sera Mey who are Dorje Shugden practitioners. Not only are they great masters, three of them are also respected ex-abbots. 1. Gyalrong Kensur Ngawang Thekchok of Sera Mey Monastery Gyalrong Kensur Ngawang Thekchok Rinpoche was the 82nd abbot of Sera Mey Monastery and was a member of the…
Parkour for protection
In his compassion, Dorje Shugden moves at the speed of thought when you call for his help…so can this traceur keep up? Only one way to find out! As an enlightened Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden often shows many signs of his presence. Now, it’s time for something a little different…a sign (though not from…
Activities and Events at Shugden centres around the world – August 2013
August 2013 is shaping up to be a very busy month for Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries and Dharma Centers around the world that have Dorje Shugden lamas as their spiritual guides or heads. Considering that these centers are quite well spread around the globe and are led by very highly accomplished Tibetan Buddhist masters of great…
Audacity in the face of spirituality
By: Harry Nephew H.E. Denma Gongsar Rinpoche was widely recognized as an erudite master and a fearlessly loyal practitioner of Dorje Shugden. Denma Gongsar Rinpoche’s fame did not come solely from the fact that he was a high incarnate lama but also because of his devotion to his root Guru, Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang, and…
The people must shoulder the blame for the failure of the Tibetan cause
By: Shashi Kei In April this year, I wrote an article “CTA Violates Its Own Constitution” which was published by DorjeShugden.com. In the article I questioned the sincerity of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) in pursuing a liberal system of governance and the authenticity of their claim that they are indeed a democratic government. My…
A master with a mission – Ven. Zawa Tulku Lobsang Dorje Chokye Gyaltsen
By: Mar Nee One of the characteristic purposes of a high Vajrayana monk is to seek the swiftest path to enlightenment but such objective is not for oneself as much as it is to be able to guide other sentient beings along the same path into liberation post haste. These high lamas themselves acquire their…
Basis for the Dorje Shugden ban proven false
By: Shashi Kei In 1996, the Tibetan government in exile, now known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), issued an astonishing statement. In that statement the government claimed that the propitiation of an ancient Buddhist deity known as Dorje Shugden, was the primary reason behind the Tibetan people’s decades of failure to regain their country…
Self-immolations have failed the Tibetans
By: Ki Ley It has been three years since the first waves of self-immolations began in Tibet, Nepal and India. To this day, over 100 Tibetan men and women have set themselves alight to raise international awareness of the Tibetan cause with the hopes that it may stir the fight for Tibetan freedom from its…
Uncovering the deception
By: Steve Lee An article was published on DorjeShugden.com on April 6 2013 entitled ‘Thupten Jinpa prostrates to his Guru’s Throne‘ and that sparked a very interesting response from Thupten Jinpa himself in the comment section right below the article. The article itself is interesting as it is about Thupten Jinpa, the Dalai Lama’s personal…
Dharma demystified: Trikaya – The three bodies of a Buddha
By: Steve Lee According to the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, a fully enlightened Buddha is able to manifest in three forms. These three forms are called Trikaya or the three bodies of a fully enlightened Buddha, and are respectively called the Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya and Nirmanakaya manifestation of a fully enlightened Buddha. When a being achieves full…
Dorje Shugden in Tricycle
This article (http://www.tricycle.com/blog/treasury-lives-dorje-shugden) was published by Tricycle – a reputable Buddhist magazine and web portal that in the past only published interviews and articles that discussed the political aspects of Dorje Shugden practice. In a recent turnaround, Tricycle has featured two articles on Dorje Shugden. The first was about the art and in the second…
Joyriding into a miracle
By: Freya Mandes The rain had been lashing down for the last four hours, and the wind was still howling through the trees. Loose soil had washed down all over the roads, hiding the potholes, and there were broken twigs and branches everywhere. “There is no way in hell I’m driving in that weather,” I…
Lama Jampa Ngodrup Rinpoche giving Dorje Shugden and Amitayus initiations, Chengdu, March 2013
By: Poleen Wu While some people may not be familiar with authentic Tibetan Buddhism, it is in fact the same as Mahayana Buddhism, which many are more familiar with. Despite being a lineage apart from Mahayana with a different approach, the objective of all Tibetan Buddhist lineages is the same – to travel the path…
Dharma demystified: Kawang – A confessional practice
Dharma Protector practice may appear to the untrained eye to be shrouded in the mist of mystery rendered thicker by the passage of time. However these practices accord tremendous benefits to the practitioners and by all written accounts, these practices are originated by and descend from the greatest of Buddhist masters. Time has not diluted…
Panglung Oracle
The current renowned oracle (photo above) from the Panglung tradition hailed from Sera monastery. He was personally blessed, trained, and had his body points opened by His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche in order to take trance. This current oracle is renowned for his gentle disposition, clean monk vows, and also is a very kind monk. He…
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