Frankfurt: Peaceful Demonstration Coverage
As part of his recent 20-day visit to various European countries, H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama spent two days in Germany. From 13 to 14 September 2017, the Dalai Lama gave public talks and engaged in dialogues with various groups in Frankfurt. A significant number of Dorje Shugden practitioners and supporters, comprising of mostly Tibetans,…
Dalai Lama Criticizes the Kagyus
By: Kay Beswick During a trip to Ladakh, India in 2012, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was filmed making fun of various lineages, most notably the Kagyu lineage. Around the world, the Dalai Lama is known as the paragon of love, kindness and acceptance. People go to him seeking his advice on how to deal…
20 Years of Suffering: Lift the Shugden Ban
This short video sums up 20 years worth of information about the unethical Shugden ban and the discrimination, fear and coercion faced by Shugden Buddhists on a daily basis, especially those who are brave enough to stand up, speak and fight for their Religious Freedom…
England: Peaceful Demonstration Coverage
From 13 – 21 September 2015, hundreds of Shugden practitioners demonstrated peacefully against the Dalai Lama calling for him to show them compassion as well, by giving religious freedom through lifting his ban on Dorje Shugden’s practice…
An Exclusive Interview with Geshe Sopa
Very rarely can one find a monk who is so humble and yet has quietly accomplished such virtuous works from building monasteries to serving the highest of lamas. Thus, it was a great privilege for DorjeShugden.com to speak with Geshe Zopa to get his views about the Dorje Shugden conflict…
An Exclusive Interview with Adar Tsering
Few names have become more synonymous with the struggle for the Tibetan people to regain their rights to practice their beliefs than Adar Tsering, a familiar Tibetan face at the protests organized by the International Shugden Community. DorjeShugden.com recently had the pleasure of speaking with Adar Tsering to get his views…
Dalai Lama The Peacemaker?
The Dalai Lama is the winner of many global awards, in recognition of his works to promote peace and harmony in the world. However, how real is the image of the peace-loving spiritual leader of Tibet?
USA: Peaceful Demonstration Coverage
Following the protests in Central England, the International Shugden Community (ISC) launched yet another series of peaceful demonstrations in the United States…
An Exclusive Interview with Kelsang Ananda
Recently, DorjeShugden.com had the opportunity to speak with Ven. Kelsang Ananda about the Dorje Shugden ban. This is an insightful interview with a sincere Dharma practitioner and a teacher of the Buddhadharma who tells us why the protests go way beyond just the interests of Western Buddhists protecting their rights – they are also an act of compassion for those who have no voice against their oppressors…
An Exclusive Interview with Kelsang Rabten
DorjeShugden.com had the opportunity to chat with the International Shugden Community’s (ISC) spokesperson, Kelsang Rabten. In this exclusive 3-part interview, Kelsang Rabten shares his thoughts on the progress the ISC has made in their efforts to bring down the ban on Dorje Shugden’s practice…
New York City: Peaceful Demonstrations Coverage
New York City was the final destination in the Dalai Lama’s recent USA tour, where he was scheduled to give a 3-day teaching. Once again, the Dalai Lama had to face both Western and…
Boston: Peaceful Demonstrations Coverage
Following on the heels of protests in Princeton, New Jersey, devoted Shugden practitioners comprised of local Tibetans and the International Shugden Community followed the Dalai Lama to demonstrate at his upcoming teachings in Boston…
Princeton: Peaceful Demonstrations Coverage
Two days after demonstrating in Birmingham, Shugdenpas from both the International Shugden Community and and the local Tibetan community followed the Dalai Lama to his next teaching venue in Princeton University…
Birmingham: Peaceful Demonstrations Coverage
During his recent two-day teachings in Birmingham, Alabama, the Dalai Lama was met with hundreds of Tibetan and Western Shugden practitioners from the International Shugden Community, demanding that the Dalai Lama lift the ban on Dorje Shugden…
Vancouver: Peaceful Demonstration Coverage
The International Shugden Community is once again on the move, this time taking the peaceful demonstrations to Vancouver, Canada during the Dalai Lama’s teachings from 21-23 October 2014…
Samdhong Rinpoche and the CTA Scam
It has been 55 years since the Tibetan people became victims of a conflict that engulfed their lives and displaced them from their homes. Since then, the people have been hit by wave after wave of disappointments with the likelihood of them regaining their independence nowhere in sight…
Kundeling Rinpoche speaks about Dorje Shugden and the Dalai Lama
His Eminence Kundeling Rinpoche speaks openly, from the heart and logically about the Dorje Shugden ban. How this ban has affected himself, his students, his life, the lives of Tibetans and practitioners around the world. Kundeling is one of the few lamas who contribute to the lifting of the Shugden ban risking his life as…
Hamburg: Peaceful Demonstration Coverage
23 – 26 August 2014 marks the second time in 2014 that the International Shugden Community (ISC) has held a peaceful demonstration in Germany, to appeal to the Dalai Lama to lift his ban on Dorje Shugden’s practice. As always, DorjeShugden.com brings you the latest photos, videos and media coverage of this peaceful protest by dedicated Shugden practitioners…
The Dark Side of the Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama preaches love, compassion and tolerance to the rest of the world but his tone is infinitely darker when speaking to Tibetan audiences about the Dorje Shugden ban…
The Ultimate Political Spinmaster, the 14th Dalai Lama
In 2010, the current affairs show Cross Talk hosted by veteran journalist Peter Lavelle made a number of observations which questioned the authenticity of the Dalai Lama’s Tibet as the world imagines it…
Breaking News: 2nd Attack on Domo Geshe Rinpoche’s Monastery!
A large group of monks and lay people from Tharpa Choling Monastery in Kalimpong have once again invaded Gaden Choling Monastery and attempted to seize it by force, showing utter disrespect and aggression towards the small community of Dorje Shugden lamas of Gaden Choling at a time when they have just lost a leader and someone very dear…
UPDATED: Penpa Tsering Defames Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche
In a speech to students of Upper TCV School filled with lies and distortions of history, Tibetan Speaker of Parliament Penpa Tsering openly abused his position of influence and showed the world the CTA’s true colors, attacking Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche Dechen Nyingpo…
Livorno: Peaceful Demonstrations Coverage
A month after the previous demonstrations in Frankfurt, Germany, the International Shugden Community resumes their campaign of appealing for religious freedom from H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, during his recent trip to Livorno, Italy…
The World Can No Longer Ignore the Dorje Shugden Ban
In a show of utter contempt for the principles of freedom, fairness and democracy, the Dalai Lama’s government in exile, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has on the 30th of May 2014, ADDED to its ‘hit-list’ of Dorje Shugden protesters…
Rotterdam: Peaceful Demonstrations Coverage
In Rotterdam, the International Shugden Community (ISC) and a group of Tibetans staged a peaceful demonstration calling upon the Dalai Lama to grant freedom of religion and to lift the ban on Dorje Shugden…
The CTA’s Fatwa Against Dorje Shugden Worshippers
On the 20th of May 2014, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) published a post on their website, titled, “List of Dolgyal Protesters” in the manner of a “most wanted criminals” register…
Oslo, Norway: Peaceful Demonstrations Coverage
DorjeShugden.com is glad to bring you news, photos and videos of the latest peaceful demonstration led by the International Shugden Committee (ISC) which took place in Oslo, Norway in early March 2014…
A Weekend Dharma Celebration
While Losar festivities kick off in the Tibetan communities around the world and another year begins, practitioners throughout America celebrate in their own way to bring the blessings of Dharma to thousands. We rejoice to hear that centers of the New Kadampa Tradition will be organizing a grand Dharma Celebration weekend in February 2013, in…
The Dorje Shugden World Peace Puja at Shar Ganden
The Torgya ritual is a Dorje Shugden puja usually performed just before the coming of the Tibetan New Year. Its function is not just limited to preventing negative energies and driving off energies of such a nature…
The Next Dalai Lama
Why is everyone in the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) confused about Tibetan history? In this video, Dr. Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the CTA says that the next Dalai Lama will be chosen by the present Dalai Lama. He says “historically and traditionally” this is the way it has been done. Notice how he looks…
Shugden Ban is Illegal and Unconstitutional
The ban on the worship of the Deity Dorje Shugden is illegal with regard to the constitutions of the Tibetan government-in-exile, India, and the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Source: http://www.westernshugdensociety.org/ebook
Is the Dalai Lama Preying on Tibetans Spiritual Fears and Superstitions?
These words are unbecoming of someone who wears the robes of a Buddhist monk..
The Dalai Lama’s Actions
Are the Dalai Lama’s mixing of religion and politics destroying the pure teachings of Tibetan Buddhism? Spiritual teachers from these four traditions of Tibetan Buddhism have been imprisoned, assassinated, placed under house arrest…
Oracle taking possession of Dorje Shugden in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
I found this video on the net the other day and I thought that it would be very interesting to share with everyone here another video of our oracle in trance. I am unable to translate the mongolian description but from the video, the oracle is taking trance in the form of Dulzin, the peaceful…
The Dalai Lama’s Two Reasons for Banning Shugden Worship
An analysis of the Dalai Lama’s two reasons for banning the centuries-old worship of Dorje Shugden. Here are the facts… you decide!
The Dalai Lama at Bodh Gaya Jan 2012
“I realised it was harmful to follow the Shugden deity so I stopped worshipping” (Dalai Lama, 6 January 2012). The Dalai Lama continues to highlight the ban of the centuries-old deity Dorje Shugden at every opportunity.
Buddhist Taliban
The world was horrified when the Taliban blew up images of the Buddha carved into the rock in Afghanistan. This religious terrorism has also been happening in India since the 1980s. For 30 years, the Dalai Lama’s Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has been ordering the destruction of statues and other holy images of the Wisdom…
The Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden
The young Dalai Lama flees Tibet in 1959 with a few treasured possessions. Throughout the whole journey, he carries on his back a treasured thangka borrowed from his own spiritual guide H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. Fast forward 20 years, and H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche carries a message to his Western disciples.
State Oracles of Tibet with the Dalai Lama in Bodhgaya 2012
Khandro Lhamo Tseringma (Tsering Chen-nga), Nechung and Gadong, State Oracles of Tibet, during the Long Life Puja for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at the Kalachackra initiation in Bodhgaya, India, on 10 January 2012. At 1:05, you can see Tseringma trying to invite the Karmapa and the Gaden Tripa Rizong Rinpoche to come forward…
Dorje Shugden Rescued the Dalai Lama
As the young Dalai Lama fled Tibet to safety in India, he carried on his back a thangka borrowed from HH Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. The thangka was of Dorje Shugden. Dorje Shugden protected the Dalai Lama’s party to freedom in India. However, the Dalai Lama has always attributed his escape to Palden Lhamo. This video…