The Scholar Dorje Shugden

Thanks for sharing this. I havent heard of other Dharma Protectors insisting that the practitioner questions them. Its usually shut up and do as your told haha

This story reminds me of the way Shugden receives tsok when in trance? He picks up a vajra and bell to accept it and does rituals and whatnot, where other protectors cut it with a sword. I was told that reflects his previous lives as a highly accomplished lama.

Well I dont see this as any different. You dont have other Dharma Protectors giving teachings or answering Dharma questions in this manner. And in this case, Dorje Shugden found another way to protect the Dharma which is to help propagate the teachings directly by clearing doubt so the blessings remain potent through the practitioners practice, understanding and in his mind.

Thank you dorjeshugden.com for giving the background and the close relationship of this Rinpoche and Dharmapala Dorje Shugden.

Trehor Kyorpen Rinpoche is a master of meditation, known for his serious practice after he became a Lharampa Geshe in Tibet, and later in exile in India. It is said that After Trehor Kyorpen Rinpoche became a Geshe, he went looking for a cave on Lhumbo Tse, a very high mountain near Lhasa. He took very few things with him, Lamrim Chenmo, his robes and one monk-attendant. While he was searching for a suitable meditation cave, stones kept dropping near him, as if they were thrown towards him to get his attention. When he went into the cave, there was a skeleton in a meditative posture. Trehor Kyorpen Rinpoche then offered a mandala. After the mandala was offered, the skeleton collapsed and Trehor Kyorpen Rinpoche then decided to practice in that cave. This Rinpoche spent his life in practice and continued to do so when he left to India and stayed in Dalhousie.

Knowing that this great practitioner Rinpoche has such a close relationship with Dorje Shugden in his earlier days, and that he didn’t give up his samaya with Dorje Shugden makes my heart leap with joy, and strengthen my faith in this Dharmapala who has done so so much to bring benefit to many in hopes of preservation and propogation of Buddhadharma.

Thank you for your good work and please continue to share more about this Wisdom Protector with the world.

I thoroughly love this story and do not believe that this is just folklore.

When I first met Dorje Shugden years ago, I was told that he is the only Dharma Protector who would teach Dharma while taking possession of an oracle and I thought this was remarkable. Years later I would be one of the lucky ones to have received such a Dharma teaching from Dorje Shugden himself.

The relationship we can have with Dorje Shugden is unlike the relationship we have with other deities. It is definitely more personal and intimate and it feels like it is a relationship that has spanned many lifetimes.

Just read Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang’s ‘Nyirtoe’ and again you see how close thie Buddha gets with those who are committed to practice the Dharma and who have placed their trust in him.

It sad that great lamas have to hide their practice. With the ban on the practice of Dorje Shugden and having it imposed by violence, have made it very difficult for anyone to practice. It is even more heartbreaking for the lamas with sogtae. They just can do no right here.

Though he may be called a liar for seemingly to concede with the ban but in fact was practicing it secretly, I feel that he had no choice as his commitment is to his protector and enlightened being as well as to the propagation of Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings.

Even in this situation all Trehor Gyurpon Rinpoche wanted was for the continuation of the teachings of Lama Tsongkhapa.

Dorje Shugden’s direct intervention in Trehor Gyurpon Rinpoche case, generated great faith. And, it was this faith that Trehor Gyurpon Rinpoche kept and continued the practice despite the ban. Indeed a spiritual practitioner with integrity and perseverance.

Trehor Gyurpon Rinpoche is a true inspiration to all and an example of what faith and devotion means.

Wow… this is an inspiring story to see how compassionate and caring Dorje Shugden is to help clear Trehor Gyurpon Rinpoche’s many doubts on the teachings. It also goes to show who Dorje Shugden really is, which is the great scholar Lama who is Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen and previously Panchen Sonam Drakpa, which is what makes Dorje Shugden extraordinary because He is a great high Lama who cares for nothing more than to see Dharma being learnt and taught and spread further. So compassionate is this great Lama Protector Dorje Shugden to even appear to teach Trehor Gyurpon Rinpoche.

Where have we ever heard of any protector, enlightened and unenlightened, who teaches people the Dharma and clear their doubts and even debate with them so that they will learn?! No Dharma protector except Dorje Shugden does so because first and foremost He is a Lama.

Secondly, this beautiful story just shows us that no matter what the CTA may say or do or ban Dorje Shugden, many great Lamas, who are real genuine Lamas will know the qualities of DOrje SHugden and will no doubt continue to do his practice in their hearts secretly. If really Dorje SHugden was an evil demon spirit, then why on earth would Dorje Shugden teach the Dharma and clear Rinpoche’s doubts and why would this Rinpoche still have his heart crystal with Him till the end of His life.

If He really believe what Dalai Lama said about Dorje Shugden, he would have long time ago thrown away anything associated with DS. So again this and many other stories show us that the ban and discrimination on Dorje Shugden is indeed a huge political stunt and injustice political stunt by the Tibetan Leaders for their own selfish ulterior motives to gain power, wealth and temporary success.

It is so silly of Dharmasala because up until now they are no where near in helping the Dalai Lama return to Tibet as promised by the Dalai Lama. How many more broken promises can Dharamsala make for the folish Tibetans to get sucked in? Sooner or later it is all going be revealed because the truth will always be revealed no how hard we try. Do they not know what is karma, are they not Buddhist to be this illogical and ridiculously ignorant? I sometimes ask.

Dorje Shugden manifest help and assistance in so so many ways, but always bringing benefit to us all. It is very true that Dorje Shugden is the only Dharma Protector known to give dharma teachings.

By giving teachings those teachings can be subject to scrutiny or even checked against the holy scriptures. Naturally as Dorje Shugden is a buddha, there will not be any fault with the teachings at all.

I wonder if the nature of Dorje Shugden which is one with Manjushri, has to do with the myriad and varied ingenious ways of bringing the dharma to sentient beings.

From this story, just as in Dorje Shugden’s prayer, Dorje Shugden is protecting our spiritual path.

Dorje Shugden will always helps practitioner who are sincere. He would always show sign to practitioner who needs helps especially in Dharma. He encourage practitioner to continue dharma and never give up, and to repay Dorje Shugden’s kindness, all he asked from us is to read more dharma and transform. Dorje Shugden do not want anything from us, but, wanted us to learn more dharma and benefit more sentient beings.

Dorje Shugden even know what is the doubt that Trehor Gyurpon Rinpoche will have when he study Panchen Sonam Drakpa’s texts. Dorje Shugden understand clearly the mind of practitioner so well and thus He taught Trehor Gyurpon Rinpoche during the trance and even debate with Trehor Rinpoche to get Rinpoche more understanding on the text. Dorje Shugden is truly the Dharma King. How many oracle in trance could debate and teach in Dharma? I don’t think any of the oracle.

This story have motivated me to continue my dharma learning despite facing so many life problems, and trust Dorje Shugden all the way.

Dear Dalai Lama,

Since you started the cruel ban against the 350 year Dorje Shugden practice, how has it benefit your Tibetan society and Buddhism in the world? Things have become worse and most educated Tibetans can see this. They don’t speak out not because they don’t see your ban as wrong, but you instill fear in them and not respect. It is like fear of a dictator. I am sorry to say so. Everyone is divided. There is no harmony. Before your ban there was more harmony and unity.

By enacting the ban, you split the monasteries, split so many families, split regions in Tibet apart, split your disciples from you, split your own gurus from you, split Tibetan Buddhism apart. You have created so much disharmony.

It is not democratic what you have done to ban a religion within your community. You always talk of tolerance and acceptance and democracy and yet you do not accept and tolerate something different from your beliefs. When people practice Dorje Shugden you ostracize them, ban them from seeing you, ban them from using Tibetan facilities. You know you have done that. There are videos that capture your speech and prove this point. You even had people expelled from monasteries just because they practice Dorje Shugden. Some of the monks you expelled have been in the monastery for over 40 years. Many older monks shed tears because of this.

Many young educated Tibetans lost confidence in you as they saw the damage the Dorje Shugden ban created and they lose hope. Many have become free thinkers. They reject what you have done. So many people in the west left Buddhism because of the confusion you created with this ban against Dorje Shugden which is immoral.

You could of had millions of people who practice Dorje Shugden to support, love and follow you, but you scared them away. They are hurt and very disappointed. They loved you and respected you deeply before the ban. It has been 60 years and you have failed to get Tibet back. Your biggest failure is not getting Tibet back after 57 years in exile. Now you are begging China to allow you to return to Tibet to the disappointment of thousands of people who fought for a free Tibet believing in you. So many self-immolated for a free Tibet and now you want Tibet to be a part of China with no referendum from Tibetans. Just like a dictator, you decide on your own. It was your government and you that lost Tibet in the first place. Your policies and style of doing things do not benefit Tibet and Buddhism. You have been the sole ruler of Tibet your whole life and you still have not gotten our country of Tibet back for us. Our families and us are separated. Yet you create more pain by creating a ban to further divide people. Please have compassion.

No other Buddhist leader has banned or condemned any religion except for you. It looks very bad. You are a Nobel laureate and this is not fitting of a laureate. You should unite people and not separate them by religious differences.

You said Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi did not do right to the Rohingya people in Myanmar due to religious differences, but you are doing the same thing to the Shugden Buddhists within your own society. There is a parallel in this. You separate the Shugden Buddhists from the others in Tibetan society.

You have lost so many people who would have loved and supported you. You have lost so much support around the world. The Shugden Buddhists who love you number in the millions. When you are fast losing support from governments and private people, it will not do you well to lose more.

After you are passed away in the future, the rift you created between the Dorje Shugden and non-Dorje Shugden people will remain for a while and that will be your legacy. Disharmony. You will be remembered for this. Not as a hero but a disharmony creator.

Dorje Shugden will spread and further grow, but you will be no more as you are a human. No one wishes you bad and in fact we hope you have a long and healthy life, but we have lost so much hope and have so much despair because of you. All the hundreds of Dorje Shugden lamas, tulkus and geshes are maturing and there are hundreds of Dorje Shugden monasteries in Tibet who will not give up Dorje Shugden. You have made a mistake. These hundreds of teachers and teachers to be will spread Dorje Shugden further in the future.

The gurus that gave us Dorje Shugden as a spiritual practice and you have called these holy gurus wrong and they are mistaken in giving us Dorje Shugden. How can you insult our gurus whom we respect so much? If they can be wrong, then you can be wrong. Then all gurus can be wrong. So no one needs to listen to any guru? You have created this trend. It is not healthy. Your own gurus practiced Dorje Shugden their whole lives. Your own gurus were exemplary and highly learned.

Dalai Lama you have created so much pain with this ban against so many people due to religion. You are ageing fast. Are you going to do anything about it or stay stubborn, hard and un-moving. You show a smile and preach peace and harmony wherever you go. But will you do the same to your own people? Please rectify the wrong you have done. Please before it is too late. You can create harmony again or you can pass away in the future with this legacy of peace. May you live long and think carefully and admit what was a mistake in having this unethical ban against Dorje Shugden religion.

Supreme Court of India JUSTICE Mr. MARKANDEY KATJU (RETD) writes that Tibet is much better under the Chinese than it was under the lamas who only wanted to make the populace slaves. It was feudal and it will never return to the backwardness again.

Time has come to acknowledge that Tibet has vastly improved under Chinese rule
JUSTICE MARKANDEY KATJU (RETD) | 12 August, 2018
From a terribly poor state hinged on a feudal system, Tibet has modernised and grows faster than the rest of China
This article has been prompted by Jyoti Malhotra’s article in ThePrint ‘Tibetan government quietly changed its PM’s designation. India won’t be unhappy about it‘.
China’s annexation of Tibet in 1959, ousting the Dalai Lama, had attracted it worldwide criticism. The Dalai Lama fled and was granted asylum in India, where he set up a government-in-exile with its headquarters in Dharamshala.
The Chinese claim Tibet on the grounds that it has been part of the country since the Yuan dynasty of the 13th century, which is disputed by the government-in-exile. But let us leave this that matter aside.
The more important question is whether Chinese rule has benefited Tibet.
The answer is that it undoubtedly has. As the Reuters’ Ben Blanchard writes: “Today Tibet is richer and more developed than it has ever been, its people healthier, more literate, better dressed and fed”.
Although Ben goes on to argue that this development masks “a deep sense of unhappiness among many Tibetans”, I will disagree. How can anyone be unhappy if s/he is healthier, better fed and better clothed?
Under the rule of the Dalai Lamas (Buddhist priests), the people of Tibet were terribly poor, almost entirely illiterate, and lived like feudal serfs.
Today, Tibet presents a totally different picture. The illiteracy rate in Tibet has gone down from 95 per cent in the 1950s to 42 per cent in 2000. It has modern schools, universities, engineering and medical colleges, modern hospitals, freeways, supermarkets, fast food restaurants, mobile stores and apartment buildings. The capital Lhasa is like any other modern city.
While the economic growth in the rest of China has slowed down to about 7 per cent, Tibet has had a 10 per cent growth rate in the last two decades.
Tibet has huge mineral wealth, which was only awaiting Chinese technology to be tapped. Nowadays, it has numerous hydro and solar power plants and industries running with Chinese help.
Tibetan literature is flourishing, contrary to claims that the Chinese want to crush Tibetan culture.
Of course, now the lamas cannot treat their people as slaves.
The so-called ‘government-in-exile’, of which Lobsang Sangay claims to be the President, is a fake organisation, funded by foreign countries. They only want to restore the feudal Tibet, ruled by the reactionary lamas, something which will never happen.
The writer is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India
https://theprint.in/opinion/time-has-come-to-acknowledge-that-tibet-has-vastly-improved-under-chinese-rule/97172/

The cracks in Tibetan society are starting to show, and it is now coming to the attention of local Indians who have all but identified the Tibetan leadership as the source of the divisions. According to this author, disunity amongst the Tibetans is now creating problems for Indian law enforcement agencies, and this disunity may culminate in young Tibetans holding silent grudges against their host country. It is incredible that after six decades of generosity from India, Indians are now facing the very real possibility Tibetans can be ungrateful towards India. The Tibetan leadership totally failed to impart positive values upon their exiled community, like gratitude for those kindest to them and the need to repay these kindnesses with real, tangible results. It’s also very unlikely that the Tibetan leadership will now start to do this, after six decades of failing to do so. Indians need to realise this, and see that there is no benefit for their nation to align themselves with the Tibetan leadership, and there never will be.
Tibetan disunity not in India’s interest
John S. Shilshi
Updated: August 7, 2018, 11:00 AM
India is home to the Dalai Lama and an estimated 120,000 Tibetan refugees. Though this humanitarian gesture on India’s part comes at the cost of risking New Delhi’s relations with China, India has never wavered in ensuring that Tibetans live with dignity and respect. Notified settlements across the country were made available so that they can live as independently as possible and practice Tibetan religion and culture. They are also allowed to establish centres of higher learning in Tibetan Buddhism. As a result, several reputed Buddhist institutes came up in Karnataka, and in the Indian Himalayan belt. In what may be termed as a gesture well reciprocated, and because of the respect and influence His Holiness the Dalai Lama commands, the Tibetan diaspora also lived as a peaceful community, rarely creating problems for India’s law enforcement agencies.
The situation, however, changed from 2000 onwards when unity amongst Tibetans suffered some setback due to developments like the Karmapa succession controversy and the controversy over worshiping of Dorje Shugden. In a unique case of politics getting the better of religion, two senior monks of the Karma kargyue sect of Tibetan Buddhism, Tai Situ Rinpoche and late Shamar Rinpoche, developed serious differences after the demise of Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa, in 1981. This animosity ultimately led to emergence of two 17th Karmapa candidates in the early nineties. While Tai Situ Rinpoche identified and recognised UghyanThinley Dorje, late Shamar Rinpoche anointed Thinley Thaye Dorje as his Karmapa candidate. Enthronement of their respective protégés at the Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, the supreme seat of the Karma Kargue linage, being their primary objective, both started indulging in activities monks normally are expected to, and bitterness spewed against each other.
The bitter rivalry assumed a new dimension when UghyenThinley Dorje suddenly appeared in India in January 2000. The competition became fiercer and hectic political lobbying, never known in the history of Tibetan Buddhism on Indian soil, became common place. Apart from pulling strings at their disposal in Sikkim as well as in the power corridors of New Delhi, these senior monks spat against each other with allegations and counter allegations, widening the gaps between their supporters. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, choosing to favour one of the candidates—a decision many Tibet watchers felt was ill-timed—had also limited possible scope of rapprochement. Hence, the Karma Kargyue followers are now vertically divided, while the camps are dragged into a long drawn legal battle.
Another development that unfortunately split the Tibetans is the controversy over Shugden worshipping, which again is an internal matter of the Gelugpa sect, to which the Dalai Lama belongs. It erupted as a result of the Dalai Lama urging Tibetans to refrain from worshiping Dorje Shugden, a deity believed to be a protector, according to Tibetan legend. Shugden practitioners, who felt offended by the call, describe it as an attack on freedom of religion, a right, which Dalai Lama himself tirelessly fought for. On the other hand, die hard Dalai Lama followers perceived the questioning of the decision as one challenging the wisdom of the Dalai Lama and mounted massive pressure on Dorje Shugden practitioners to relent, with some even demolishing the statues of the deity. The rivalry ultimately led to split in two Gelug monasteries in Karnataka, and Serpom and Shar Garden monasteries in Bylakupe and Mundgod respectively came under the control of Shugden followers. The bitterness associated with the split is exemplified by the fact that till today, members of these monasteries are treated as some sort of outcasts by the others. Thus, for the first time, the Tibetan diaspora in India gave birth to sections opposed to the Dalai Lama, with spillover effects in Tibet and elsewhere.
For India, with a fragile internal security profile, a divided Tibetan population on its soil is not good news. It has several long-term implications. It is common knowledge that China considers Dalai Lama as a secessionist, one plotting to divide their country. The latter’s claim of “all that Tibetans were asking for, was a status of genuine autonomy within the Constitution of the Peoples’ Republic of China”, had fallen into deaf ears. China also considers him as someone who plays to the Indian tune to tickle China. Therefore, at a time when China has successfully shrunk the Dalai Lama’s space internationally, India continuing to extend the usual space for him is viewed as complicity. Sharp reaction from China when he was allowed to visit Arunachal Pradesh in April 2017, is a recent example. Such being the delicate nature of India-China relations on matters and issues concerning Tibetans, India can hardly afford to ignore the division within the diaspora. Past experience of dubious elements from Tibet having succeeded in infiltrating the Central Tibetan Administration, including the security wing, should be a warning.
It is also time India understands the reason behind Tibetans seeking Indian passports, despite an existing arrangement for issue of Identity Certificates, which is passport equivalent. Some had even successfully taken recourse to legal remedy on the issue, and left the government of India red-faced. These changing moods should not be viewed as desires by Tibetans to become Indian citizens. They are triggered by the pathetic state of affairs associated with issuing of Identity Certificates, where delays in most cases are anything between six months to one year. Early streamlining of the process will drastically reduce their desire to hold Indian passport. It will also remove the wrongly perceived notion among some educated Tibetan youth, that the cumbersome process was a ploy by India to confine them in this country. While India should not shy from requesting the Dalai Lama to use his good offices to end all differences within the community in the interest of India’s internal security, it will also be necessary to ensure that young Tibetans do not nurse a silent grudge against the very country they called their second home.
https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/tibetan-disunity-not-indias-interest

This is a very touching story, it shows how compassionate Dorje Shugden is in protecting a real Dharma practitioner. As long as what you are doing is of benefit to the lineage, Dorje Shugden will do whatever he could to help you in achieving that. This is my own experience too.