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对被佛教导师性侵的受害人来说,跟达赖喇嘛这位慈悲的国际代表见面,带来的应该是修复和治愈创伤的经验。受害人希望这场会面能带来成果,能从达赖喇嘛口中听到他的承诺——承诺为受害人的伤痛做些什么。无论如何,根据英国广播公司、美国广播公司和自由亚洲电台的新闻报道,受害人的反应不一,一些受害人甚至透露了内心的失望。
“跟达赖喇嘛的会面令人失望”。这句话在好几年前是难于跟达赖喇嘛联想在一块的。然而,我们近来越来越频密地听到类似的报道,无论如何,这并不令人意外。这是藏人行政中央几十年以来拒绝为藏人和本身的行动负责任的结果。
这些新闻有可能错误报道,因此并不可信?未必如此,英国广播公司拥有很高的新闻报道标准,是全世界各地许多人信赖的新闻来源。在战火连天的地区或冲突区,大家都依赖英国广播公司获得最新消息。因此,这次的会面与不太令人满意的结果,引起了主要媒体如英国广播公司和美国广播公司的关注。这说明了事件的严重性,以及作为藏人领导应该认真看待之,却没有办到的事实。
英国广播公司传统上跟其他媒体公司,长期大力支持藏人领导,如今看起来情况改变了。但是,藏人行政中央对性侵案的消极反应,甚至于包庇性侵加害人的事实,是否令人感到意外?且让我们一一检视以下几个相关事实:
- 为什么性侵受害人需要向慈悲的代表乞求他的聆听和帮助?英国广播公司特别引述说达赖喇嘛的反应是“乐于倾听”的,即说明了他并非如此。同理,你可能会用“有趣”来形容一个人,从而避免说出你内心真正的感受。在场的人甚至形容说,达赖喇嘛其实并不愿意倾听他们的遭遇,必须被说服如此做。令人不安的是,达赖喇嘛必须被说服来跟性侵受害人见面。事实是,他们将事情复杂化,并且并非真心希望安排这场会面和面对事实;却在公众压力和企图让别人觉得他们在做些什么的情况下,进行了该场会面。
- 为何受害人只有区区的20分钟?达赖喇嘛全世界巡回出席性犯罪者所主办的活动,跟他们一起住、一起吃饭,还长时间相处。他也花时间评论他人的宗教信仰,其他国家的内政;却吝于施舍20分钟,给遭到他所认可的性犯罪者伤害的受害人述说不幸遭遇。不仅如此,他甚至不会采取任何具体的行动来制裁这些罪犯。这些受害人的人生不幸地,被得到达赖喇嘛认可的人所摧毁了。
- 为何达赖喇嘛一方面教导世人要负责任,但是本身却拒绝为那些利用他的名声招摇撞骗者的恶行负责?在此件事上,达赖喇嘛难逃其咎。显然的,这些施暴者,利用他的名声和关系,来建立一般人对他们的信任,从而方便向无辜者施暴。许多人基于对达赖喇嘛的信任,把自己暴露成目标。这些暴行并非就此一回,而是在达赖喇嘛的办事处知情的情况下,仍持续了很长的一段时间。显然的,这些施暴者并非是清白的,他们都得到达赖喇嘛撑腰,才会让事情陷入今日如此不堪的局面,而达赖喇嘛却拒绝扛起任何责任。
- 为何达赖喇嘛在其他议题上直言不讳,针对性侵案却绝口不提?性侵是普遍谴责的罪行,如果达赖喇嘛在性侵案上谴责施暴者,根本不会对他的名声带来任何破坏;反之会赢得更多人的赞美和欢呼。他会被赞颂为一位思想开明的领袖,愿意站在受害人的角度着想,防止更多人受害。达赖喇嘛会在与己无关的印度的种姓制度,或者所谓的尼赫鲁犯错的议题上畅所欲言。达赖喇嘛和藏人行政中央也会针对多杰雄登人,出书、制作影片、印刷传单、攻击清单和海报有话直说;但是在对他们的声誉会造成直接影响的议题上,譬如达赖喇嘛认可的性犯罪者做出恶行的事件上袖手旁观。因此,达赖喇嘛和藏人领袖对这些喇嘛和他们的行为举止,一言不发和袖手旁观的举动是非常可疑的。
- 为何达赖喇嘛给罪犯背书?索甲仁波切和他的同流之辈,并非初犯。达赖喇嘛曾跟日本地铁毒气杀人日本邪教教主麻原彰晃会面,也曾接受高达一百万美元的捐款,为基斯拉尼尔站台。基斯拉尼尔是涉及性贩卖活动和其他等多项罪行的美国性爱邪教教主。年轻的达赖喇嘛住在拉萨时,曾接受纳粹党员海因里希哈勒的教导。这再次证明了,达赖喇嘛为罪犯站台和背书书并非新鲜事。更令人不安的是,达赖喇嘛把这些人当成知心朋友。
- 为何达赖喇嘛只在有利的情况下成为全西藏的精神领袖?事实上,达赖喇嘛并非四大藏传佛教流派任何一个传承的精神领袖。即便是他来自格鲁派,真正的精神领袖却是甘丹赤巴。无论如何,藏人领袖利用大家对此事实的无知,继续到处宣扬达赖喇嘛为整个西藏的精神领袖。每当达赖喇嘛对某件事感兴趣时,他即会利用大家的无知乘机介入。譬如,他在插手大宝法王事件上,就利用了本身的“地位”。他认可噶玛噶举传承的另一位领袖,也造成了该派的分裂。在禁止多杰雄登法门事件上,即便他没有任何权利如此做,却再次利用此“地位”插手。无论如何,每当情况变得困难或不利于他们时,即会拒绝扛起责任,假装无能为力。在造成噶玛噶举分裂的事件上,面对质问时,达赖喇嘛选择了袖手旁观。同样地,在多杰雄登禁令问题上,即便这项禁令造成了西藏人的分裂,他也不会解除禁令。现在,西方世界终于领教了达赖喇嘛不会对他认可的人的偏差行为,即便涉及的是严重的性侵罪行,扛起任何责任。
- 为何藏人领袖攻击坚持自己的修行且无害的人;却认可操弄、利用和欺压弱势的人?藏人行政中央会耗费心机发布上街示威的多杰雄登人的攻击清单,即便有足够的平台和能力,却继续放任性侵人。如果他们将用在攻击多杰雄登人的拨款,转移到教育这些喇嘛关于性侵的邪恶,肯定会减少很多烦恼和破坏。能发出一张性侵者清单,警告下一个可能的受害者,是不是比发出攻击上街抗议达赖喇嘛和藏人行政中央集权的涉及者清单来得强?
- 为何藏人领袖对罪行的定义如此之扭曲?他们一方面说多杰雄登修行人是“历史上的罪犯”,因为这群人敢于违背达赖喇嘛下达的修行禁令;因此不听从达赖喇嘛命令的人都是罪犯。另一方面,一群有证据涉及性侵他们的弟子的人,却未被标签为罪犯。藏人即没有在国会通过法令谴责这项罪行,也没有出版任何书籍警告世人。藏人领袖要知道的是,在真实的世界、民主世界、藏人社区以外的世界里,伤害他人的行为才是真正的罪行——譬如谋杀、偷窃、贪污和洗黑钱(与达赖喇嘛有关连的人经常所涉及的恶行)。显然,这些罪行并不包括“不遵从达赖喇嘛”。因此,多杰雄登人不听从达赖喇嘛的忠告,不放弃修行又到底犯了哪一项罪行?藏人领袖到底明白什么是罪行吗?
- 为何藏人领导要去破坏西藏的声誉?尽管藏行政中央一直对外声称本身为西藏正义事业付出了很多,事实却是没有人比达赖喇嘛付出得更多。整个西藏正义事业的未来建立在达赖喇嘛的名声和地位之上。达赖喇嘛越是犯错,藏人行政中央就越是难于获得捐款,或提高公众对西藏正义事业上的醒觉。又或者是藏人行政中央压根儿都不关心西藏的未来?显然,他们在保护这位承担了西藏正义事业未来的达赖喇嘛的声誉问题上漠不关心。基于同样的原因,藏人行政中央将本身塑造成佛教教义的维护者,实际的情况却是,他们成为性侵共犯的举动,伤害了佛法。
- 藏人领袖是不是真心爱护达赖喇嘛?基于藏人行政中央的无能,拒绝处理性侵案投诉,以及躲在达赖喇嘛背后的逃避举动,导致达赖喇嘛陷入面对全世界质问的窘境。当世界知道了达赖喇嘛支持性犯罪者的事实,使他有可能被指责利用每个不幸来谋取本身的利益。譬如,达赖喇嘛对自焚举动的沉默,会被视为他默许藏人的自杀行为。他在噶玛噶举派事件上的沉默,则被视为他默许这个藏传佛教传承的分裂。
达赖喇嘛可以怎么做?
达赖喇嘛接见那些受害者的举动非常引人注目。他“谴责”性犯罪者的举措固然是好,但人人搁在嘴边的问题是:面对这一切,达赖喇嘛本身又会怎么做?因为他简单的一句谴责并不足以改正问题。
若达赖喇嘛什么都不做,其建议受害者向执法单位举报性犯罪者的话或许中听,实际却无异于告诉众人,他无意参与其中。他将责任推到饱受创伤的受害者身上,让他们自己采取行动。这也意味着寻求正义的责任,落在受害者身上,而达赖喇嘛自己便无需多做什么。达赖喇嘛坚决不对这些罪行采取更多行动,怪不得受害者见了达赖喇嘛后会有复杂的情绪。就像天主教会的教皇对待性侵案的受害者那样,若非社会大众对他施压,他不会有所行动。他采取行动不是因为觉得那些罪行有什么不对,或是对那些人的罪行感到气愤。
达赖喇嘛并非冷淡、内敛之人。过去,他严厉谴责多杰雄登信众,更组织、动员排挤他们。于是,他是能用他对待多杰雄登信众那样的态度,去对待那些性犯罪者:
- 在开示和集会上重复且严厉的谴责索甲仁波切、萨姜米庞仁波切、岗顶祖古、喇嘛诺那、 喇嘛耶喜宁波、喇嘛秋达仁波切、丹增东登、持明学会的南卡仁波切、 祖古洛桑及喇嘛乌金昆桑多吉。
- 将这些性犯罪者从藏人寺院、学府、医院、餐厅和商店隔离。
- 要求他们的书籍从各大书店下架。
- 强制他们时时上报行踪,让众人警惕、保护好自己,避免成为下一个受害者。好比在西方,性犯罪者必须向当地执法单位报到,也会受强制佩戴电子脚环。
- 在他的网站上开设一个栏目,谴责这些性犯罪者。目前,在他和藏人行政中央(西藏流亡政府)的网站上都设有讨伐多杰雄登信众的栏目。
呼吁大众停止向他们求法。他们犯了罪行,人们为何还要向他们寻求关于慈悲、出离心和断欲的教诲呢? - 要求寺院驱赶他们。为什么其他坚守清净戒律的僧众要接触这等事,跟这样的行为扯上关系?
- 用藏文警告藏人不得与他们维持关系。
- 要求他们补偿受害者。毕竟,这些性犯罪者摧毁受害者对他们的信念和信任。他们原本怀着一颗虔诚的心来修行。还有什么比摧毁别人对佛教的信心来得更具破坏性?
- 利用流亡西藏人民议会立法严惩此等行为或防范未来悲剧一再发生。
因此,受害者应该要问的是:为什么达赖喇嘛不对伤害他们的索甲仁波切、萨姜米庞仁波切、岗顶祖古、喇嘛诺那、喇嘛耶喜宁波、喇嘛秋达仁波切、丹增东登、持明学会的南卡仁波切、喇嘛乌金昆桑多吉及祖古洛桑采取以上任何一种行动?每个人也该问问:为什么达赖喇嘛在谴责信仰多杰雄登的上师时如此毫无顾忌,却不对这些侵犯他人的上师如此赶尽杀绝?对佛教及别人的信仰构成巨大伤害,他们应当承受来自达赖喇嘛更为严厉的谴责,这样才能对脆弱的群众起警告作用。达赖喇嘛对这些性犯罪的上师的公开谴责根本就谈不上严厉或彻底。他可以,也应该更严厉,更强烈谴责他们,将他们从世界各地的藏人社群隔离。唯有这么做,他们才无处藏匿,才会面对相应的法律制裁。毕竟,达赖喇嘛是以此等手段对付多杰雄登信众。而这些侵犯他人的上师肯定比信仰多杰雄登的人来得更加危险,对佛教也更具破坏性,难道不是吗?
又或者达赖喇嘛暗地里是个有性别歧视的人?过去几个月,他才说自己应该转世变成一个很有吸引力的女人,否则就一无是处(做女人若无吸引力就一无所用)。正是这种大男子主义的思想引导他人依样画葫芦,加上他对性侵案的沉默,人人都以为这些性犯罪者是达赖喇嘛的朋友。因此,他们获得一定程度的“庇护”,也不受谴责。除非达赖喇嘛采取更强烈的手段,否则人们不敢制裁那些他认可的人。正如好莱坞必须用上几十年的时间才能将哈维·韦恩斯坦这位大人物绳之于法,虽然人们一早就知道他的罪行。正是好莱坞行业里的沉默促成韦恩斯坦一而再再而三的侵犯年轻女演员。
达赖喇嘛魅力不再?
现在人人皆知达赖喇嘛无意保护性侵案的受害者,那么藏人行政中央这一次又要用什么来解释呢?过去他们无法使西藏重获自由,便将信仰多杰雄登的人当成代罪羔羊,说这个信仰激怒吉祥天母,还危害达赖喇嘛的性命。这次藏人社群中发生性丑闻的灾难,他们打算怪罪哪个神明?
作为藏人的精神领袖,达赖喇嘛让那些为向他寻找修行指引的人失望至极。那些受害者已经见了藏传佛教最高权威却求助无门,试想想,他们会有什么感受?有多少人会心灰意冷,然后或会放弃他们的修行,或是失去对上师的信心?达赖喇嘛不愿制裁这些性犯罪者,结果藏传佛教受到伤害,因为这些性犯罪者确实有罪,但他依然纵容他们自由行事。
而作为藏人的世俗领袖,他也让其子民失望至极,因为他不愿意制裁违反世俗法律的人们。即使是政治领袖也会谴责犯法的人,拒绝与他们往来。想一想,让这些性犯罪者逍遥法外,还会有多少人会成为下一个受害者?
不管是世俗或宗教领袖,最重要的一点是:当达赖喇嘛可以在扮演政治领袖或是扮演宗教领袖的角色中做选择时,他一直都选当政治领袖,旁边还有只为自己谋福祉的流亡藏人领袖的推波助澜。因此,流亡藏人领袖真是如此无能吗?或许这一切都不是达赖喇嘛的错。或许是流亡藏人领袖不断的疏忽,没有好好筛选达赖喇嘛的交友圈子。流亡藏人领导难道被这些人的财富蒙蔽了双眼,以至于他们看不见这些性犯罪者的过失和行为?
不管是哪个原因,总得有一个人担起这个责任,不管是流亡藏人领袖或是达赖喇嘛本身。上百名受害者都在翘首以盼。
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西藏精神领袖达赖尊者在荷兰会见四位据称性侵案受害者
该组人要求会面讨论由几个国家的前任或现任佛教导师们所涉及的性侵指控。
“我们以开放的心态在佛教里找寻皈依,直至我们因它之名而遭受侵害。”他们在文中指出。
一名发言人称达赖喇嘛听闻性侵案后表示“难过”,并“持续谴责”这种行为。
1989年诺贝尔和平奖得主达赖喇嘛目前正访问欧洲。
在周五出席20分钟见面会的三位女士和一位先生,呈交了来自12位据称是受害者的证词。
其中一名出席者乌瓦纳·毕尔玛告诉埃菲社,这是“一次非常复杂的会面”。
她说,达赖喇嘛最初“不愿意聆听”他们的案件,但补充说,经过了10分钟的谈话,他变得“比较愿意接受”。
“进入尾声时,他变得比较亲近,不再试图说服我们这不是他的错,而是开始聆听我们说的话,”毕尔玛女士说。
何谓藏佛佛教?
此次会面落在本觉会(Rigpa)为其创办人索甲拉嘎尔,又称索甲仁波切所涉的性侵案做出道歉后的一周之后。本觉会是一个活跃于西方的国际佛教组织。
索甲仁波切因1994年出版的个人著作“西藏生死书”而著名,该书销售量高达三百万册。
上个月,由本觉会所委的律师在一项独立调查中发现,索甲仁波切的某些“内圈”成员“严重遭受来自他的肉体、性和精神虐待。”
该报告补充说,该组织的某些资深成员对此有所听闻,却“未能解决这些问题,陷他人于危险当中。”
已卸任的本觉会前领袖索甲仁波切以健康为由,拒绝接受此次调查访问。
[美国广播公司] 达赖喇嘛与称遭佛教上师性侵
的受害者会面
[译文] 达赖喇嘛与称遭佛教上师性侵的受害者会面
四名称遭受藏传佛教上师肉体和精神虐待的人士,周五在荷兰向达赖喇嘛提交一份来自12名据称受害者的证词,并向他请愿。
一个使用“metooguru”为标签,并通过一项网络请愿收集了约1,300个签名的小组,要求与这位精神领袖会面,以便他可以收到他们所收集到的证词。达赖喇嘛在荷兰为期四天访问的第一天,与四位代表会面了约20分钟。
达赖喇嘛是藏传佛教其中一派的领袖。此次周五鹿特丹酒店见面会的主办人希望这位诺贝尔和平奖得主将利用他的道德权威来对信仰做出更广泛的影响。
“我们想从他身上得到的是,他要十分清楚知道,事实就是藏传佛教传统的宗教领袖并不凌驾于法律之上,” 与达赖喇嘛会面的四个人之一,乌瓦纳·毕尔玛这么说。“即便他们声称他们的传统允许所谓超越善恶的行为,事实并非如此。”
这群来自荷兰和比利时的据称受害者表示,达赖喇嘛答应将采取行动,包括在11月举办的佛教上师会议上提出他们的性侵和精神、肉体虐待报告。
会面之后,达赖喇嘛并没对记者发表谈话。其随行人员也没有立刻对置评要求做出回应。
跟他会面的群众中出现了不同的反应。其中一位与会者表示,她有点失望。
然而自称自小在比利时的佛教教派中长大而遭肉体虐待的里卡多·门德斯表示,他很高兴看到达赖喇嘛似乎为他们的证词所动容。
“他就像是:好,现在我有了这些材料,我有这些文件,来自真人的真实故事。我可以用这些材料在佛教圈子里说‘这个人、那个人有此行为,你们不应追随他们,而且这并不是藏传佛教。’”
这让门德斯对未来抱持希望。
“或许,或许这就是这一次会面将带出的结果,他(达赖喇嘛)的谴责将变得名正言顺。”他说。
[自由亚洲电台] 达赖喇嘛在荷兰接见性侵案受害者
[译文] 达赖喇嘛在荷兰接见性侵案受害者
据消息,达赖喇嘛于周五在荷兰的鹿特丹接见四名声称被上师性侵及受上师精神折磨的信众。 在此前一周,他们四人代表12名信众请求与藏传佛教精神领袖会面,向达赖喇嘛描述受害成员的痛苦经历,并要求达赖喇嘛采取行动,为他们的问题找解决方案。 据自由亚洲电台藏语部的消息,好几位藏传佛教上师的名字:瑞士持明学会的南卡仁波切、奥地利维也纳的南登免朗中心的杜固洛桑、在全球拥有过百道场的本觉会的索甲仁波切,以及比利时一位名为罗伯特·斯帕茨(又名“喇嘛乌金昆桑多吉”),都出现在周五的控诉书中。
提出与达赖喇嘛会面的请愿者包括来自奥地利、澳洲、比利时、法国、荷兰及美国的佛门弟子。
近几个月来,西方藏传佛教上师,包括本觉会的索甲仁波切、国际香巴拉的萨姜米庞仁波切都卷入性丑闻中。
对索甲的独立调查结果于上周公布,显示许多针对他的指控属实。
据悉,在长达20分钟的会面中,达赖喇嘛拒绝记者的提问,但告知与会者,他将于11月份,跟藏传佛教各大领导人在印度会面时,提及藏传佛教圈子内滥权的问题。 “我们对他的诉求是非常清晰的。藏传佛教的宗教领导也受法律约束”。与会者乌瓦纳·毕尔玛在会面后这样表示。联合通讯社如此报道。
“即使他们声称他们的传统认可那些超越善恶之别的行为,但实际并非如此。”
与83岁的达赖喇嘛的会面,正值罗马天主教会深陷神职人员在美国、欧洲等地滥用职权的风波之时。
报道、翻译:自由亚洲电台藏语部;英文编辑:李察·芬尼
[印度斯坦时报] “并非新鲜事”:达赖喇嘛说他早已
知晓佛教导师涉嫌性侵
令人难以置信,达赖喇嘛坦言对于佛教导师性侵事件,他早已知情——25年前即知情——但是没有采取任何行动制止。此话令性侵受害人不安,因为他们赖于达赖喇嘛的名声和言论为标准,衡量哪些导师是可以信赖的,哪些是不可信赖的。
到底谁是哪位在25年前达赖喇嘛听闻的性侵导师,而他又针对此采取了什么行动?如果达赖喇嘛没有在当时采取任何制止行动的话,等于他默许这些施暴者继续他们的暴行长达25年。《印度斯坦时报》的跟进访问,进一步确认了跟达赖喇嘛会面后,受害人的结论——达赖喇嘛不会对他们伸出援手,他压根儿不想帮助他们。
[询问报] 对佛教导师性侵事件,达赖喇嘛早已知情,这“并非新鲜事”
另一篇报道显示达赖喇嘛早已知晓性侵事件,但是却袖手旁观。他对这些受害人的慈悲心在哪里?如果不是向达赖喇嘛这位藏传佛教领袖求助,他们还能向谁求助?
达赖喇嘛达赖喇嘛再次推卸责任,推说“佛教领袖应多注意类似事件”。难道达赖喇嘛不是其中一位宗教领袖吗?虽然事实未必如此,但是藏人行政中央一直将达赖喇嘛定位为所有藏传佛教的宗教领袖。
那么,为何这位领袖没有做出关注,也没有采取任何行动制止。反之,他呼吁其他人“关心他们可耻的行为”?为何达赖喇嘛把责任推卸给其他宗教领袖?他并未把自己定位为宗教领袖?如果事实如此,达赖喇嘛可能应该考虑只专注于本身的私人事务,不再插手藏人的宗教议题。
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接二连三的性丑闻已经引起西方媒体的关注及大篇幅报道。最早期的性丑闻发生在1989年:全球其中一个最大规模的藏传佛教道场的上师被爆故意向多个伴侣传播艾滋病。自那时起,流亡藏人领袖每每遭遇性丑闻时就沉默不语。
然而,当有一个人拒绝放弃多杰雄登的信仰,藏人行政中央就会详述雄登上师的种种不是和“罪行”,因为他们拒绝跟从多杰雄登的禁令。他们的拒绝跟从被勾勒成“反达赖”,是背叛的行为,于是他们就是罪犯。然而,信仰多杰雄登实际上是触犯了哪条法律,以至于是一种罪行?而且,为何藏人行政中央如此激烈的谴责多杰雄登信众,却对人们侵犯女性,违反法律的行为视若无睹?
藏人行政中央及他们对性侵犯的立场
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这些或许是近代藏传佛教界最广为人知、最具撼动性的性丑闻。索甲仁波切成了2011年一部纪录片的主角,里头详述他被指控的罪行,以及他一件用无人知晓的金额而达成庭外和解的官司。尽管如此,达赖喇嘛和流亡藏人领袖依然与他往来,一起公开露面,从而认可他的活动和行为。
近期,索甲仁波切遭资深弟子揭发罪行,将一切摊在阳光底下,因此他被迫辞职。几个月后,他被诊断患癌,从此退出大众视线。遭他侵犯的受害者继续活在创伤中,他也继续躲着,藏人行政中央依然没有发表任何声明,讨伐他的行为,也没有跟他划清界限。为何他们对这样的暴行视若无睹,却对没有违法的多杰雄登信仰如此大肆讨伐?为何他们强制人们跟信仰多杰雄登的人划清界限,实施隔离政策,却几十年来不跟被指控性侵女性的人划清界限?
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萨姜米庞仁波切
另一个大规模的藏传佛教道场领袖也在被控与弟子有非正当性行为后被迫下台。萨姜米庞仁波切在文告中承担一切责任,承认自己的行为。即便如此,萨姜米庞仁波切依然享有来自达赖喇嘛和流亡藏人领袖多年的背书和认可,尽管关于他的性丑闻已存在多年。流亡藏人领袖会为任何东西背书,不管那些东西是否违法,只要那些东西能给他们带来金钱利益。但只要一个人是信仰多杰雄登的,他们就是罪人,是恶人,不管他为其他人带来多少福祉。这一切只因他们拒绝遵从流亡藏人领袖所实施的禁令。
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岗顶祖古
作为不丹22所寺院的负责人,岗顶祖古的地位深具影响力。他甚至曾与好莱坞演员Richard Gere以及另一位性犯罪者索甲仁波切合影。 虽然岗顶祖古的不当行为并不像索甲仁波切那样公开,但在某些圈子里,他的事情已几乎已是无人不知。 其中最广为人知的是克里斯汀·钱德勒在她的网站extibetanbuddhist.com和她的著作《Enthralled:The Guru Cult of Tibetan Buddhism》中的记录。 钱德勒女士是一名训练有素的社会工作者和心理学家,专研究性虐待和功能失调。
钱德勒女士在给我们其中一个资料来源的电邮中写道:
所有信仰藏传佛教的居民都向克雷斯通的所有上师们学习,所以我曾跟岗顶一起做了大约四到五天的闭关。我从未跟他亲近,但我们都在那里跟所有的上师们一起修行和学习。 在他的其中一个“竹登”(drupdens),一个很长的诵咒经历中——他十分善于通过咒语来营造超常规的意识状态——一个参加表演的不丹舞蹈团曾抱怨他非礼抚摸年轻的不丹妇女。
这些讯息都反映在她的书中,她写道:
我还参加了几次与一位不丹祖古的闭关,这是一位在闭关时通过诵咒来营造超常规意识状态的大师。这位不丹高僧跟后来被簇钦·艾莉昂揭穿涉嫌非礼不丹女舞者的已婚祖古是同一个人。
资料来源: Chandler, C. (2017). “Crestone, Colorado”, Chapter 22 of ‘Enthralled: The Guru Cult of Tibetan Buddhism’.
书中的这一段提到一些不丹舞者被一未已婚祖古非礼,虽然这位已婚祖古的名字并未被提及,但根据钱德勒女士的电邮回复,可以肯定地推论出这位已婚祖古是岗顶仁波切。更重要的是,这一次这段文中还直接指明簇钦·艾莉昂是提供这些针对岗顶仁波切指控的资料来源。
过去艾莉昂曾私下在藏传佛教僧众中提起女性问题,但当她在接受投诉,并公开指责某不丹祖古非礼前来演出的年轻不丹女舞者之后,这位不丹高僧就警告她说,她的所为已经过分,必须收敛,否则将把她逐出西藏上师圈。 如果她继续投诉他们的性侵事件,她将不再得到西藏上师为她“背书”,继续作为一位协助上师们在西方弘扬密法的受敬重藏传佛教导师。这将导致她在藏传“大圆满”导师圈中失去容身之处。
资料来源: Chandler, C. (2017). “The Dakinis and Their “Spiritualized Feminism”.”, Chapter 18 of ‘Enthralled: The Guru Cult of Tibetan Buddhism’.
这里再一次提及对不丹女舞者的非礼事件,且也再度跟艾莉昂喇嘛扯上关系。钱德勒女士说,艾莉昂喇嘛最终受到威胁,被逼保持沉默。据我们所知的西藏领导人如何以沉默默许虐待,并拒绝向受害者提供支持的情况看来,这一结论并不令人意外。 这不过是职场权力游戏的又一例,跟岗顶祖古有关的的虐待丑闻被掩盖,而艾莉昂喇嘛则被逼保持沉默。艾莉昂喇嘛的其中一位亲近弟子透过电邮证实了此事:
是的,很不幸岗顶祖古是最严重的罪犯之一。他曾有侵犯女弟子的历史,而我最近还发现,他也曾侵犯他寺院里的年轻僧人,这几乎可说是一个公开的秘密。他的不当行为致使他在很大程度上遭到美国佛教界的驱逐,但他依然在欧洲和不丹出没。
由于关系密切,艾莉昂喇嘛的亲近弟子对有关岗顶祖古不当行为的指控有所了解是合乎逻辑的。西藏领导人再一次显示只要是非雄登上师,只要那个上师不修持多杰雄登,他所作出的任何行为都是可以被接受的,而他们也将不会采取任何行动来保护受害者(甚至尝试揭发虐待行为)。然而,一旦确定某位上师是多杰雄登修持者,他们就会单凭自己的宗教选择,自然成为暴力和蛮横对待的公开目标。
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这里有更多关于另一位上师对弟子进行性骚扰和不伦关系的指控。西藏领导人对这些事件有什么表态?他们怎么不资助和出版声明、传单、小册子等来辅导和对这类事件提出警示,却愿意为反多杰雄登的视频、书籍、网站等付费?
如果藏人行政中央只是因为不接受这个修持而反对多杰雄登,那是否意味着他们对这些性指控的保持沉默就等于是允许这种不正当的行为?
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喇嘛耶喜宁波
在这篇文章的评论部分,人们被警告不要参加这个导师的活动,说他已被逐出寺院,并被禁止在噶玛噶举旗下教学。 西藏领导层为何不对此作出反对声明?
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喇嘛秋达仁波切
一位已婚上师承认涉及婚外情后,选择离开去进行闭关而不是面对后果。上师本应促进家庭团结,而不是成为破坏关系和导致情人分开的因素。
西藏领导层对忠于伴侣(一种私人选择)的重要性没有任何评论,却对那些选择继续修持多杰雄登而拒绝跟从禁令(另一种私人选择)的人百般刁难,藏人行政中央凭什么认为自己有权批评和监督一个私人选择,但当涉及另一个实际带来危害的选择时,却不采取同等程度的干预?其虚伪程度实在令人震惊。
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这位达赖喇嘛的前美国特使被发现为达赖喇嘛穿针引线,最终将达赖喇嘛与邪教组织NXIVM联系在一起。 为了一百万美元的“捐款”,他策划让达赖喇嘛出席NXIVM活动,让达赖喇嘛在该组织领导基思·拉尼埃所出席的一场演讲中发言,这位领导最近因涉及包括非法性交易、合谋非法性交易和强迫劳动等多项罪名被捕和被起诉。丹增东登本人也被指控通过与NXIVM的关系,与女性建立不正当关系和联系,虽然他本应是一名僧人。
一个代表达赖喇嘛的僧人,可以为达赖喇嘛穿针引线并与女人发生关系,而西藏领导人永远不会说什么,因为它给他们带来了金钱利益。 然而,当一个人为了维护宗教自由,拒绝遵从多杰雄登禁令和拒绝放弃修持而抗议时,西藏领导层却将他们变成贱民,并将其塑造成一个可以暴力和蛮横对待的目标。
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持明学会的南卡仁波切
他与尼泊尔僧尼的不正当性行为遭到许多指控,但由于没有一个女人愿意出面证实或指证他,所以至今依然也还只是指控。 然而,正如俗话所说的“无风不起浪”,一个没有被捉奸的人,永远不会被指控涉及不当性行为。
人们已针对他的行为向达赖喇嘛办事处提出了投诉,但无济于事。持明学会的南卡仁波切恰好也是唯一一位几乎要认证美国导师达拉旺秋的上师,后者自称是多杰雄登上师绰摩格西仁波切的转世,尽管这一说法广被否决。 据说,旺秋接近他是希望利用他与达赖喇嘛的关系来得到正式的认证。 即使在那时,她的小组成员也已经针对他的“性开放”和“在他身边感觉不自在”作出投诉。 前弟子们一直在社交媒体上抱怨他的行为,并表示他利用自己与达赖喇嘛的关系继续猖獗下去。
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喇嘛乌金昆桑多吉
2016年,经过20年的审判,一位名叫罗伯特·斯帕茨或喇嘛乌金的比利时公民因涉嫌强奸和其他性侵犯,儿童绑架及严重酷刑和洗钱罪等多项罪名成立。审判期间也揭发了该组织的一些成员被迫向社区提供大笔财政捐助,受益者是罗伯特·斯帕茨。 他缺席审判,被判缓刑4年,他的组织乌金昆桑措林也因多项指控被判有罪,在民事诉讼中被令向约30名原告人支付赔偿金。
斯帕茨对判决提出上诉,结果却是寻求公道的受害者设立了一个完整网站:https://www.okcinfo.news/en/。有趣的是,达赖喇嘛曾于1990年,在虐待事件的最高峰时期访问设于布鲁塞尔的乌金昆桑措林。 乌金昆桑措林继续自由运作,而达赖喇嘛从未谴责过斯帕茨,尽管这种做法肯定会协助受害者取得公道。
L’Avenir
Teresa
September 17, 2018
看到这篇文后,好心寒。心疼惜那些被性侵的受害人,生气的是她们是被所谓的佛教导师性侵。更加不可以相信的是那些被性侵的受害人遭受达赖喇嘛的冷漠,他其实并不愿意倾听他们的遭遇,达赖喇嘛必须被说服来跟性侵受害人见面,而且还是那么曲曲20分钟。难道达赖喇嘛是不愿意把时间花在性侵的受害人的身上为她们讨回公道?达赖喇嘛一方面教导世人要负责任,但是他所表现出来的是在推卸责任。
文章里提到达赖喇嘛坦言对于佛教导师性侵事件,他早已知情——25年前即知情,但是没有采取任何制止行动。可以说他是默许施暴者的暴行。实在是恐怖极了!一位曾经是诺贝尔和平奖得主,是不是应该更加维护人权吗?更何况是那些被性侵的受害人硬着头皮去请求达赖喇嘛为他们主持公道,但是却的不到援助,甚至被漠视。
还有为什么这几位佛教导师这么明目张胆犯下性侵罪行而没有被达赖喇嘛和藏人行政中央处罚呢?这几位佛教导师到现在还可以大摇大摆的到处去讲法,很大的可能性,他们会性侵别的女子,种下更多的恶业。他们如此胆大妄为,是不是有人在背后为他们撑腰呢?这种卑劣的行为非常可耻,不但让人对西藏佛教没有信心,更严重的话,影响到好某些人的修心修行之路。这等于在杀害一位佛,因佛说佛从心生,每个人都可以成佛。
我们这些普通人都认定性犯罪者是不可原谅的,他们因该受到法律上的制裁。为什么至高无上的精神领袖没有采取行动呢?
Chris
September 17, 2018
从报导看来,有至少一位的受害者觉得与达赖喇嘛的会面,觉得很失望。我本身还真的希望达赖能给这些受害者一个交代。难道这些所谓的仁波切就能够为所欲为吗?难道他们做错了,不需要受到惩罚吗?这样怎么都讲不过去吧?!我真的不明白为什么达赖要这么维护他的朋友。这是不是说他也认同他们的做法?
达赖可以在其他课题上,大做文章,但是对这些性侵的受害者,为什么只有廿分钟?
达赖是时候你出来给大家一个交代乐吧?!
Apple
September 17, 2018
真沒想到達賴喇嘛竟然會包庇這些性侵犯者,知情不報也是一種罪過啊!無論是從世俗或者是宗教角度來看待此事,達賴喇嘛在處理這件事上確實做的不對,更何況他是一位頗受人們敬仰的領袖和學者。如果連他也不吭一聲,那自然的也不會有人說什麼,這些性侵犯者也會越來越放肆。那些受害者可是無辜的,達賴喇嘛不替她們主持公道就罷了,竟然還包庇那些傷害她們的人,這算是何等行為?
Jing-B
September 18, 2018
达赖喇嘛曾经获颁诺贝尔和平奖。这代表他对国际的人权与和平的问题相当关注。但是,在这次的课题上,他不仅没有挺身站出来帮助受害者,反而想逃离问题。这不是作为一名精神领袖所该有的行为。我们不能站在黑暗,拒绝光明的普照!这是让人伤心的事。
Drolchok
September 18, 2018
这新闻也太离谱了吧!达赖尊者竟然不愿意会见这些饱受藏族上师性侵犯的受害者,还不断地说明这些罪行与他无关,看了让人觉得心灰意冷。尊者早在 90 年代就听说有这类的罪行,可是尊者一直不吭声,让这些罪犯继续犯罪,实在是不能理解。
在西藏开放之前,有很多藏族喇嘛以佛教密续之名对身边的僧尼性侵犯。她们一般都是年幼无知,小小就出家,所以很容易就被说摆就范。在过去数百年以来,无数位达赖尊者在执政的时候,就没有处理这些事情,而且还允许布达拉宫地牢进行严酷的审犯酷刑。布达拉宫可是观音菩萨世间的住处啊!
由于文化的差异,一般而言,东方人不会公开自己遭受性侵犯的经历,避免家族因为自己的不幸而遭受耻辱。随着西方文化的影响,尤其是最近在美国盛行的 “米兔”(#MeToo)运动,逐渐有东方人前来分享自己的遭遇,让罪犯一一显露去受他们应得的惩罚。这样的行为非常值得鼓励,毕竟要公开自己被性侵犯的过程需要很大的勇气。
达赖尊者是公认的西藏佛教领袖;和平诺贝尔奖得奖者;普世慈悲和平等的代表,竟然如此对待这群受害者,完全违背尊者的身份和教诲。这些藏族喇嘛跟尊者合过照,尊者也拜访过他们的中心,很明显是支持他们的事业和行为。今天这些受害者请求尊者帮忙是合情合理,也是理所当然的,因为尊者是他们唯一的希望,也是西藏佛教继续延续的主要推行人。
达赖尊者必须严厉呵斥这些滥用上师身份、西藏佛教之名而对他人进行性侵犯的罪犯,并且提供解决方案,不再让这些丑陋的恶性继续延续下去!“米兔”
Lissa Yang
September 18, 2018
人人都在借宗教之名行騙、作惡,我不會因此而對宗教失去信心,也不敢奢望這樣的事就此不再發生。但可悲的是,但悲劇發生之後,沒有人願意承擔,就連地位如此崇高、影響力如此廣泛的達賴喇嘛也打算袖手旁觀。他本可以大力譴責那些侵犯人者,甚至警告大眾要遠離這些人。他非但沒有這麼做,反而還跟侵犯人者為伍,請問這是為什麼?我實在想不明白。一個推廣、宣揚慈悲的人,難道面對那些受害者,他感受不到他們的一點痛苦嗎?如果感受得到,為什麼可以如此麻木行事?
但達賴喇嘛的麻木,何止是在這些事情上?噶瑪巴鬧三包、班禪鬧雙胞、多傑雄登禁令,這些事情,就足以讓千萬人受苦。還請達賴喇嘛再三斟酌,停止分裂深化,把慈悲的精神貫徹其中才是啊!
Wei Qi
September 18, 2018
尊重人权,禁止对民族、信仰和宗教等事由进行歧视,甚至是禁止性骚扰都是尊重人权的重要部分。令人惊讶的是,那么多年以来藏人社群却未获得合乎人权的对待。当藏人行政中央发出禁令禁止修持多杰雄登开始,证明了藏人社群已失去宗教信仰的自由。再来,现在发生被几位曾经被认为是高僧却违反法律,侵犯女性。这所有的一切,清楚的显示藏人社群失去了宁静与安全。
真的令人担忧和怀疑藏人领袖到底明白什么是人权?什么是罪行吗?如果一个可以独立行政的政府,必定可以确保每个人都受到合乎人权的对待。而藏人行政中央,你做到了吗?
Didi Chang
September 18, 2018
其实我不明白为什么西方国家的信徒这么天真?你的上师借宗教之名做出这种猥琐的事情,难道你们不会用自己的头脑分析这种事情是否合理? 其实落入这种全套的人本身也要检讨。Sogyal 这种人渣肯定是必须得到法律制裁,危害佛教声誉,罪该万死。
Tashi Wangchuk
September 20, 2018
When compared to the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) in Dharamsala that does not take any responsibility for their people like any proper government normally would, China is radically different and liberal for allowing sex abuse victims to express themselves on social media, despite its heavy censorship of the Internet.
For people like Luo Xixi, whose online postings on sex abuse has garnered millions of views on Chinese social media, said that the government is gradually opening up to the #MeToo movement, a hashtag catch-phrase movement that encourages and empowers sex abuse victims to stand up against sex abuse. In China, those who are convicted of sexual abuse are severely dealt with by the law and laid off from work. The Central Tibetan Administration should take heed of how such cases are dealt with in China and not allow sex abuse perpetrators, especially Tibetan lamas to continue committing their crimes unchecked and without consequence.
Thupten Lungrig
September 20, 2018
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s speeches create headlines nowadays not because they bring wisdom and enlightening thoughts, but rather unpleasant feelings and disapprovals. From the sexist quip in 2015, his gaffe on Nehru, and his recent comment about Europe that caused him to be labelled as White Supremacist, there is now one more to add onto the list. In order to be congenial and consistent with the image of a Nobel Peace Laureate, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been issuing statements, especially about Islam, such as redefining Jihad as an interior struggle.
More and more people are expressing their doubt, with some even directly pointing out the mistakes in the Dalai Lama’s speech. This pattern of speech of strong statements that ends up in denial or apology seems consistent with his advice concerning the practice of Dorje Shugden. With the reasons behind the ban shifted so much over time, perhaps there really was never any validity behind the ban at all.
Leo
September 24, 2018
这篇文章实在令人震撼 达赖喇嘛也无法为藏传佛教的丑闻发声了。
身为藏传佛教大家眼中的精神领导, 达赖喇嘛对于这些一波波的震撼弹也感到乏力。 达赖喇嘛在面对欧洲难民问题, 还有性丑闻问题的回应都让人感到失望, 不禁让人想到达赖喇嘛是不是江郎才尽了, 已经无法处理这些公共关系危机。
或许达赖喇嘛知道这些问题都已经是无法扭曲乾坤, 那倒不如就让他置于死地而后生, 让涉及丑闻的领袖下台, 留下真正诚心修佛的大师继续传承佛法。 而达赖喇嘛自己则选择退隐。
接下来, 人们或许会开始讨伐达赖喇嘛之前所做的奇怪决定, 例如多杰雄登禁令。 那时或许多杰雄登修持者也可以重新得到尊重, 也可以不被歧视, 安心修习多杰雄登法门。
張艾玲
September 24, 2018
看了这篇文章,心裡总是感到有一种不舒服的感觉……那种接受不到卻被迫接受的痛苦,应该是这样的。身为一名女性,得知这样的丑闻竟发生在令人尊重的宗教界领域,顿时感到浑身不舒服;心裡吶喊:这是什么世界来?
身为一名德高望重且受人敬爱的高僧,以弘法为名,可是卻到处招搖欺骗,对整个佛教界的伤害是非常大的。最令人感到气愤的是,他们皆以如此的动作可以让对方获得证悟;这是可恶可恥的行为。
我真心希望达赖喇嘛重新审查此案件,不要让更多无辜的人受到伤害,使他们终生从此受到伤害,並且对佛法失去信心。😖😓😓😓
Ohio
September 24, 2018
It is shocking that CTA and Dalai Lama remain silent and let the crime continue but continue ban and discriminated the Dorje Shugden practitioners.
林小華
September 24, 2018
請達賴喇嘛出來說幾句話公道話!
請這位大師為所有受此巨大傷害的女性們說句公道話,為她們受創的心靈給予適當的安撫和慰問。如果身為西蔵流亡政府政教合一的領袖願意站出來說兩句話,我深信她們所受的傷害都可以穫得平衡,可以走出這種可怕的陰影,並且穫得重生。
因此,我在這個自由言論的平台上,祈請達賴喇嘛可以站出來為這些身心靈已經受到巨大創傷的女性們,給予一定程度上的支持!感恩達賴喇嘛的慈悲!
陈佩佩
September 24, 2018
那些喇嘛欺负女孩子是不好的行为,应该得到惩罚。因为他是佛教徒,很多人尊重所以我们不该这样做。要不然会有因果报应。
Tara
September 24, 2018
读完这篇文章我真的觉得很心寒,为何身为国际佛教领导者,对国际社会影响力这么大,为何可以包庇亲近弟子的不道德行为,让他们为所欲为这么多年,让这么多的受害者受到性侵犯。
达赖喇嘛哪里还称得上是慈悲为怀?达赖喇嘛这么多年可以化那么多时间在世界巡回演讲和接见那么多人,但是为何只是敷衍给了区区二十分钟见性侵犯受害者呢?!这种漠视的行为是多么的可怕!
作为一位思想开明的领袖,应该要将这些利用达赖喇嘛的名义做出如此腐败以及对佛教照成强大的破坏,必须把他们这些施暴者绳之于法。
反过来看看,达赖喇嘛可以用这么多的时间来对持和打压多杰雄登护法持修者,那是如何说的过去。对待这些默默持修多杰雄登的人,但在此并没有伤害任何的人或修行作出欺压和不公平对待,这简直就是一个和犯罪者做出恶行的行为是一致的。
如此多的高僧大德作出如此的大逆不道之事但是还可以逍遥快活的到处宣扬佛法,真的是太邪恶了。
达赖喇嘛应该更关注和阻止这些时间的发生和采取行动,那么才可以得到尊重。
这些行为已经严重到影响修行人的心识,断决了有心要修行的人,造了如初大的恶业,那还称的上是传法修行人呢?
达赖喇嘛可以包庇和沉默不语的对代这些性侵犯罪者那么也要对多杰雄登修持者以一样的态度,还给他们自由。
Anthony
September 24, 2018
为何达赖喇嘛 and CTA 严厉谴责多杰雄登信众,更组织、动员排挤他们。却不对严重性侵罪犯采取行动呢?
张小灵
September 24, 2018
令人震撼 达赖喇嘛也无法为藏传佛教的丑闻发声了,身为藏传佛教大家眼中的精神领导。
却一直从容弟子错下去,对于侵犯他人的师也没有出声阻止。对性侵案却绝口不提。
到底是为什么达赖喇嘛一直不出声。还一直从容他们错下去。
对于多杰雄登修持者还是多杰雄登的上师切
毫无顾忌对他们做出伤害。
宗教信仰不是自由选择吗?修持什么法门,不自由选择吗?为什么就是要针对多杰修登持者,谁修持什么法门,难道还要谁来决定吗?一直要针对多杰雄登修持者,还赶尽杀绝。
对于侵犯他人的上师达赖喇嘛也不出面阻止一直默默不出声,他们已经对佛教带来巨大伤害,造成严重后果,达赖喇嘛还一直不出声阻止。为什么?
达赖喇嘛是否应该对这些侵犯他人的上师,严厉的谴责和阻止,才可以对群众起警告作用。
许晏晏
September 24, 2018
我们不该向这些喇嘛学习,这些是不对的。所以你不要向这些喇嘛。因为这些是不对的。
许晏晏
September 24, 2018
我们不该向这些喇嘛学习,这些是不对的。所以你不要向这些喇嘛。因为这些是不对的。
Anonymous
September 24, 2018
从英国的报导看来,有至多位的受害者觉得与达赖喇嘛的会面,觉得很失望。我本身还真的希望达赖能给这些受害者一个交代。难道这些所谓的仁波切就能够为所欲为吗?难道他们做错了,不需要受到惩罚吗?这样怎么都讲不过去吧?!
我真的不明白为什么达赖要这么维护他的朋友。这是不是说他也认同他们的做法,是不是有金钱交易的问题,达赖可以在其他课题上,大做文章,但是对这些性侵的受害者,为什么只有廿分钟,这就是很有问题😓
😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹
达赖是时候你出来给大家一个公平交代替吧?!
三野惠
September 24, 2018
希望达赖喇嘛正视这个问题, 马上停止这些严重的性侵案, 停止包庇和制裁这些罪犯。对于不幸的受害人, 倾听和给于更多的关懷。
Anonymous
September 24, 2018
黄加旗
September 24, 2018
信仰和宗教都是自由选择,不是由谁来控制
要尊重个人自由选择。
这么多年以来藏人社群却未获得合理的人权和公平的对待。
当多杰雄登禁令开始,修持多杰雄登的社群已失去宗教信仰选择的自由。
一直针对多杰雄登修持者,用各式各样的方法来对付多杰修持者,还要阻止他们做任何事情,有天里吗?还做出无耻的行为,侵犯他人,还是一位上师。你们觉得可耻吗?佛教的包容,慈悲,是真的吗?修行多杰雄登有错吗?要这样对付多杰修登修行者。
达赖喇嘛却一直不阻止。是为什么难道他们没错吗?
Anonymous
September 24, 2018
达赖尊者是藏傳佛教的最高领袖,所以在发生这样震惊佛教界的丑聞,而达赖尊者又抱着如此的态度去面对受害者,难怪会引起怨愤。我们局外人也搞不清到底达赖是以什么標準来审判对与錯?为何对修持多杰雄登者非要趕盡殺絕,而对这些宗教性侵者却如此宽容?还是只因为他们与他是一样的都不修多杰雄登? ·所以可以被包容?尊贵的达赖尊者,你該如何向被害者交待?1
葉慧嫻
September 24, 2018
從世俗的道義上,我們不能夠允許這類性侵犯案件發生,在宗教界界上,這更加是不可容忍的。可是,這類事件屡屡發生,身為領導人竟然保持沉默,不加以干涉……這意味著甚麼呢?他們都認為這並不是一件很嚴重的事情,它還是可以穫得包庇的!
不是嗎? 要不,為什麼達賴喇嘛和藏人行政中央都對此事袖手旁觀,不發一言呢?就算是受傷者要求接見,也一再拖延推辭,這明顯地看出領導人們對事情的雙重標準作法,這種如此不合道義和不合人性的作法,往往叫人感到沮喪和失望。大家對尊貴的達賴喇嘛都感到很失望,可是有礙於他個人的崇高的地位,大家都不敢公開批評或反抗,受害者只能默默地忍受被人羞恥,痛苦地過日子。
達賴喇嘛這樣子冷酷的作風和手法,不禁是針對以上事件,事實上如果大家熟知多杰雄登禁令事件的話,都可以略略體會到達賴喇嘛這種不近人情的作法。所以,許多人只敢怒不敢言!
我個人只是整件事情的旁觀者,可是經已覺得很多事情的不妥,因此我的發言是基於人道的立場,與宗教信仰無關。祈請達賴喇嘛正視這個問題的存在性,因為它的發生並不是明日而已,其實据説已經掩埋了二十多年了!
Anonymous
September 24, 2018
达赖尊者面对那些被性侵的受害者,抱着小事一桩的态度去应对,难怪会引起西方媒体的大事報报导及受害者的不满。
如今达赖尊者的行事方式往往出人意料之外,对这等嚴重事件,他视为等閒之,而对’他不喜欢的宗教修持者却做了很多東西,例如不能出席他的法会讲座,生病了不能看政府的医生,不能上学还有很多很多的不人道对待,只因他们忠於自己的傳承,修持多杰雄登!
Brian
September 26, 2018
Why Dalai Lama doesn’t say anything to clear this issue. It seems to be the Dalai Lama treat these sexual predators way better than Dorje Shugden people. So it seems it’s ok to be sexual abuser and that is better than a Dorje Shugden worshipper. Shame!
Gold Germany
September 28, 2018
Transcript: Dalai Lama is a Racist Nazi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_J_we4rp34
Dalai Lama is a piece of shit and a disgusting scumbag. It is, it is insane this cunt comes to Europe and tells us that we should not accept more refugees. Is he fucking retarded? It is amazing, like you don’t expect from people like, like those to be Nazis and to support all the right. It’s just insane a spiritual leader is a fucking Nazi dude. Europe needs more refugees, way more than we already have. Do you understand? And this degenerate says that we should send refugees back to where they came from and that we should help the countries of the refugees. His suggestions are, it’s obvious, like obviously we should help the countries of the, of the refugees, of their origin, but we should not send anyone back. We need more refugees in Europe and we should not deport anyone. We should give money to the refugees so they can stay in Europe and live here. What this Dalai Lama is suggesting is very inhumane, that’s all what I wanted to say. Hopefully in future we will get more migrants in Europe. Hopefully we can help more people. Let’s hope, let’s hope for the better.
Ngawang Norbu
October 1, 2018
The issue of Indian resentment towards the Tibetan refugees living on Indian soil is nothing new. The Tibetans have built comfortable lives for themselves in India and enjoy many privileges including exemption from paying tax. All of this is done without Tibetans showing genuine concern for the less fortunate in their host country.
The story below, which took place over 24 years ago, is a reflection of how fragile the Tibetan situation is in India. When a Tibetan murdered an Indian following a dispute, chaos ensued, and the Dalai Lama had to consider moving out of Dharamsala. Tensions between the Indian and Tibetan community have not normalised and remain high in the area even until today.
Pema Tashi
October 2, 2018
A Plot to Murder the Dalai Lama
Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, South India, says there is a plot to murder the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
Link to the original video: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/fight-for-separate-lingayat-religion-karnataka-deputy-cm-alleges-murderous-plot-against-dalai-lama-more-1353993-2018-10-02
http://video.dorjeshugden.com/comment-videos/comment-1538514480.mp4
Namdrol
October 2, 2018
A plot to murder the Dalai Lama by a Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorist named Kausar was recently uncovered. Kausar planned to cause the Dalai Lama’s demise and blow up Buddhist temples in the Indian State of Karnataka as revenge for the attacks on Rohingya Muslims by some Buddhists in Myanmar.
Although Kausar’s plans are appalling and cannot be justified, it is a reminder that the Dalai Lama as a well-known Buddhist personality has a moral obligation to discourage religious persecution in any form. This even includes the discrimination experienced by Dorje Shugden practitioners.
Ngawang Jigme
October 2, 2018
The fact that rangzen activists aim for the goal of Tibetan independence is at odds with the Dalai Lama’s goal for Tibet’s autonomy. This is nothing new but it is an undeniable fact that the Dalai Lama is the most recognisable Tibetan face and representative for the Tibetan Cause. However, for years now there has been a deficit of trust between China and the Dalai Lama, which leaves the future of Tibetan refugees in limbo.
Recently, the Dalai Lama tried to take conciliatory steps towards China by acknowledging that development in the Tibet Autonomous Region is beneficial and expressed his desire to return to China. He even said he wants to go on pilgrimage to Mount Wutai, China’s most famous Buddhist site. The fact that the Rangzen people are still protesting against China however shows their true colour. They are against the Dalai Lama and want to make sure that his efforts to help Tibetans are unsuccessful.
Tashi Wangdi
October 4, 2018
Sex Predator in a Monk’s Robes?
In USA, Shambhala’s head Sakyong Mipham with his huge ceremonial hat, blue and gold brocades on a high throne. So much pomp and ceremony and underneath it all was a monster… a sexual predator in religious robes exploiting women and people. Such a disgusting shame. Sakyong should be barred from any activities in the future and go for counselling. He needs it badly. His father was Chogyam Trungpa who did the same thing to women and included drugs and orgies in the 70′s. Dalai Lama supports Sakyong Mipham as sizeable donations were given to the Dalai Lama’s office. Shame. We all thought Dalai Lama was clairvoyant and can see the hearts of sentient beings? Sakyong Mipham wears monk robes, shaves his head but has a wife and kids. Why keep wearing monk robes? He is wearing monk robes to look authentic as he is not authentic. Easier to swindle and fool people. Ontop of wearing robes, shaved head masquerading as a monk, has a wife and kids, he further attacks other women sexually. What kind of spiritual leader is this? Disgusting.
ashrao
November 1, 2018
China and India are becoming closer and in a recent meeting have agreed on some points. One of these points is that the Dalai Lama will not be allowed to carry out any more political activities against China on Indian soil. Being a spiritual leader, why is he so political anyway? The Indian leaders are slowly silencing the Dalai Lama and the Tibetans in India. The Dalai Lama and his Tibetan government in-exile regime had better make friends with China already. They should either go back to Tibet/China or become Indian citizens and remain silent.
Potter
November 8, 2018
A powerful article, a must-read! Makes people wonder, why are they so biased against China when all the other countries are doing exactly what China is doing but behind the facade of ‘democracy’? 👎
Dawa Tsering
November 25, 2018
“The bottom line is its not about whether anyone trusts or likes China but whether China can help these countries advance their own respective national interests. And the answer is yes. Correspondingly the question is whether any country can afford not to access China’s vast consumer market moving into the future. Not doing business is bad for local economies and no one will elect or re-elect a government that presides over a failing economy.”~NY Times
Thupten Lungrik
November 25, 2018
Everyone is expecting a communist China to fail. But in fact China is getting stronger and bigger and more powerful. China proves communism can work to the chagrin of ‘democratic’ countries such as the US who is jealous and threatened of their own status quo. China will continue to grow according to the New York Times.
Jampa Samten
November 27, 2018
India and China now pushing ahead with resolution of their border disputes. It looks like India is finally ready to officially drop the Tibet card.
Excerpt:
“India and China will have “early harvest” talks on their vexed border dispute as many agreements have been reached by both sides since their top leaders met in Wuhan, Beijing said on Monday”.
Sino-Indian ‘early harvest’ spells scorched earth for Tibetan dreams.
Too bad for Tibetans in India. Too bad for Tibetan leadership. Their karma coming back soon for all the harms they have done.
Sonam Wangdue
December 2, 2018
Dear Lobsang Sangye and Tibetan Govt in exile in Dharamsala,
How come after 60 years you are still not at the G20 meetings? How come you cannot get your country back? How come the world economies and power are shifting towards the East which is China? How come you cannot get Tibetan autonomy, or freedom or any leeway with China? How come your negotiations with China is a failure and you produced nothing?
You run around begging for FREE MONEY from Europe, Australia, Japan, Canada, Taiwan and US for 60 years now but no one in your refugee community has made it big or successful? Where did all the money go? In your pockets? How come all your Tibetans from India/Nepal are going back to Tibet or leaving to the west. How come your schools in India are empty? How come Dharamsala is emptying out?
How come you are getting weaker and more world governments are ignoring you? How come more are paying attention to China? Less governments are willing to pay attention to you and the Tibet cause? Where is all your rangzen groups? How come they are not effective? Maybe they are disillusioned with your corruption, lies and underhanded tactics and human rights abuses using religion to divide your own people?
What happened to you? Why are you and your community your Tibetan ‘parliament’ such losers and failures? How come you cannot achieve anything?
Are you going to continue to beg for more FREE MONEY to fund your trips, houses, children’s education, vacations, five star hotels, nice brocade chubas, expensive accessories, and properties. You know the ordinary Tibetan in India has gotten nothing in financial help of the hundreds of millions in aid for that last 60 years you Tibetan exiled government pocketed. Is that why your Tibetan people in India and Nepal are all leaving to back to Tibet and the west? You failed?
Your policies and work are not effective.
Too bad.
Thaimonk
December 3, 2018
TIBETANS SHOULD NOT HAVE MONKS AS LEADERS, THAT IS A BIG MISTAKE
Note what Namdol Lhagyari said is progressive and unlike the usual Tibetan rhetoric:
“The problem I see right now is how reliant we are on one individual,” Namdol Lhagyari, 32, the youngest member of Tibet’s exile parliament, said. “I understand that every freedom movement requires one role model, one leader, who would push everyone in the right direction, bring everyone to one goal. But he has reached an age where we will have to prepare ourselves for a post-Dalai Lama.”
Source: https://themediaproject.org/news/2018/12/3/as-the-dalai-lama-ages-tibetan-exiles-turn-to-secular-unity-over-sacred
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These are important points to remember:
1. Tibetan lamas and monks SHOULD not enter politics. They should not hold positions of power, leadership and political roles. It will demean the Dharma. They are not trained, nor qualified nor have the credentials to be in government. They also do much damage to religion as people start to respect them less. The lines between respecting them as spiritual beings (sangha) and speaking against them when they are in government and make wrong decisions become blurred.
2. Monks and nuns should not get involved with the running of the country but should stick to education. Giving good education to the public about ethics, morality and in some cases Buddhism. No one wants to see a political monk or nun. Because it contradicts the very reason they renounced the worldly life in order to enter a life of contemplation, learning, meditation and gaining enlightenment.
3. Look at other countries where Buddhism is strong where sangha is sangha and never get involved with government or being public officials. In Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Sri Lanka etc where there are tens of thousands of sangha, you don’t see them in the government at all. Local or national governments both do not have sangha. Even in Christian countries you don’t see priests in government. That is Tibet’s big mistake to place monks/high lamas in so many government positions and as public officials. Very dangerous for the country as it has proven with Tibet and Tibetans.
4. Monks, nuns and high lamas should do dharma practice, produce books, videos, give teachings, guide the public, do funerals, blessings, be a nurturer, study dharma, build real temples, keep existing temples spiritual, animal shelters, environmentalists, be mediators, help with orphanages, shelters, the poor, half way houses, poor houses, and basically all sorts of charities that benefit the mind and body of sentient beings that is NOT GOVERNMENT BASED. If sangha gives good education, they can produce kind and good leaders to run the country.
Tibetans should never never never allow Sangha (monks, nuns and spiritual personages) to be involved with government, politics and rule of law because it ends up in disaster. That is how Tibet lost it’s country and will never get it back. There are too many monks in the Tibetan Parliament and as leaders remember Samdhong Rinpoche as the prime minister of exiles. That was very bad. The King of Tibet currently is a monk. How does that look? Very political.
Tibet made that huge mistake and Tibet will never recover from it.
Forum: http://www.dorjeshugden.com/forum/index.php?topic=6226.0
Thaimonk
December 5, 2018
Differences between Dalai Lama and CTA president put Tibetan politics in a tailspin
By Rajeev Sharma, November 27, 2018 SouthasianMonitor.com
Tibetan politics is in a tailspin as there are signs of serious differences between the 14th Dalai Lama, unquestionably the supreme and undisputed leader of the Tibetans, and Lobsang Sangay, president of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).
The immediate provocation is the unceremonious cancellation of the 13th Religious Conference of the Schools of Tibetan Buddhism and Bon Tradition, which was scheduled between November 29 and December 1 year in Dharamshala. Insiders have revealed that the conference was cancelled by Lobsang without consulting the Dalai Lama.
Even more intriguing is the timing of the move. Knowledgeable sources in the Tibetan establishment in India disclosed that Lobsang made the move while the Dalai Lama was travelling back from Japan, knowing that he wouldn’t be able to do anything to stop it.
Tibetan politics is turning out to be a cloak-and-dagger mystery. According to sources, Lobsang waited until the Dalai Lama was on his way to the airport before ordering the Department of Religion and Culture to cancel the event. Interestingly, the cancellation of the conference is available by way of an announcement in English on the CTA website.
The CTA’s Department of Religion and Culture announced that owing to the sudden demise of the supreme head of the Nyingma tradition, Kathok Getse Rinpoche, who passed away this week in Nepal and in respecting the sentiments of the followers of Nyingma tradition, the 13th Religious Conference of the Schools of Tibetan Buddhism and Bon Tradition was being indefinitely postponed.
The department cited that many lamas and representatives of the Nyingma tradition were unable to participate because of Rinpoche’s passing away.
On November 22, the CTA organised a prayer service to mourn the demise of Rinpoche, the 7th supreme head of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Rinpoche passed away following an accident on November 19 in Pharping, Nepal. He was 64.
Sources say the Dalai Lama is furious with Lobsang Sangay for trying to take credit for his negotiations with China about returning to Tibet.
Sangay claimed that the Dalai Lama has failed for 60 years in negotiations with China, but he has the power and ability to succeed. This is also an indication of how weak the Dalai Lama’s current position is. Sangay knows that the Dalai Lama has been negotiating with China about returning and he’s trying to position himself to take credit for it. Had this happened a few years ago the Dalai Lama would have had him removed, but since his cancer has become terminal, Sangay has been consolidating his position among the exiled community. He controls the press department of the Tibetan government-in-exile and has done so since he ousted Dicki Chhoyang.
For the record, the head of the department, which cancelled the conference, was appointed by Sangay.
By the time the Dalai Lama returned to India the event was cancelled and announcements were issued to the media while he was still in the flight, which would have prevented a confirmation with the Tibetan leader and nothing could have been done to stop it. The reason given for the cancellation was the death of a senior monk.
Sources said that the real reason for the CTA president to keep the Dalai Lama in the dark was because the latter would decide again whether to back the Karmapa as his successor. The Karmapa issue has been a major reason of discord between the Dalai Lama and the CTA president. Sources spoke about a telephonic conversation between the Dalai Lama and Sangay in this regard on November 22 when the former was in Japan.
During this conversation, furious arguments broke out between the two. The Dalai Lama is said to have “shouted” at Sangay, saying that the Karmapa wouldn’t be chosen and that he wouldn’t be dictated terms by anyone. In this conversation, the Dalai Lama used some expletives in Tibetan language which he did not expect Sangay to understand as the CTA president doesn’t know the language. However, a Lobsang aide is said to have translated what the Dalai Lama said.
This marks the most significant power play ever between the different factions within the Tibetan exile leadership. In other words, it’s now an all-out battle between the Dalai Lama and Lobsang Sangay over the future of the exile community, which may worsen in the days to come.
(The writer is a columnist and strategic analyst who tweets @Kishkindha)
Source: http://southasianmonitor.com/2018/11/27/differences-between-dalai-lama-and-cta-president-put-tibetan-politics-in-a-tailspin/
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This interesting article has much food for thought:
1. Dalai Lama is angry and shouting expletives as Lobsang Sangay. Everyone knows the Dalai Lama is in full control. He claims he’s retired from politics but this is just to say what the west wants to hear so he can continue getting funding. It looks good to the west that he voluntarily gave up power and this makes him look progressive. But the Dalai Lama controls everything from behind and if you don’t agree with his decisions, he will be furious. Every Tibetan knows this well.
2. Interesting the article mentions Dalai Lama’s cancer is terminal. Everyone knew this but the Dalai Lama tries to cover this point up. Why? Who knows? What is the problem if people knows he has cancer. Tibetan govt tries to play it down.
3. Dalai Lama is angry as his successor will only be on his terms and no one else may dictate to him the terms as Lobsang Sangay tried to do so since it is not a democracy in practice. As all Tibetans know, the Dalai Lama is the Lama-King and he has full power and no one may contradict him. The face he shows the west (soft, friendly, diplomatic, easy-going, democratic) is all just for the west. The face Dalai Lama shows his Tibetan people (fierce, King, angersome, in charge and must be obeyed) is how it really is. Tibetans know the Dalai Lama controls everything and fully manages all politics. People are not happy with this but dare not speak up as there is no democracy.
Writer Rajeev Sharma is telling the situation like it really is. Finally the truth is coming out. Tibetan government in exile is a regime in every sense of the world that depends on all the hundreds of millions of free dollars it has been taking from the west, Japan, Australia and so on. It exists on free money. It is not a good government and has failed all negotiations with China due to the Tibetan leaders’ arrogance. Why arrogance? They think the world will force China to do what Tibetans leaders want and that they are so important on everyone’s agenda. Tibetans are on no one’s top agenda and China is an economic and military super power. China will not and will never kowtow to the Tibetan demands. It is the Tibetans who must beg China to be friends and get some concessions if at all possible. No country has ever dared stand up to USA, but China has and China is growing in power yearly. Everyone is scrambling to be China’s friend and saying goodbye to the Tibetan cause. Tibetan cause is the thing of the past and no economic benefits to support Tibetan cause.
These days every country votes in leaders that can better their country’s economy due to world recession. So every country has to do business and trade and aid with China to improve their economy. If you side with the Dalai Lama and Tibetan govt in exile in India, what do you get? Nothing! So leaders of every nation realize this now and will continue to make friends with China and say goodbye to the Dalai Lama. Dalai Lama on a personal level may be rich, famous and sells a lot of books, but that won’t get Tibet back. That won’t win the support of leaders of the free world and other nations.
Mountains
December 25, 2018
“What does Empress Cixi and the 14th Dalai Lama have in common?”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has a ‘method’ in his very powerful rule.
The Dalai Lama will always say it is not up to him and it’s up to his people. He gave up his power to the people. But it is not really up to his people. His people and his parliament must seek his approval for all decisions or carry out his will. If you ask his people do they want a 15th Dalai Lama after him, they have to say yes as the current one (14th) is watching them and you have to be politically correct to say yes. Who dares to say no? You don’t want to displease him. Who dares to say we want genuine democratically elected leaders. Remember, none of the Dalai Lamas were ever democratically elected (the penny drops). All the Dalai Lamas sit in power on the throne till the end of their lives.
Also how the next Dalai Lama will be found, the current Dalai Lama will definitely set the mechanics during his lifetime and then sit back and say, it’s the people who wanted it this way. It’s the people who wanted another Dalai Lama. Of course they have to say that. If they say they don’t want another Dalai Lama after this one, it is tantamount to treason. It will offend the current Dalai Lama and make him upset. In order for a stateless leader like himself to continue to get millions in aid for free as he has been for 60 years, he must appear democratic. How will he get money to support his vast expenditure of his lama court, if no free donations in the millions are given? So behind the scenes, Dalai Lama pulls all the strings but in front, he acts like he is doesn’t know anything and not involved and his elected leaders are running the show. Nothing can be further from the truth. Just like the last empress Cixi of China. She always enthrones little emperors handpicked by her from her royal family and extended families and controlled their power and ruled China from behind them as their regent during their adolescence. As a woman she could not be the emperor or ruler of all China, so she was clever and put young kids she chose from her royal families on the throne to be their regent and controlled them from behind the gauze curtain. She was suppose to hand power back to them when they reach the age of maturity to rule China, but she never did. She would place the young emperors on the throne during audiences and sit behind a curtain and dictate orders to the ministers in the name of the emperor as their regent. So in this way, she was acting in the name of the emperor (regent), but actually she was in full control. When time came to hand power over to the emperor, she would have them poisoned. Then place another new very young emperor on the throne. She did this for decades.
She was literally the power behind the throne. She could not be dethroned in this way yet she held all power. Like this, she ruled China till her death which was near impossible for any woman to do so. The last emperor Puyi she placed on the throne before the kingdom fell to civil war. (This spawned the movie by director Bernardo Bertolucci “The Last Emperor” and the emperor was played by John Lone.) When time came for the maturing emperors to take actual power from Dowager Cixi during her regencies, she would have them poisoned and install another young emperor and continue to be the regent. In this way, she stayed in power. She didn’t get a chance to poison Puyi because she passed away (rode the dragon to heaven) during his adolescence.
The other only female ‘emperor’ in Chinese history is We Xetian (Empress Wu). Another very incredibly intelligent woman who beat the men around her at their own game and ruled China as a woman.
The Dalai Lama started the Dorje Shugden ban. It came from him and only he can start it. But now he says, it is not him. Because it would make him look bad if he admits the ban came from him which it did. He claims everyone in the monasteries took a vote and they voted Dorje Shugden out. Ignorant western audiences wouldn’t know any better. They had no choice but to vote Dorje Shugden out or the abbots of the monasteries would be dishonorably discharged by the Dalai Lama himself. He places them in power and he can remove them. All Abbots of the great Gelug Monasteries are chosen by the Dalai Lama himself. He can remove them from power anytime, therefore the abbots are frightened of the Dalai Lama. Dalai Lama says he just advised to not practice Shugden, but his people, the abbots in charge, the monasteries took it to another step and outlawed Dorje Shugden and it’s the will of the people. So his ban on Shugden appears democratic. It was up to them. But it is not. He rules behind a ‘gauze’ curtain that he handed his power over to his personal ‘Puyi’ (Lobsang Sangay).
The Dalai Lama cannot show the world he is in full charge, because he would be seen as a dictator and therefore lose all free aid money which he and his government subsist on. Dalai Lama is behind the gauze and holds all power and Lobsang Sangay ‘Puyi’ is on the throne. Strangely similar to Empress Cixi. If Lobsang Sangay does things that does not please the Dalai Lama, you can bet your bottom dollar, he will be dethroned. Again, no Dalai Lama was ever democratically voted into a lifetime of power.
Photos-Empress Cixi of China.
Tsering Ngodup
December 29, 2018
‘Karmapa’ Ogyen Trinley no longer recognised by Indian govt as 17th Karmapa. Indian government is not happy he did not show respect to India for all the years he took refuge in India. He simply renounced his Indian protectorate papers and took a Dominican republic passport. He could have had the courtesy to let Indian government know beforehand and thank them.
Read more at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/67279793.cms?&utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
Sonam Choephel
January 3, 2019
As the so-called spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama strictly abstains from drinking alcohol in accordance to traditional monastic codes. However, it has recently been reported that the religious leader owns his own vineyard in Switzerland! Apparently, various celebrities, including the likes of Roger Moore, Sepp Blatter and Zinedine Zidane have all made trips to the vineyard. What will people say when they find out that a Buddhist monk, who promotes abstinence from alcohol, owns a vineyard that produces wine for sale? This is certainly not going to sit well with his image of a religious leader and member of the Buddhist monastic order.
http://video.dorjeshugden.com/comment-videos/comment-1546557813.mp4
Jampa Youdon
January 10, 2019
Dear Tibetan government-in-exile (Dharamsala),
Sharmapa Rinpoche is the highest authority in the Karma Kagyu after Karmapa. By age-old tradition, Sharmapa is the one that confirms the real incarnation of Karmapa. He recognized Thaye Dorje as the genuine Karmapa. But Dalai Lama endorsed Orgyen Trinley as the real Karmapa. Dalai Lama is a great lama but there has never been a tradition of him recognizing a Karmapa.
Both ‘Karmapas’ have big followings in and out of Tibet. So which one should we follow? We have to follow the genuine Karmapa. If we follow the fake one, we will get fake teachings, fake lineage and no results. We can even take rebirth in the lower realms.
Only the Tibetan leaders can tell us which is the real Karmapa. You have told us which one is the real Panchen Lama. We follow the Panchen of your choosing. Since then we have condemned China and condemned the fake Panchen Lama. Now it is the same situation with Karmapa. We have denounced the fake Karmapa and ask him to step down. He is destroying the Karma Kagyu Lineage.
This issue has torn the Karma Kagyu sect in half. There are many who are so confused and some gave up Tibetan Buddhism altogether because of this. We must solve the confusion. This does not look good for the Tibetan government in exile because the confusion was started by Tibetan government. I support Dalai Lama and Tibetan government. But so many of us need to know the real Karmapa already. Don’t remain silent. Which one is the real Karmapa.
Tibetan government in exile, you have created two Gelugs (Pro-Dorje Shugden and against), you have created two Panchen Rinpoches, two Karmapas, two Dromo Geshe Rinpoches, two Kundeling Rinpoches and so on. When are you going to solve all the confusion. You are destroying Tibetan Buddhism.
Rohit Sharma
February 22, 2019
Contemplate this:
Indian journalists sound desperate when they talk about terrorist attacks on India. As this article correctly states, there is little that India can do to address terrorism as they seem to operate from Pakistan. To deal with the terrorists, Indians will have to literally attack Pakistan which it cannot do.
Well, there is something India can do which is to stop Dharamsala’s terrorist activities against China being executed from Indian soil. The Tibetans have been attacking China for decades, yet they say they wish to return to Tibet. How do you return to a place you constantly criticize? The Dalai Lama is literally begging China to allow him to visit the Five Peaks of Manjushri pilgrimage site in China and also his birthplace in Amdo, Tibet. But if the Dalai Lama keeps criticizing China, why would they sit at the bargaining table with him? India allows for all of this to happen on Indian soil, so that would irritate China.
Yet India wants concessions from China on the terrorist issue. Meanwhile, Beijing equates Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leader Hafiz Saeed to India supporting the Dalai Lama against China for five decades now. Furthermore, India wants China to speak up against Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) Masood Azhar. But India does not speak up against Dalai Lama. Whether the world thinks the Dalai Lama is the good guy or not, he is a thorn in China’s side so anyone that supports him is not supporting China. Similar to the situation, LeT’s Hafiz Saeed and JeM’s Masood Azhar are a thorn in India’s side but they do not bother China and her allies, so why should China do anything about them? If India does something on the Dalai Lama, then it would be fair to ask China to do something about their support of Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed and Jaish-e-Mohammed’s Masood Azhar. Simple equation.
These reports are really bare-faced hypocrisy. It implies one nation is helpless against terrorists because the terrorists camp out in another country. But that did not stop the US from heavily bombing Iraq on the basis that it was harboring terrorists. The US did not hesitate to overthrow the government and murder its leader Saddam Hussein.
It is also very hypocritical that the same journalists who are outraged at China’s annexation of Tibet are quiet about Israel’s annexation of Palestine.
It is interesting to note that most terrorist attacks are aimed at the US and her allies. Everyone conveniently forgets that the US has been throwing their weight around for decades and can even determine which leader they want in other countries.
Back to India – if China can convince North Korea to have détente with the US, China can similarly help India with the JeM. India simply has to give up the Tibet card. The article is also a one-sided opinion piece because India faces as many terrorist threats from Bangladesh, with just as many terrorist camps, but because Bangladesh is not China, their involvement is not mentioned.
India is a great country. China and India as friends will be able to influence the globe literally economically and, eventually, militarily. But India has to play fair. By supporting the Dalai Lama, India will get nothing and furthermore, it will be a stumbling block to China’s 1.4 billion people becoming friends with India’s 1.3 billion people.
The Dalai Lama has to be compassionate and stop speaking against China because he has to consider the difficulty he places India in as his host. Each time he criticizes and allows his refugees to protest against China and ask for western support, it makes China look bad. So if the Dalai Lama wants China and India to become closer and benefit each other economically then he has to be silent on this already.
The Diplomat’s Prarthana Basu sums it up very well by saying in the article below that “Now with another terrorist attack infuriating India’s populace, the mystery behind this Chinese silence remains unsolved. While most attribute China’s apparent silence as a favor to Pakistan, as both continue to maintain their “all-weather friendship,” others argue that China holds India responsible for granting political asylum to the Tibetan leader Dalai Lama, whom Beijing equates to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leader Hafiz Saeed.”