Der Dalai Lama Gibt Zu Dass Er Sich In Bezug Auf Dorje Shugden Geirrt Hat
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei Vor 25 Jahren begann die religiöse Verfolgung von Dorje Shugden-Gläubigen, angeführt von der Zentralen Tibetischen Verwaltung (CTA). Die Folgen dieses religiösen Verbotes des Dalai Lamas und der…
Dalai Lama Admits He Was Wrong About Dorje Shugden
After 25 years of religious persecution of Dorje Shugden believers, the Dalai Lama has admitted that it was a mistake to have discriminated against Dorje Shugden.
Tibetan Politics Threaten Mongolian Buddhist Heritage
Within Mongolian communities today, there is again renewed agitations to support the Dalai Lama’s narrative on the Shugden issue. This time, the provocations come from a Mongolian man by the name of Tsend-Ayush Batmunkh who runs a Facebook account under the nickname ‘Hunnu Mongol’…
The Tibetan People Love the Dalai Lama…But Not That Much
On September 22, 2020, a statement on the Dalai Lama’s letterhead and bearing his official seal went viral. It directed the Tibetan people to support a particular Sikyong candidate in the upcoming Central Tibetan Administration’s elections…
The Dalai Lama Ends The Dorje Shugden Ban
In January 2020, the Dalai Lama ended the ban on the practice of Dorje Shugden that the Tibetan leadership has pursued aggressively since 1996. This drastic reversal of official Tibetan policy…
Hate Crimes
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. Hate Crimes When we consider how the earth’s resources are dwindling quickly, how wars have plagued mankind for centuries, how incurable diseases have become more virulent and how melting Arctic…
US$1.5 million siphoned by Tibetan government
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Kay Beswick Although it attempts to function as a democratic governing body, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA; the Tibetan leadership based in Dharamsala) is in actuality a privately-funded administration…
Should Religion Be a Condition for the Right to Livelihood?
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei How can you tell if a government is a good one? Common sense would say that a good government carefully deliberates on issues that affect the people…
Communism or Democracy? To the Tibetan Leadership, It’s Merely A Question Of Money
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei There are clear signs that world leaders are losing interest in the Tibetan struggle. For over half a century, it captured the world’s imagination and presented itself…
FPMT’s registration form reflects intolerance
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Heinrich Hauff A registration form is a written record of someone’s desire to participate in an event, organization, employment or program. It collects data and provides information and background…
Lobsang Sangay, See You in Court!
It has been a trying few months for the President of the Central Tibetan Administration, Sikyong Lobsang Sangay. Since he trounced political rival Penpa Tsering in the 2016 Sikyong elections, nothing has gone right for him…
Why are Tibetans leaving India when the Dalai Lama is still there?
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei When the ‘Five and Fifty’ (Five-Fifty) vision was launched in October 2017, it was hailed as the ‘flagship policy’ of Lobsang Sangay, the Sikyong or ‘President’ of…
Tibetan MP Tenpa Yarphel asks if the Dorje Shugden ban has harmed or benefited the Tibetan community
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), previously known as the Tibetan government-in-exile, held its 7th session from 19 to 29 March 2019. A statement made there by Tenpa…
Why the Dalai Lama is not relevant to India anymore
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei In March 2019, the Tibetan government-in-exile, commonly known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), celebrated the 60th anniversary of its uprising against China’s occupation of Tibet. These…
Tibetan Uprising Day 2019 worldwide fails due to lack of Tibetan support
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Heinrich Hauff For most of the 60 years after the Dalai Lama fled Tibet when the uprising by Tibetans against Chinese rule on March 10, 1959 failed, the day…
Forget my religion, why can’t I support Tibetan Freedom?
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Tsering Samten Dear Sir, I am writing to you as well as some international media with the hope that you will bring attention to my plight as a Dorje…
Central Tibetan Administration Damages India’s Sovereignty and its People
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei India is the world’s largest democracy but, ironically, it is also home to a well-known authoritarian leader – the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama is an unelected…
Shamarpa’s Statement Reveals Dalai Lama’s Role In Karma Kagyu Conflict
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei The 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley has been in the news quite a bit lately. In a relatively short span of time, the prominent figure once touted as…
If India wants Chinese support against terrorists, where is the Indian support against the Dalai Lama?
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Abhinavan Iyer 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…
The Dalai Lama remains a refugee but his people will not
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Alexis Trabuio These days, posters and signs advertising and encouraging Tibetans to give up their refugee status in order to become Indian citizens are becoming a common sight in…
Is Karmapa Thaye Dorje’s son the incarnation of Sharmapa Rinpoche?
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Matthew Sinclair Karmapa Thaye Dorje’s decision in early 2017 to return his monastic vows and marry Sangyumla Rinchen Yangzom certainly raised eyebrows. It also emboldened detractors who doubt the…
What the Sogyal affair tells us about anti-Shugden hypocrisy
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei Google the word “Rinpoche” and Sogyal Rinpoche’s name comes up prominently in the search results. Already well known in certain Tibetan Buddhist circles, in recent years Sogyal…
The Dalai Lama’s protégé Karmapa’s scandal growing big
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Tyr Beswick Generating big waves for the wrong reasons Once again the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA; Tibetan leadership based in Dharamsala) and the Dalai Lama’s Karmapa Ogyen Trinley…
Are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex Anti-Dalai Lama Chinese spies?
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei In persecuting Dorje Shugden worshippers, the Tibetan government-in-exile known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA based in Dharamsala) falsely accused every Shugden practitioner to be a Chinese…
Tibetan Buddhism, the biggest loser: A commentary on China-India’s rivalry over Buddhism’s soft power
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei It is common to hear the Dalai Lama and his government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA; Tibetan leadership based in Dharamsala) accuse China of wishing to destroy…
The Tibetan leadership must declare which Karmapa is real and which one is fake
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Tenzin Jigme The Tibetan people and Tibetan Buddhists worldwide look to the Dalai Lama for guidance on all spiritual matters. In addition the Dalai Lama’s government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan…
India says one of the Karmapas is ungrateful
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei In the last few days Indian media platforms have published news of their government’s furor and withdrawal of support for the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, one…
Tibetan leadership losing another ally soon?
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), which is the Tibetan leadership based in Dharamsala, is in the process of losing another ally. In the recent regional elections in…
Indians say they should close the Tibetan file and move on
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Heinrich Hauff In the wake of the recent “indefinite postponement” of the 13th Religious Conference of the Schools of Tibetan Buddhism and Bön Tradition is a spate of media…
Lobsang Sangay and Dhardon Sharling’s Catastrophic Legacy
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the 14th Dalai Lama’s government-in-exile based in Dharamsala, is falling apart. The Sikyong (President) of the CTA, Lobsang Sangay has been globetrotting…
The fall of Tibetan heroes, Chushi Gangdruk
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Heinrich Hauff Origin and history of Chushi Gangdruk Tibet’s most famous guerilla force, the Chushi Gangdruk (Four Rivers and Six Ranges) was founded in the mid-1950s to serve as…
Why doesn’t the Dalai Lama stop Tibetan self-immolations?
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei Just in the last few weeks, another two Tibetan youths have set themselves on fire in the name of the Dalai Lama. This brings the number of…
Tibetan Tailspin: Lobsang Sangay and Dalai Lama at odds
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Ashok Rao An explosive article authored by Rajeev Sharma and published on SouthAsianMonitor.com has revealed a shocking and deep rift between the Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) President Lobsang Sangay…
Trijang Rinpoche’s Story – Truth the Tibetan Leaders Cannot Hide
Before Trijang Rinpoche passed away, he wrote his autobiography, The Magical Play of Illusion, at the request of the Dalai Lama. The book is a firm validation of Dorje Shugden and a narrative of how much the Dharma Protector assisted Trijang Rinpoche in performing his great deeds that continue to benefit people even today…
Zasep Rinpoche’s writings on Tibet, Dorje Shugden and the Tibetan Government
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Yad Hegadi In 1996, the Central Tibetan Government (CTA; Tibetan exiled leadership in Dharamsala) issued a religious ban on the practice of the Dharma Protector Gyalchen Dorje Shugden. Since…
The Dalai Lama Must Apologize!
A highly provocative statement from the Dalai Lama has created tremendous problems for the Europeans. Since he spoke publicly about how “Europe is for Europeans,” debates have been raging for nearly two weeks with no signs of dissipation…
Dalai Lama advocates Tibetans’ return to China to capitalize on China’s prosperity
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei It has been a busy week for Tibet watchers. As the Dalai Lama tours Europe, the spiritual leader has been triggering alarms, first claiming that he cannot…
Tibetan sex predators shielded by Dalai Lama’s disinterest – 达赖喇嘛的冷漠·藏族性犯罪者的温床
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……
Dalai Lama Criticized as Racist White Supremacist for Saying ‘Europe Belongs to Europeans’
The opinion piece below was sent to dorjeshugden.com for publication. We accept submissions from the public, please send in your articles to [email protected]. By: Shashi Kei The Dalai Lama is in Sweden on a visit that from the beginning has been marked by controversy. Even before he touched down in Malmo, a group…