Breaking News: 2nd Attack on Domo Geshe Rinpoche’s Monastery!
A large group of monks and lay people from Tharpa Choling Monastery in Kalimpong have once again invaded Gaden Choling Monastery and attempted to seize it by force, showing utter disrespect and aggression towards the small community of Dorje Shugden lamas of Gaden Choling at a time when they have just lost a leader and someone very dear…
How the Dalai Lama’s Actions Are Affecting Religion
Recently, the Huffington Post ran an article written by Robert Thurman, “The Dalai Lama And The Cult Of Dolgyal Shugden” which although sensational by its title, was no more than a rehash of allegations spawned by Thurman over 17 years ago, against a 350-year-old Tibetan Buddhist practice that the Dalai Lama has been trying to destroy since 1996 with some, but incomplete success…
Dalai Lama Approves Attacks on ISC Members?
With hundreds of Tibetans and Westerners participating in the peaceful protests, the Dalai Lama supporters (who were there for the Compassion teaching) started attacking the International Shugden Community…
UPDATED: Penpa Tsering Defames Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche
In a speech to students of Upper TCV School filled with lies and distortions of history, Tibetan Speaker of Parliament Penpa Tsering openly abused his position of influence and showed the world the CTA’s true colors, attacking Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche Dechen Nyingpo…
Shocking letter!
(This article below was emailed to www.DorjeShugden.com from Yeshe Sangye, an ex-FPMT member. His views do not necessarily reflect this website’s views. Nevertheless his thoughts are logical. It would be helpful to read. We at www.DorjeShugden.com strongly condemn this letter from the United Front of the Tibetan People, and any sort of threats or violence…
Livorno: Peaceful Demonstrations Coverage
A month after the previous demonstrations in Frankfurt, Germany, the International Shugden Community resumes their campaign of appealing for religious freedom from H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, during his recent trip to Livorno, Italy…
CTA Continues to Spread Hate Campaign
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) again shows their true colours, this time by compelling Dharma centres around the world to publicly denounce Buddhist practitioners who do not agree with the Dalai Lama’s “advice” which the CTA is enforcing…
Serpom Monastery – Almost Three Years Later
DorjeShugden.com discovers proof that the monks of Serpom Monastery have suffered greatly at the hands of the neighbouring community, ever since their opening almost 3 years ago…
Tibetan Youths Question Dorje Shugden Ban
[To view the video with Chinese subtitles; scroll to the bottom of the article or click here] A very short, powerful video of Tibetan students questioning Sikyong Lobsang Sangay and the doubts that have arisen because of the ban on Dorje Shugden. This is a must-watch video to understand what is happening within the Tibetan…
Who’s the hypocrite?
On June 4, 1989, hundreds of thousands of Chinese nationals marched into Tiananmen Square to protest the suppression, discrimination and humiliation that their leadership had subjected them to for many years…
Dalai Lama and China: A Disturbing Trend
Twenty five years after the events of Tiananmen Square, world statesman, Tibetan Buddhist icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has issued a strong message to Beijing…
UPDATED: Domo Geshe Rinpoche’s Monastery in Phedong Attacked!
On May 18, 2014 at 3:30pm, a group of 40 monks and laypeople from Tharpa Choling in Kalimpong, forced their way into Gaden Choling in Phedong. They have continued to occupy the Gaden Choling premises…
Frankfurt: Peaceful Demonstrations Coverage
The demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany on the 14th and 15th of May 2014 was the final stop for the recent series of peaceful protests organized by the International Shugden Community (ISC)…
Interview with CTA Representative, Thubten Wangchen
During the recent European demonstrations by the International Shugden Community (ISC) in May 2014, the ISC successfully obtained an exclusive interview with Thubten Wangchen, a representative of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA)…
The World Can No Longer Ignore the Dorje Shugden Ban
In a show of utter contempt for the principles of freedom, fairness and democracy, the Dalai Lama’s government in exile, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has on the 30th of May 2014, ADDED to its ‘hit-list’ of Dorje Shugden protesters…
Karmapa Thaye Dorje and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
By Steve Lee The picture above shows a historic meeting in 2010 between H.H. Karmapa Thaye Dorje and the current incarnation of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, a high-ranking Nyingma incarnation. The Karmapa Thaye Dorje was one of two candidates for the highest seat in the Karma Kagyu lineage and was recognized and enthroned by the Shamarpa….
Rotterdam: Peaceful Demonstrations Coverage
In Rotterdam, the International Shugden Community (ISC) and a group of Tibetans staged a peaceful demonstration calling upon the Dalai Lama to grant freedom of religion and to lift the ban on Dorje Shugden…
Tibetan leadership makes a huge mistake
The recent protests against the Dalai Lama on the Dorje Shugden issue, which started in February 2014 in the West Coast of USA and extended to Europe recently, seems to have irked the Tibetan leadership further…
The CTA’s Fatwa Against Dorje Shugden Worshippers
On the 20th of May 2014, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) published a post on their website, titled, “List of Dolgyal Protesters” in the manner of a “most wanted criminals” register…
Tibetan leadership publishes hit list
On May 20, 2014, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA; the Tibetan leadership) published a list titled, “List of *Dolgyal followers who protested against His Holiness the Dalai Lama in US and Europe” onto their official website. The list comprises of 20 Tibetans who protested against the Dalai Lama in Europe and the USA. There are…
Oslo, Norway: Peaceful Demonstrations Coverage
DorjeShugden.com is glad to bring you news, photos and videos of the latest peaceful demonstration led by the International Shugden Committee (ISC) which took place in Oslo, Norway in early March 2014…
The Religious Freedom Delusion
Freedom of religion or Freedom of belief is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance; the concept is generally recognized also to include the freedom to change religion or not to follow any religion. The freedom…
The Dalai Lama Denies the Truth About his Teachers
The Dalai Lama was seen to have recently made statements on 22 February 2014 in San Francisco denying the truth about his very own teachers. His statements were recorded in the video below. At 0:37, the Dalai Lama said that Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, his senior tutor, has no connection with Dorje Shugden. At 1:17, the…
Reflections of Religion in the Modern Era
by Poleen Wu In this 21st century of technology, interconnectedness and fast-paced changes, Proof and Evidence are very crucial and it is important that people in today’s world verify the information that they receive, as new information and ideas are churned out daily. Technology has brought people closer – psychologically, geographically, economically, cultural and spiritually…
700 in Washington, D.C.
Dear friends, Very good news! The International Shugden Committee (ISC) rallied their members for a peaceful demonstration in Washington, D.C. on March 7, 2014. During their previous demonstration in California, we saw how a peaceful nun was chastised by H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama when she asked for religious freedom. Since that time, although there…
Politically Correct at the Expense of the Lineage
By Jagger Ko Originally derived from the Kadam school of Lama Atisha, the Lamrim tradition was popularized by Jamgon Lama Tsongkapa in the 1400s, who through his celebrated Lamrim Chenmo revived the study and practice of Buddhism that was in danger of degeneration. In preserving this holy lineage and tradition, His Eminence the 7th Ling…
NAGBA Protest in New York City
By Brunhild Hekate The public image of the Dalai Lama as the peaceful icon of Buddhism is fast waning in the West. Many more westerners are beginning to realize that he is not the man of peace that is commonly portrayed. The tragic truth is, his hypocrisy in suppressing freedom of religion and his prosecution…
Refuting the Dalai Lama’s Statements Concerning Dorje Shugden
By Steve Lee The Dalai Lama visited San Francisco, California recently (22 February 2014) to speak at the American Himalayan Foundation. During his speech, the Dalai Lama made a few statements regarding Dorje Shugden, referring to a picketing crowd of Dorje Shugden practitioners just outside the hall. The Dalai Lama’s statements were documented in an…
Good Question
by Gereon Willamar A friend of mine who is not a Buddhist asked: I read some interesting online news that some Tibetan Buddhist people are not allowed to pray to this deity called Dorje Shugden. Why is this so? I thought Buddhism taught freedom of religious views and practices, tolerance, acceptance, love, giving, non-violence, compassion…
Petition to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
We at dorjeshugden.com rejoice in seeing this petition in change.org, calling upon everyone for a common humanitarian cause – “RELIGIOUS FREEDOM” and to an end to the persecution of Dorje Shugden practitioners for their religious beliefs. We thank Darren Prout from the United Kingdom for speaking up on behalf of all who are suffering and…
Extensive media coverage of Dalai Lama protests
Dear Shugdenpas, DorjeShugden.com is glad to bring you breaking news about the International Shugden Community’s latest peaceful demonstration in San Francisco, California. The ISC has been diligently planning this protest months in advance, after the Dalai Lama’s 4-day California schedule was announced. The first day of the Dalai Lama’s visit to California coincided with the…
Dalai Lama angrily replies to peaceful nun
Dalai Lama’s reaction in this video is quite surprising in that he is angry, with pointing finger and curt. Dalai Lama does not give much chance for the nun to speak nor shows any compassion or care towards this ‘enemy’. No dialogue is allowed regarding the Dorje Shugden ban by the Dalai Lama. Publicly Dalai…
Tibetan Kashag Makes Dalai Lama Out To Be A Liar
by Shashi Kei It has been over half a century since Tibet was forcibly taken over by China. Since then, the Tibetan people have come to be defined by their struggle to regain their country and reinstate their beloved Dalai Lama in the Potala Palace. So far their struggle has not yielded anywhere near the…
Shugden’s Ban in the Press
Media-Friendly Pope Francis: True Reformer of the Catholic Church? By Johannes Nugroho on 12:14 pm December 19, 2013. Pope Francis has just been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, undoubtedly an important recognition for a pontiff who has been endeavoring to bring the Roman Catholic Church closer to the realities of the 21st century,…
27 minute speech
During the recent Jangchub Lamrim teachings at Sera Monastery (December 25, 2013 to January 3, 2014) in Bylakuppe, the Dalai Lama spoke again on the issue of his banning the practice of Dorje Shugden that he initiated in 1996. It has been over 17 years since the Dalai Lama first shocked the Tibetan Buddhist world…
CTA creates violence again
By: Kay Beswick On December 27, 2013 around 4:00 AM in the morning long-time assistant of His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche Gen Chonze was making water offerings in Trijang Ladrang in Shar Gaden Monastery. Gen Chonze is already 84 years old and has been serving Trijang Rinpoche’s previous incarnation and the current one till now for…
Unclean Offerings Should Be Returned
There were many sincere Dorje Shugden practitioners that lived within the walls of Ganden Shartse monastery in the past. Many of these practitioners were great Tulkus, Geshes and ordinary hard-working members of the monastic community. Needless to say, many of these practitioners have contributed everything they had towards the sustenance and expansion of Ganden monastery…
The Ghost Of Tibetan Democracy
By Shashi Kei Tibet is supposed to be a democracy. At least that was the intention of the Dalai Lama, to bequest on his people the gift of freedom guaranteed by a Constitution [1], and let them have their civil liberties, something that the Tibetan people never enjoyed having lived as serfs in a feudalistic…
Letter to Dr Andrew Bennett, Canadian Ambassador For Religious Freedom
The Dorje Shugden ban enforced by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), seemingly with the support of the Dalai Lama’s office, is fast becoming one of the human rights issues that the world is increasingly becoming aware of. For decades, the Dalai Lama via the “Tibetan cause” has appealed to the sense of justice that the…
An Abbot Betrays His Own
By Saavie Acker Phelgyeling Monastery was originally located in Nyanang, Tibet. After the series of events that eventually led to the Dalai Lama fleeing Tibet, Phelgyeling Monastery has since taken root in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is common knowledge to many that Phelgyeling Monastery is a stronghold for the practice of Dorje Shugden. Since the 1600’s,…
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