Jayadeva Ranade’s insightful observation on Dalai Lama’s declining situation
To paraphrase a news article by Jayadeva Ranade published in the Sunday Guardian Live on 28th July 2018, the Tibetan leadership’s ‘Five Fifty Forum’ is nothing but a futile pantomime, an empty charade…
A Guide to Spiritual Practice
Spiritual practice can be incorporated into our daily lives. Many of these practices are readily available and establishing a consistent routine of study and practice ensures our progress along the spiritual path…
The Benefits of Dorje Shugden’s Puja
Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden is an essential protector for this era. At the most basic level, Dorje Shugden is able to solve various supernatural disturbances that one may encounter, such as spirit disturbances, sorcery or negative energy…
Vegetarianism in Buddhism
Buddhism has three main schools of thought – Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana – and a superficial examination of these three schools (or vehicles) reveals what appears to be conflicting views on the practice of vegetarianism…
Doesn’t it Sound like a Contradiction?
To Whom It May Concern, I got to know Buddhism through one of the teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama 2 years ago on the YouTube. It was the Dalai Lama’s incredibly sacred teachings that opened the doors of Buddhism for me and I have been reading voraciously on the Internet and buying a…
Conventional Untruths: Orchestrated Deception in the ban on Dorje Shugden Prayer
Following the media coverage of the protests against the Dalai Lama by the Western Shugden Society, one inevitably comes across a very basic contradiction. On the one hand, here is this Buddhist group protesting the ban on Dorje Shugden practice, and on the other hand there is the world’s generally accepted “face” of Buddhism, His…
Between Worlds: Guardians in Tibet as Agents of Transformation
Introduction In a single step, one can cross the threshold of the Jokhang,1 stepping from the bustle of the Barkhor market to the devout atmosphere inside, moving from a heady jumble of merchants, soldiers, tourists and townsfolk, of warrens and back alleys teeming with shops and the sharp cries of peddlers, to a world of…
Teaching by Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen about renunciation and describes the six realms of existence
Part 2 Part 3 An incredible teaching by the late Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen about renunciation and describes the six realms of existence that was given in 2008.
Protest Dalai Lama Protest/Ban-See why!
Dalai Lama calls for “vote” on Buddhism and freedom of religious practices!