Appeal to Improve the Condition for the Tibetan People
Kalon Tripa Lobsang Sangay Kashag Central Tibetan Administration Dharamshala – 176215 H.P., India September 10, 2011 Dear Katri, First, Congratulations to you for becoming new Kalon Tripa. I wish you good luck and hope you can do a lot of good things for the Tibetan people. I pray His Holiness Dalai Lama bless you and…
Time for Creating Progressiveness and Unity
Dr Lobsang Sangay Head of the Central Tibetan Administration Dear Dr. Lobsang Sangay, I am writing to congratulate you on your democratically elected position as the leader of the Central Tibetan Administration. With no disrespect to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, I am happy to see that the Tibetan community worldwide finally has someone who…
The Hypocritical Situation
Dear fellow Dharma brothers and sisters, By now, the religious ban on the deity Dorje Shugden, as instructed by the Dalai Lama, has drawn worldwide attention. For the first time in Buddhist history, Buddhists are being excluded from Dharma teachings and social welfare, brutally attacked and discriminated against by their own Buddhist community, simply because…
Why does a Grand Buddhist Master have a Page of Hatred?
Dear CTA Over the last 50 years, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has almost singlehandedly made Buddhism grow throughout the world. He has been the face of Buddhism as well as the Tibetan struggle for Independence. He epitomizes harmony and world peace, and is recognized for this with the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. I…
The Essence of Buddhism is Lost
To: The Head of the Central Tibet Administration First and foremost, I want to thank you for creating and maintaining the website of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. I am doing a bachelor degree in Theology and this website is one of my most visited and credible sources of information for my projects. Whilst…
Protest on the Allegation on Dorje Shugden
Dear Lobsang Sangay, As the new Head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), I am writing to protest that I am shocked to see this section on Dorje Shugden practice on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s website (http://www.dalailama.com/messages/dolgyal-shugden) and request that the CTA have it removed as soon as possible. Every allegation on this page…
The Next Dalai Lama
Why is everyone in the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) confused about Tibetan history? In this video, Dr. Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the CTA says that the next Dalai Lama will be chosen by the present Dalai Lama. He says “historically and traditionally” this is the way it has been done. Notice how he looks…
The Deity Banned by Dalai Lama
I am a Dutch student of Kundeling Rinpoche, one of the Dalai Lama’s major critics in the Gelugpa tradition. I’ll try to give an explanation of the Dorje Shugden controversy that is both understandable for those who are not initiated in the Mahayana-Vajrayana Buddhist tradition and still explains the very crux of the problem. When…
Oracle taking possession of Dorje Shugden in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
I found this video on the net the other day and I thought that it would be very interesting to share with everyone here another video of our oracle in trance. I am unable to translate the mongolian description but from the video, the oracle is taking trance in the form of Dulzin, the peaceful…
Chushi Gangdrug made to swear against Dorje Shugden who helped them
In this book “Arrested Histories: Tibet, the CIA, and Memories of a Forgotten War” by Carole McGranahan, Duke University Press Books (October 1, 2010), it clearly recorded the incident where Chushi Gangdrug members consulted Dorje Shugden oracle during Chinese invasion in the 50s, and in 2008, they were made to swear against Dorje Shugden!! Shame…
Why Dorje Shugden Practitioners are not Isolationist – Part 2
Isolationism was intensified in 2008, when the Dalai Lama started a new phase of persecution against Shugden practitioners. Whilst ostensibly on a religious visit to Drepung Loseling monastery in South India, instead he instigated a political referendum on whether the monastery wanted Shugden monks to remain in their ranks. He forced the monks to vote…
What’s the similarity between Sharmapa and Shugden’s dilemma?
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and CTA (formerly known as Tibetan Government-in-exile in Dharamsala) did not support the integrity and choice of the chosen Karmapa recognized by His Eminence Sharmapa Rinpoche. The Karma Kagyu leaders for centuries have the full right to choose and recognize the immaculate line of Karmapa incarnations according to their traditions…
Grand Opening of Serpom Monastery, 18 December 2011
December 18th, 2011 was a historical day as it was the long awaited, much anticipated official opening of Serpom Monastery. Serpom is located in South India, a five-hour pleasant drive from Bangalore. Built by the kind donations of sponsors and devotees, it has taken a few years to construct and now houses over 800 monks….
Media Interview: CNN Sara Sidner and Dalai Lama discuss Tibet autonomy
Tibet’s Spiritual Leader, the Dalai Lama, sits down with CNN’s Sara Sidner and discusses China, Tibetan autonomy and more.
FRANCE 24 reports: The Dalai Lama’s Demons
Dalai Lama’s Demons Part 1 Dalai Lama’s Demons Part 2 By FRANCE 24 (Text) / Capucine Henry and Nicolas Haque (video) Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is revered as a hero by his people and respected world-wide for his peaceful philosophy. Today, however, there are cracks at the heart of his community. A minority…
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