Angry Spirit
By: TIM McGIRK Once a month, a joyful procession of Tibetan refugees – many of them disfigured by frostbite suffered while escaping their homeland over the Himalayas – files into the Dalai Lama’s exile palace at the Indian hill station of Dharamsala. For these visitors, His Holiness is an emanation of the Compassionate Buddha, and his…
Shugden Ban is Illegal and Unconstitutional
The ban on the worship of the Deity Dorje Shugden is illegal with regard to the constitutions of the Tibetan government-in-exile, India, and the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Source: http://www.westernshugdensociety.org/ebook
Buddhist Taliban
The world was horrified when the Taliban blew up images of the Buddha carved into the rock in Afghanistan. This religious terrorism has also been happening in India since the 1980s. For 30 years, the Dalai Lama’s Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has been ordering the destruction of statues and other holy images of the Wisdom…
Spiritual Conundrum
I was trying to think of a title for this post. I settled on the title after I read these definitions of conundrum: A confusing and difficult problem or question an intricate and difficult problem What is the problem? Well, what do you think about these spiritual quotations? If we make a steady effort, I think we…
DALAI LAMA SUR ENVOYÉ SPÉCIAL – Part 3 of 3
This is the English translation:- 0.05 For the philosopher Frederic Lenoir, the Dalai Lama did not have any other choice but to impose the ban. He took a risk, both political and religious. It is a religious risk because he is upsetting the Tibetans who are devotees of Dorje Shugden and it is a political…
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…
Statement of Pomra Kamtsen
Statement of Pomra Kamtsen February 2008 This community of the Sera-Mey College has remained in peace and harmony, without ever having any conflict or schism, since the founding of the Sera monastery by Jamchen Choeche Shakya Yeshe in the year 1419 in Tibet, until now. After coming to India we have shared spiritual and material…
Firsthand Experience of the Dalai Lama’s Persecution
A Dorje Shugden practitioner and student of Domo Geshe Rinpoche shares her personal reasons for why she practises Dorje Shugden, and why she is protesting. Mob of Angry Dalai Lama Followers Attack Protestors On July 17, 2008 a group of hundreds of angry followers of the Dalai Lama attacked a group of peaceful Buddhist protestors. Imagine…
Al-Jazeera Reports: The Dalai Lama – The Devil Within
The above video clip is a news report by Al Jazeera, a globally recognized and trusted media network. In recent years, Al Jazeera has developed a reputation for daring coverage and their refusal to shy away from addressing sometimes controversial, oftentimes difficult issues. The network is also well received for its policy that is characteristically…
Dalai Lama Encourages Expulsion of Monks
This video shows clear evidence of Dalai Lama issuing/enforcing the ban on Dorje Shugden. He encourages the Monasteries to expel monks who refuse to give up this practice. It is undemocratic for any leader to ban any form of worship in this day and age. Not only is Dalai Lama encouraging the ban, but he…
Al Jazeera Reports : Freedom to Worship
This is the 21st century, not the Middle Ages. You are free to worship whoever you want, but other people’s beliefs are not your concern… Listen to the statement of an Arab lady… what she says applies to all religious and secular leaders… Transcript: Arab-American Psychiatrist Wafa Sultan: There is No Clash of Civilizations but…
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