According to the New York Times there were 200 protesters “more than half of the protesters appeared to be Westerners, although Ms. Pema said 100 Tibetan monks also took part in the protest.” The ‘impassionate […]
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Buddhist monk.
The Dorje Shugden Controversy
Barbara O’Brien a Zen practitioner has recently published an article about the Dorje Shugden Controversy Destroying Tibetan Buddhism in Order to Save It? Although the article does not investigate the events in India, a task […]
Western Shugden Society – recent developments
WSS/NKT unfold their powerful PR-machine and continue their verbal attacks against the Dalai Lama both in the internet as well as at locations where HH the Dalai Lama is teaching, recently in Bethlehem. The own […]
Western Shudgen Society violates Buddhist Ethics
Among the many wrong accusations against H.H. the Dalai Lama made by WSS/NKT is the claim, H.H. the Dalai Lama is a ‘liar’ for holding the position that Shugden is a spirit. (see “Dalai Lama […]
The Shugden Dispute Represents a Battleground of Views on What is Meant by Religious and Cultural Freedom. (Mills)
Who is behind the mysterious Western Shugden Society which has no legal office but is noisily asking for religious freedom?
H.H. the Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama means different things to different people. To some it means that I am a living Buddha, the earthly manifestation of Avalokiteshvara, Bodhisattva of Compassion. To others it means that I am a ‘god-king’. […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 