By Thierry Dodin / TIN In early October 2014, followers of the Dorje Shugden cult dedicated a monastery in the United States, which they plan as their major American hub. The event, attended by many […]
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Last time I saw Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
GUEST POST Last time I saw him we stayed there the whole week. We spent a fortune of course. This was last year in October. When we arrived from that empowerment and retreat we began […]
New Kadampa Shugden protesters: Maybe better to go home and do something meaningful
NKT students were told in October 2013 that they would not see Kelsang Gyatso in person ever again. Do you think slander and hate are going to help him? Some small group in our NKT […]
What is the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT)?
GUEST POST by Carol McQuire The NKT-IKBU (International Kadampa Buddhist Union) is a controversial New Religious Movement – different from mainstream Buddhist groups – created by one Tibetan Buddhist monk called Kelsang Gyatso in 1992. There […]
The Shugden protesters are preparing for the U.S. Dalai Lama visit – and some journalists seem to become again their victims
False information increase more rapidly than true information. And what is not getting any better, is our ability to separate truth and lies. – Michael Lynch The New Kadampa Tradtion (NKT) campaigners – via their […]
Kadampa Ryan’s false reasoning why the Dalai Lama is “the false Dalai Lama”
GUEST POST by Joanne Clark I was sad to read the recent rant published online by “Kadampa Ryan” entitled Ten Valid Reasons to Conclude That Tenzin Gyatso is a False Dalai Lama. (PDF) I, […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 