Maybe all of this is also a bit funny. At least it is good to keep some type of humour here 😉 Not only were certain academics threatened with legal actions by NKT if […]
Category: Dorje Shugden Controversy
New Kadamapa Tradition Threats an Author and His Publisher to Sue Them
I know of some cases where NKT was able to oppress information by academics by threatening to sue them. Now there is obviously a new case and the question is, how this will turn […]
After the Storm
The campaign of the Western Shugden Society (WSS) / New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) has settled for the time being. After a big propaganda battle, which was picked up by many media—in almost all cases unable […]
China’s Involvement in the Dorje Shugden Controversy
Though the Tibetan Government in Exile (TGIE) said different times that China uses Shugden as a political means to split the Tibetan Community—e.g. by favouring monks practising Shugden or by supporting especially Tibetan monasteries in […]
Buddhism without Borders: Western Involvement in the Shugden Controversy
There is an upcoming lecture by Jeannine Chandler, Siena College, at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, California. Chandler will present a paper “An Analysis of Western Involvement in the Dorje Shugden Controversy”. The paper […]
Summary of the State of Shugden Scholarship
by Christopher Paul Bell, University of Virginia Despite the controversy and media attention that has surrounded Dorje Shugden for the last few decades, the academic study of this deity is still very nascent. There are […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 