This blog, Joanne Clark’s blog (who “revealed 32 deceptive statements and 16 unsubstantiated claims“), the official CTA website, and the official Dalai Lama website have pointed out different blatant untruths and spin of the facts […]
Category: Religious Extremism
Protests by the International Shugden Community (ISC) Against the Dalai Lama—Is There Any Truth in Them?
Here are some facts: The International Shugden Community (ISC) protesters claim that there is “overwhelming evidence” that Shugden worshippers are being persecuted by the Dalai Lama and his followers and that human rights violations abound. […]
Sri Lanka: Radical Buddhist groups join forces
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A hard-line Buddhist monk from Myanmar known for his anti-Muslim stance said his movement will join hands with a like-minded Sri Lankan group to “protect” Buddhists, whom he called an endangered […]
In February 2008 900 Buddhist Shugden monks were made homeless by the Dalai Lama?
There are so many wrong and misleading claims and allegations by the International Shugden Community (ICS) / New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) that it is almost impossible to address and to correct them all. Joanne […]
The New Kadampa Tradition / Kadampa Buddhism: The Real Danger
GUEST POST by Robert – a former NKT monk The Real Danger If you are a scifi fan, you may remember the old television show, ‘Stargate: SG1’, where in the later series there were two […]
Fruitful discussions on Facebook about the Shugden / Anti Dalai Lama campaign with NKT followers
The Facebook group Talk about Shugden – which I cannot follow due to not being on FB – seems to offer a useful discussion between ill informed NKT zealots and more informed or at least […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 