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 […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
Controversies, cultish tendencies and abuse in Buddhism
Dorje Shugden worship has not been banned
GUEST POST by Ani Tsultrim The Buddhist monk, Tenzin Peljor, on his blog, “Tibetan Buddhism: Struggling with Difficult Issues:” writes: Over the past two decades and, more recently during his tour of the US, the […]
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. […]
The Virtues of Humility – by Matthieu Ricard
Part 1 Humility is sometimes scorned, regarded as a weakness. The writer Ayn Rand proclaims, “Discard the protective rags of that vice which you called a virtue: humility.”* Pride, however, the narcissistic exaggeration of the […]
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 […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 