Currently the Western Shugden Society / New Kadampa Tradition are issuing press releases. Here some of the press releases published by NKT monk Kelsang Thubchen (see ‘media contacts’) who was asked by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues
Controversies, cultish tendencies and abuse in Buddhism
Western Shugden Society in New York
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 […]
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?
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 