We, the undersigned, as former members of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT), and ex-practitioners of Dorje Shugden, are appalled and saddened that those who were once our NKT sangha demonstrate against and defame His Holiness […]
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Thoughts & Observations: The SOAS Panel Discussion “The Shugden Controversy and the 14th Dalai Lama” – Part 1
Yesterday there was the SOAS Panel Discussion about “The Shugden Controversy and the 14th Dalai Lama”. This blog discussed it a bit here (see comment section). I would like to write a review and […]
CTA List of Shugden protestors & Dalai Lama protests in Hamburg
Many Westerners have criticized the “List of Dolgyal protestors”. Now the CTA issued a statement with respect to this “List of Dolgyal protestors”. There the CTA states: Statement on the Dolgyal Protestors List August 14, […]
Human Rights and the Dorje Shugden Controversy
In summary, the Shugden dispute represents a battleground of views on what is meant by religious and cultural freedom. – Martin A. Mills The Western Shugden groups brought into the discussion the issue of Human […]
To Protest or Not to Protest: What is an NKT Student to Think?
GUEST POST by Joanne Clark Dear NKT students, fellow brothers and sisters in the Dharma. It is my belief that most of you are sincere, goodhearted, well meaning practitioners of the Buddha’s Dharma. None of […]
The Middle Way Approach of the Dalai Lama – A Self-Deception?
Tibet belongs to Tibetans. Victory to Tibet! – Jamphel Yeshi Recently the German Buddhist Magazine Tibet und Buddhismus asked Elliot Sperling – a well known and frequently quoted Tibetologist at Indiana University (US) who had just […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 