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 […]
Tag: Shugden Protests
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, […]
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 […]
Dorje Shugden – a paper about the cessation of Shugden worship in Ladakh and the Western Himalaya
There is now a paper by Prof. Martin A. Mills, Senior Lecturer in the Anthropology of Religion at the University of Aberdeen, available online that offers interesting insights and a well informed background how […]
The Organizational Similarities Between Scientology and the New Kadampa Tradition, and the Impact on the ISC’s Shugden Protest Campaign
GUEST POST It struck me that last year the British based independent charity INFORM – providing reliable and up-to-date information about cults, sects, new religious movements (NRMs) etc., founded in 1988 by Professor Eileen […]
The religious and political freedom of Shugden monks
If you read the propaganda of International Shugden Community and pro Shugden groups, people who do not know the situation in India might start to believe that they are heavily oppressed and cannot move from […]
Tibetan Buddhism – Struggling With Diffi·Cult Issues 