By Joanne Clark Some time ago, I recall a comment on Facebook that caused something of a stir. A person posted a memory of HH Dalai Lama saying during a teaching or question/answer session (or […]
Tag: Tsongkhapa
A New Book: Understanding the Case Against Shukden: The History of a Contested Tibetan Practice
A new book on Shugden, or Dölgyal, Understanding the Case Against Shukden: The History of a Contested Tibetan Practice, has been published. Three authoritative Gelug organizations—the Association of Gelug Masters, the Gelug International Foundation, and […]

Mahakala, Kalarupa/Dharmaraja and Vaishravana: The Three Protectors of The Gelug Tradition – Talks by H.H. The Dalai Lama
An Anthology of Talks Given By His Holiness The Dalai Lama Concerning Reliance Upon the Dharma Protectors Translated into English at the Translation Bureau of the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, Dharamsala by Tsepak Rigzin, Tenzin Dorjee, Lobsang […]

A Tibetan Translator’s Testimony by Tenzing Wangdak – Part 2
The Ticking Bomb That Took 23 Years to Explode. Part Two This present writing is a sequel to my previous Tibetan Translator’s Testimony. By Tenzing Wangdak It was in April 1991, thoughts on recent […]

The last Upholder of the Gelug Mahamudra Tradition: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
In the past it was the designated successor of Kelsang Gyatso, Kadam Neil Elliott, who claimed that the (whole) Vajrayana Mahamudra tradition is only existent in the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) and not outside […]
New Kadampa Tradition, Shugden and the Dangers of an Exclusivist Attitude
GUEST POST by Joanne Clark Recently, I sat for long hours throughout the night and day beside my mother’s bed as she lay dying. I sang her hymns. I read her verses from the bible. […]