Why so rude?
Dear friends,
When and if we visit other people’s social media pages and sometimes don’t agree with their views, that is okay but we absolutely should NOT comment anything derogatory or negative as we should be respecting their freedom of speech. Freedom of speech does not need to be vulgar, rude or demeaning ever. We can have a polite debate if we wish not in order to win but to understand. But when detractors constantly and specifically come to our page and tell us what we can and cannot do and even become vulgar when we don’t accept, that is not freedom of speech on their part but infringement of my rights. I do not go on their pages and post anything. Why should they come to my page and post negative derogatory comments? It’s not necessary. I didn’t force my opinions on them because it is on my page. It is on my page and not their page. I didn’t post on their page but my own page.
If my posts appear on your ‘feed’ and you don’t like it, you can ignore it or just unfriend me then it will never appear again. Some obviously do not understand the basic workings of Facebook or twitter and they should learn up how to stop things they don’t want to see. 🙂 You do not need to be rude, infringe on my freedom of speech/worship or get vulgar when you don’t agree with my views or spiritual path. After all there are many out there who would like information I am sharing even if you don’t like it. Yes, many have written in and thanked me for the practice and information on Dorje Shugden. For example in the case of our Dorje Shugden social media posts, I have every right to share any aspect of the practice as I like. I have been requested many times to share more on every aspect of Dorje Shugden’s practice in fact and I cannot keep up with all the requests. I have every right to share any aspect of Dorje Shugden’s practice, information, lamas, history and pictures on my social media pages as and when I want. I do not and will never advocate violence, breaking vows, harming, sectarianism or any harm to anyone ever so why should Dorje Shugden practice bother you. This is my right to practice. You can counter by saying some Dorje Shugden practitioners has used this practice to harm others, or create division or sectarianism and that might be true in some rare cases. But that is definitely not all or the majority of Dorje Shugden practitioners. If you find one bad Christian, do you ban Christianity? If you find one bad Hindu, do you segregate against all Hindus? Of course not. People will use religion to fulfill their selfish aims, but that does not mean the religion itself is bad or everyone in that religion is bad or it should be banned. We should never generalize and make sweeping statements that create more disharmony than peace.
Why should people come to my FB pages, twitter, blog (tsemrinpoche.com) and instagram and tell me I can’t speak about Dorje Shugden or this or that? Or if I post on Dorje Shugden they spit on me, curse me, leave very rude messages, send vulgar messages and threaten my life? We cannot worship this or follow what we like?? That is ridiculous and also sometimes they are very rude and very vulgar about this. Their vulgarity shows the world that their invasion of our cyber and personal space is not with good intent. It is a total infringement of my rights to speech, worship and way of life. Are they doing this from their own volition or being paid to do it or what? In fact who are telling these people who comment on my Dorje Shugden posts to write such unpleasant things? Who taught these people that Dorje Shugden is bad or they should insult Dorje Shugden practice and practitioners. Who gave them this information? Who keeps publicizing this information and inciting the crowd to attack Dorje Shugden practitioners? Who are telling them that Dorje Shugden is evil and we should segregate away from his practitioners? Whoever are spreading these vicious untruths are the actual ones responsible for all the disharmony, hatred and hatred against Dorje Shugden and his practitioners. The same people spreading bad and wrong information against Dorje Shugden people are the same people who can correct this situation if they really wished to do so. Dorje Shugden practice will not go away and will continue to grow. So either everyone who practice Dorje Shugden and don’t practice get along, respect each other and live in peace or have the opposite. This is up to the people who have spread the wrong information against Dorje Shugden. If you think you have the right to say Dorje Shugden is bad, then I have the right to say Dorje Shugden is good. If you keep repeating Dorje Shugden is bad then I have the right to repeat Dorje Shugden is good. Dorje Shugden is part of my way of life and you are going to speak against it, then be ready for me to gently and respectfully protest you are wrong. Why should I stay quiet, be afraid or give up my beliefs just because you, or some lama famous or not says so. I follow my personal guru’s instructions and that’s it! But you do not need to be rude to me nor I to you. We do not need to argue and create ‘wars’ with this and have mudslinging at all.
Why should anyone be vulgar with someone just because they don’t agree with them about their religion? (See what I mean: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=58841 ) When we tell them nicely to not visit our page nor spam and they continue to, then we have to block them. Some after spamming, when we block them, they complain they are blocked! Amazing. If they don’t have common sense to not go to a page they don’t like and leave nasties always, then we have compassionately block them from disturbing the peace. Sorry. That is unfortunate, but necessary. This is a clean and clear and honest method to say RESPECT MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND WORSHIP. I do respect your freedoms and rights and do not post vulgarities and disrespectful comments on your social media pages but I am sorry to block you if you cross the line. I do not post nasty, negative or rude comments about your choices on your page especially about your religion! But if you cannot control yourself nor respect others with your disrespectful comments which I don’t accept, then don’t visit my pages. I don’t mean to sound arrogant or rude, but it would be a nice alternative instead of ugly comments for you if you don’t like my religion because I am not trying to convert you. My religious beliefs do not need your approval. I don’t care what lama or how famous they are, but if they criticize my faith or spiritual choice, that is their freedom, but they will create disharmony, anger and retaliation. It is my religious freedom to not follow what some of these lamas say but that does not give their followers the right to always speak against my faith and discourage others from it. Or even put negatives on their cyber space to discourage. If you discourage, be ready for ‘retaliation’ of some sort. This is the 21st century and not feudal Tibet. There are more good things to encourage than bad things to discourage. If these lamas who speak against other’s religions, deities and paths have retaliation and such, do not complain as you started it. You can end it. Simple logic. So we can respect another’s religious choice by not saying a single negative word about it and respect it or we can speak up against it and then there will be disharmony. Especially if it is one sided and the lama is not willing to discuss, be open and find solutions. Do not put other people’s religion in a negative light on social media or blog sites. As this is not a sign of openness, kindness or spirituality.
When you are told you have religious freedom and then you choose your religion and others are disrespectful to your choice and even threaten you because of it, this is not religious freedom. This is hiding behind a veneer of false freedom while you denigrate another’s religion. No religious leader or common citizen should criticize another’s religion, race, personal orientation or social background ever. It is bad form and policy to do so. Many of you who do criticize never met me or know me. So don’t presume. Don’t judge me on just my religion.
In conclusion, do not visit social media pages/sites that you do not like. But do not stop others in anyway of posting or sharing their religious faith. If you do visit, no one forced you there so you are not compelled to leave very inhumane and rude comments. This reflects you and your own teacher. Either your teacher did not teach you well or you didn’t follow the teachings well. Either way it makes you look bad and makes your teacher look bad. Think of people who know nothing of the Dorje Shugden issue created by the Tibetan leadership when there was no issue and how it looks to all these new people to see the one sided mudslinging. I have my path and I don’t need yours or your teachers’ approval. 🙂 But regardless of my religious path I have many other facets of who I am and we can still be friends. Do not let religion ever be a stumbling block to genuine friendship, concern and harmony for each other. We need a peaceful planet and criticizing against another’s religion will never help. We are all humans and we need the basic same things in life. We can be kind, respectful, polite and caring to each other no matter what religion we are or not. That is so much better. Let’s be friends and not look at what religion we practice. Thank you. Look at each other as people and not what religions they practice.
Tsem Rinpoche.
P.S. I like to thank Robert Anderson for his logical comment which I share here.
This is posted on the Exiled Tibetan Govt’s (Central Tibetan Administration) website. They list all the Tibetan people who go for protests against the illegal Dorje Shugden ban. They never list the non-Tibetans because citizens of sovereign countries would never stand for it. They post the Tibetans who democratically and peacefully protest against this ban in order to incite hatred and anger creating angry mobs against Dorje Shugden practitioners. I have never gone for one single protest, but supposedly protests are a democratic method to change something that is damaging one sector of society. If peaceful protests are democratic and freedom of speech is encouraged, then why have a hit list on your website against people who protest? See many more: http://tibet.net/2014/05/list-of-dolgyal-followers-who-protested-against-his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-in-us-and-europe/
Important and related articles:
Dorje Shugden: My side of the story (多杰雄登：我这方面的说法)
https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=65988
My plea to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=69524
Dorje Shugden
https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/category/dorje-shugden
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This is what the Dorje Shugden practitioners have to go through. Due to the ban and also the lies the CTA has been telling people about Dorje Shugden practice, many people segregate Dorje Shugden practitioners and refuse to have anything to do with them. Some people will do the extreme of engaging in verbal and physical abuse.
Ever since Tsem Rinpoche started to spread Dorje Shugden practice, he has received many abusive comments on his social media accounts. People call him names and threaten him. They don’t look at the good deeds he has done or how many people he has benefitted, they judge him just because he is a Dorje Shugden practitioner.
This is what the Tibetan leadership has done to the Tibetan and the Tibetan Buddhist community. The lies they created to cover up their failure has caused the Tibetan and the Tibetan Buddhist community to split into different fractions. There is no harmony, people become hostile and disrespectful. Due to the controversy created by the Tibetan leadership, many people choose not to practice Vajrayana Buddhism because they think the religion has become political.
Mantras are sacred verbalized words that invoke the protection and blessings of the deity to whom the mantra is ascribed. Mantras are also the manifestations of Buddhas in the form of ‘sounds’, hence the various mantras of Dorje Shugden contain the essence of the Protector.
Dorje Shugden’s main mantra 多杰雄登主要咒语
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA SOHA
Dorje Shugden’s mantra for peace 平和咒语
For gaining attainments through the energy of Peaceful Shugden, peace of environment and mind, harmony in one’s abode and dwelling area, and calming of disasters
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA SHANTI SIDDHI HUNG
Dorje Shugden’s mantra for health 福寿安康咒语
For long life, increasing life, healing of disease and protection from diseases
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA AYU SIDDHI HUNG
Dorje Shugden’s mantra for increase 增长咒语
For gaining great merits and increase of all necessary needs, both material and spiritual
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA PUNYE SIDDHI HUNG
Dorje Shugden’s mantra for control 控制咒语
Of worldly deities, negative people and nagas and for influencing friends towards the positive
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA WASHAM KURU HO
Dorje Shugden’s mantra to grant protection 庇护咒语
Visualize that you are in the Protector’s mandala, fully protected from outside interferences. Recite when in danger or for dangerous situations, for protection while travelling or when residing in dangerous/hostile places
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA RAKYA RAKYA HUNG
https://video.tsemtulku.com/videouploads/comment-1544345059.mp4
Dear friends,
Tibet has produced many powerful meditations, rituals and guidelines to help us gain spiritual protection, gain wisdom and higher states of consciousness. In general Tibet has produced many powerful methods for the growth of our spiritual evolution. Dorje Shugden is an angel, a saint, a powerful spiritual protector-warrior who originated 350 years ago when a highly awakened Tibetan Lama fulfilled his vows to become a special being to grant protection, wisdom, material needs, safety when travelling (normal and astral travel) and spiritual awakening. Both the Great 5th Dalai Lama and the current His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama composed short yet effective prayers to invoke upon the power and blessings of this special saint and protector. One can recite either one of the prayers that you feel suits you, anytime or even daily. When you feel a special need for help, you can recite either prayer anytime. When you are feeling down, afraid or just need a blessing, you can recite them. After reciting either invocation, it is good to chant the mantra of Dorje Shugden: Om Benza Wiki Bitana Soha.
You do not have to be a Buddhist or practitioner of any religion to invoke upon the blessings and protection of this special enlightened and awakened angel Dorje Shugden. He helps all without discrimination or bias as he is filled with compassion and love. Divinity has no boundaries, they help all who call upon them.
Enclosed are the prayers in English, Chinese and Tibetan.
May you be safe, protected and blessed.
Tsem Rinpoche
More on the Great 5th Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden – https://bit.ly/2w7KHv6
More on H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden – https://bit.ly/2QdaL4n
Chapel (Trode Khangsar) built by the Great 5th Dalai Lama dedicated to Dorje Shugden in Lhasa – https://bit.ly/2zBTd8M
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亲爱的朋友们，
西藏产生了许多有助于我们得到精神庇佑、取得智慧和更高层次之觉悟的强大禅修法、仪式和教诲。总括来说，西藏产生了许多有助于我们在修行上取得提升的强有力方法。多杰雄登是一个天使，一位圣人和一名护法战士。他的崛起始于350年前，当一位高度觉悟的西藏高僧履行本身的承诺，化身为特别的护法，赐予我们守护、智慧、物质需要、出入平安（平日外游和神游时）和灵修上的觉醒。任何人都可以随时随地在任何时候念诵适合自己的祈愿文。当你需要特别的帮助时，你可以随时念诵任何一篇祈愿文。当你感到沮丧、恐惧或仅是需要加持时，你也可以持诵这些祈愿文。在念诵任何祈请文后，你应该接着念诵多杰雄登的心咒：嗡 班杂 维格 毗札那 娑哈 Om Benza Wiki Bitana Soha。
要祈请多杰雄登这位特殊、觉悟和觉醒的天使赐予加持和庇佑，你无需是佛教徒或任何宗教的修行者。他总是没有分别或偏见，充满慈悲和慈爱地帮助一切众生。神圣是没有界限的，圣者会帮助有求于他的任何人。
以下附上英文、中文和藏文的祈愿文。
愿你平安，常受庇护和加持。
尊贵的詹杜固仁波切
更多关于第五世达赖尊者和多杰雄登护法的内容 — https://bit.ly/2zsC3tG
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Divination (‘mo’) Text by Dorje Shugden
This is an important divination (‘mo’) text composed by Dorje Shugden himself. Dorje Shugden took trance of the Choyang Dulzin oracle lama, the senior oracle of Gaden Shartse Monastery, and instantly on the spot composed this text within two hours.
The divination text contains information on how to use dice to do divination for the future and is known to be highly accurate. When practitioners use this text, they will be in direct contact with Dorje Shugden to get answers to questions about the future. It is for those who have good samaya with Dorje Shugden and are free of the eight worldly dharmas to be of benefit to others in divining the future.
Tsem Rinpoche
DS-MO-choyang.pdf
Be blessed with these rare videos featuring explanation and advice about Dorje Shugden practice by His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche in his own voice. The teaching was requested by Geshe Tsultrim Gyeltsen, one of the earliest masters who taught Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
Video 1: H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche Explains Dorje Shugden Initiation and Benefits (With English Subtitles)
Kyabje Zong Rinpoche was an erudite scholar, ritual master and practitioner of the highest degree from Tibet. At the request of Geshe Tsultrim Gyeltsen, one of the pioneers who taught Tibetan Buddhism in America, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche gives clear explanation and advice about the life-entrustment initiation of Dorje Shugden and how to go about the practice and get the maximum benefits in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzFMvlxAqtc&feature=youtu.be
Video 2: H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche speaks on the History and Lineage of Dorje Shugden (With English Subtitles)
In this video, an erudite scholar, ritual master and practitioner of the highest degree from Tibet, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche talks about the incarnation lineage of Dorje Shugden and how the practice arose, with examples of Dorje Shugden’s previous lives that reveal his powerful spiritual attainments and contributions. This very rare teaching was given at the request of Kyabje Zong Rinpoche’s student, Geshe Tsultrim Gyeltsen, one of the pioneers who taught Buddhism in the West to many disciples since the 1970s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIzKSJgK618&feature=youtu.be
For more information: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/great-lamas-masters/kyabje-zong-rinpoches-advice-on-dorje-shugdens-practice.html
For the first time available, Dorje Shugden and his entourage of 32 asssistants of his mandala.
Dorje Shugden is a powerful protector deity who is also an emanation of Manjushri, a wisdom bestowing Buddha. Therefore, he has great ability to help us to progress further on the spiritual path. He does this by helping us to overcome obstacles and problems for the modern individual.
Due to his enlightened nature, Dorje Shugden is able to manifest 32 deities and within the same abode resides Setrap and Kache Marpo:-
1. 5 Dorje Shugden families or emanations. They consists of the following:-
– Dulzin Dorje Shugden, which performs activities to eliminate inner and outer obstacles.
– Shize, which performs activities to pacify all illnesses and disease.
– Gyenze, which performs activities to increase all desirable material and spiritual wealth.
– Wangze, which performs activities to control difficult people and circumstances.
– Trakze, which performs activities to wrathfully eliminate all insurmountable obstacles and life-threatening situations.
2. 9 Mothers. They represent protection of the five senses and developing control of the four elements. These are all attributes that signify their ability to assist tantric practitioners with their higher meditations.
3. 8 Guiding Monks. They represent the Eight Great Bodhisattvas (Avalokitesvara, Manjushri, Vajrapani, Samantabhadra, Maitreya, Kshitigarbha, Akashagarbha, Sarva-nivarana-viskambini) and they bring about the growth of the Dharma, through the Sangha, Dharma practitioners and Dharma establishments.
4. 10 Youthful & Wrathful Attendants. They represent the ten wrathful attendants to avert inner and outer obstacles. They are beings who are from Mongolia, China, Kashmir, India, Bengali, etc.
5. Setrap. He is a senior Dharma Protector from India and an emanation of Amitabha Buddha. He had enthroned Dorje Shugden as an authentic Dharma Protector. Therefore, he also resides within the same mandala of Dorje Shugden.
6. Kache Marpo. He is not an emanation of Dorje Shugden but he is still an enlightened Dharma Protector in his own right. He was originally known as Tsiu Marpo of Samye Monastery. However, he has placed himself under the service of Dorje Shugden as his chief minister, performing many activities in order to protect and benefit practitioners. Therefore, he stands guard at the main entrance of Dorje Shugden’s mandala. He often takes trance of qualified mediums to speak.
7. Namkar Barzin. He is the reincarnation of an old Mongolian monk and when he passed away in Phari area of Tibet, his spirit was placed as a powerful assistant of Dorje Shugden. He guards and protects buildings and great institutions especially those that benefit others. He rides on a mythical Gyaling animal that resembles a goat but with scales.
These sacred images are available on *Vajrasecrets. They are made of high quality alloy and are one of a kind. They are based on the lineage of His Holiness Panchen Rinpoche’s monastery, Tashilhunpo in Shigatse, Tibet. In fact, the iconography of these statues are based on detailed photographs taken by H. E. Tsem Rinpoche during a trip to Tashilhunpo’s protector chapel. These are based exactly as the 10th Panchen Lama’s personal collection.
Dorje Shugden mandala: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=131570
Dorje Shugden’s benefit and practice: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=62422
Dorje Shugden’s origins: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=106424
Dorje Shugden chapel in His Holiness Panchen Rinpoche’s Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=68698
*Stand not included
His Holiness the 10th Panchen Lama
Tibetans commonly refer to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and His Holiness 10th Panchen Lama as the “sun and moon” of Tibetan Buddhism. They are the center of Tibetan Buddhist civilization, which draws to its sphere of influence millions of non-Tibetan practitioners. The Panchen Lama’s incarnation line began with the 16th abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Lobsang Chokyi Gyeltsen (1570 – 1662). He was bestowed the title of Panchen Lama by His Holiness the 5th Dalai Lama after being declared as an emanation of Amitabha.
After being given the title, his three previous incarnations were posthumously also bestowed the title, making Lobsang Chokyi Gyeltsen the 4th Panchen Lama. He became a teacher to many Tibetans, Bhutanese and Mongolian religious figures, including His Holiness the 4th and 5th Dalai Lamas, and the 1st Jetsun Dampa of Mongolia. A prolific author, Chokyi Gyeltsen is credited with over a hundred compositions, including a number of commentaries and ritual texts that remain central in the Gelukpa tradition today. Along with his role as a teacher of the Dharma, the Panchen Lamas are usually responsible for the recognition of the rebirths of the Dalai Lamas, and vice versa.
The 10th Panchen Lama, Lobsang Trinley Lhundrub Chokyi Gyeltsen (19 February 1938 – 28 January 1989) continued both the spiritual and political roles of his predecessors. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, his contemporary, was even heard to say and echo the Panchen Lama’s own words that the Dalai Lama would safeguard Tibet from the outside while the Panchen Lama would safeguard Tibet from the inside, as he never left Tibet after the political troubles of 1959. He was truly loved by the Tibetans, all the way until his passing. When he taught, thousands of people would attend, not only from his own Gelug lineage, but masters and practitioners from all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.
At his sprawling monastery of Tashi Lhunpo, he has a special chapel specifically dedicated to Dorje Shugden, where prayers and rituals are performed on a daily basis. In his great omniscience the Panchen Lama held Dorje Shugden as the principal Dharma protector of the monastery. He also personally propitiated Dorje Shugden among other Dharma protectors, and even wrote extensive prayers and rituals to Dorje Shugden. These rituals and prayers are contained within his ‘sung bum’ or collected works, which are provided here. As such a great lama, with an erudite and clear understanding of the Buddhist scriptures, a teacher to millions in both Tibet and China, from an established incarnation line and an emanation of the Buddha Amitabha, he could not be mistaken about his practice of Dorje Shugden.
His Holiness 10th Panchen Lama is known for his composition of commentaries and practice texts that are still in use by contemporary Buddhist practitioners both in Tibet and across the world. One of these is a powerful ritual composition propitiating the compassionate Dorje Shugden.
Upon the request by Acharya Lobsang Jangchub to compose a shorter version of the prayer (sadhana) for the exhortation of activities of Dorje Shugden, Panchen Lama immediately composed an abbreviate form of Dorje Shugden’s Kangsol. This text is entitled “Manjunatha’s (Tsongkapa) Lineage protector Dorje Shugden and five forms wrathful propitiations and confessional prayers and fulfilment of activities rites” or “Melodious sound of Accomplishment of the Four Activities” for short. Once the prayers were completed, he had signs and strong feelings that Dorje Shugden has been working hard to protect the Buddhadharma in general and the lineage of Lama Tsongkhapa specifically.
Mirroring the abilities of one of his earlier incarnations, Khedrub Je, a disciple of Lama Tsongkhapa and master of both sutra and tantra, the Panchen Lama used his compositional skill and poetic prowess to create a masterful sadhana. Worthy of note is a praise in which the first letter of each verse is a Tibetan vowel. Such compositions are rarely seen, and have historically only been used when propitiating senior Dharma protectors such as Palden Lhamo and Kalarupa.
The Panchen Lama also stated that while composing the Dorje Shugden sadhana (prayers) he was filled with a sense of happiness and bliss. He ends the composition with not only his official title but his ordination name, Tenzin Trinley Jigme Choje Wangchuk, endorsing the validity of his work. He composed the sadhana in his own Tashi Lhunpo monastery while in the Hall of Clear Light and Bliss.
See the Panchen Lama’s writings and download: https://bit.ly/2KIfeXb
This elderly & innocent monk in India was brutally attacked, find out why. Shocking – https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=163953
“If the Dalai Lama, if His Holiness the Dalai Lama can be harmed by Dorje Shugden, then we might as well not practice Buddhism anymore. If His Holiness the Dalai Lama can have his life shortened by a so-called evil spirit, any evil spirit, then can he be Avalokiteshvara? So on one hand you say, we say, I say, everybody says, he is Avalokiteshvara; on the other hand you’re saying that he can be harmed by an evil spirit… Which one is it? Can he be harmed by an evil spirit or is he Avalokiteshvara? Do you think Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, Vajrapani, Tara all take refuge in something else to protect themselves from Dorje Shugden? How illogical is that? How illogical of people to say His Holiness the Dalai Lama can be harmed by an evil spirit, any evil spirit or “Dorje Shugden” evil spirit. How is that possible?” – Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
Photo: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, young Tsem Tulku Rinpoche and Tsem Tulku Rinpoche’s tutor Kensur Rinpoche Jampa Yeshe
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Sakya tradition’s thangka of Dorje Shugden sitting on a throne within his palace with his four emanations and high Sakya Lamas nearby. Tsem Rinpoche
Antique Pelden Lhamo thangka with sacred Dorje Shugden at the bottom right. Can see Tsongkapa and Guru Rinpoche on the top also. Beautiful and holy.
This video condensed and made simple the history of the Dorje Shugden ban and the sufferings Dorje Shugden people experienced and continue to experience for 20 years. The video also laid out and reveal the truth and facts that Dorje Shugden was the Protector who advised His Holiness the Dalai Lama to flee to India and hence His Holiness’ life is saved. There is no religious freedom for the Dorje Shugden people worldwide because of the Dorje Shugden ban executed by the Central Tibetan Administration. We are, until today being discriminated and persecuted for simply practising our choice of religion and this is the truth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gis2vaURT40
Everyone is in favour of free speech and everyone is entitled to his own opinion. But I do know agree such idea of writing nasty words or insults on other’s Facebook account.
Nobody is capable of freedom speech unless he knows how to use language on a right note. One should take the responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs before saying anything against it. If we do like it just let go or ignore and inappropriate to insult their religion or teacher of their beliefs.
Buddhism or any other religion teaches us respect, compassion and love for others , why be rude then. All religions, cultures and beliefs deserves the amount of respect even they are different from our own. Religious freedom is a fundamental human right of every person.
I do think, its important for practitioners to practice the dharma than spending time to police other people.
There is no policing others sadhana, it won’t lead us towards enlightenment at all. I think it is so important to have respect even for our enemies, to respect another sentient being is respecting ourselves. Respecting others is respecting ourselves.
We should fulfil the will of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for an autonomous Tibetan state.
Dear friends,
This meme is powerful. Who you hang around with and the types of attitude they have is who you will be influenced by many times and who you will become in the future. Look at your friends and the people that always surround you to know who you will become.
Tsem Rinpoche
Recently Beng Kooi and Martin on behalf of myself and Kechara was lucky to have audience with His Holiness Gaden Trisur Rinpoche Jetsun Lungrik Namgyal of Gaden Shartse Monastery. He lives in around Paris, France. His Holiness is 91 years old and very healthy and alert. He was the 101st throne holder for Tsongkapa and was the head of the Gelugpa school of Buddhism and was very successful during his tenure. He is a strong practitioner of both Sutra and Tantra of Je Tsongkapa’s tradition and a master of all Buddhist knowledge. He holds steadfast to his protector Dorje Shugden very strongly. So we can see even the highest throneholders who are masters of Sutra and Tantra also practices Dorje Shugden knowing the benefits.
Beng Kooi and Martin brought photo albums of Kechara Forest Retreat/Kechara and updates on Kechara and our works. His Holiness was very pleased to listen and offered some gifts back.
This is a beautiful picture and the great blessings bestowed on us from His Holiness Gaden Trisur Rinpoche Jetsun Lungrik Namgyal.
Humbly,
Tsem Rinpoche
From young we taught to respect others religions and believes. Respect others respect ourself. In Malaysia education teach us democratic and harmony as we are multi races and religions country. Why need to create disharmony and rude to others? As Rinpoche said he is post on his page, is his FB/social media accounts. If others dont like to see the feed on his account, can just hide it/unfriend etc. There is no point to being rude to our guru Rinpoche
I love what H.E. Tsem Rinpoche wrote here. What is written by Rinpoche here is in accord with the spirit of Buddhism. If we truly follow the Buddha’s teaching we should respect others in their religious beliefs. We should not attack and demean others just because their religious beliefs are different from yours and do so in every social media platform of others with vulgarity and might. We are in the 21st century and a progressive society with freedom to speech and religion. Please do not create disharmony but be respectful of each other and be friends. What do you gain by being rude?
No one should be disparage for their religious faith and it takes great courage to defend what we believe it. Faith is developed from practice of the religion you have chosen and no one similar experience is gained by everyone except that in practising the religion, one gets to be happier and at peace with self.
Such is the logic behind respecting each others’ religious faith, remembering there are constitutional rights of religious freedom.
H.E the 25th Tsem Rinpoche has shared the benefits of propitiation of Dorje Shugden and many have benefitted from this practice with me being one of the many.
It is saddening to see the abuse thrown at Rinpoche and I greatly admire His compassionate loving kindness to continue to do so.
May Rinpoche’s teachings flow in 10 directions to benefit many who are suffering in silence.
Dorje Shugden practitioners have been abused, maligned and degraded over the last 20 years. These abuses were primarily caused by certain individuals or political organization who sees themselves as carrying out a crusade to wipe out a practice that in their narrow minded view should not be allowed to propitiate.
But in the first place, who are they to condemn or dictate the spiritual beliefs of any individuals – just because the DS practitioners are not heeding their politically motivated views? I find this totally unacceptable and defies logic. There is universal freedom to worship and each human is entitled to his/ her own choice of spiritual practice. It is even more absurd and downright total disrespect for individuals to invade the privacy of their blogs, or social media avenues to condemn, abuse, cast vulgarities and swear. What kind of behavior is this?
Certainly this type of behavior reflects very, very badly on themselves and definitely on their leader or Guru. No Guru who is on the Dharma path would teach his students to go over someone else’s turf to hurl abuse, condemn, curse and swear just because what they practice does not equal to their practice. I find this totally absurd and taking away the individual’s right to worship or practice a religion.
Please stop all these abuses, swearing, name calling, virtual stalking, threats, etc. to immediately stop.
Lum Kok Luen
Great message every Tibetan especially must read!
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing your points of view and continue to protect many Dorje Shugden’s practitioners who have become the object of discrimination, abuse, attack and hatred because of the ban of Dorje Shugden’s practice. Since I have started to practice Dorje Shugden for more than 2 years, I do not see I have moved backwards in terms of spirituality but always wanted to learn and practice more Buddhadharma, and share from what I have learnt with many people as time goes by. Dorje Shugden has helped my Dharma siblings, friends, family and me when we needed help and support the most for Dharma works as well as during the emergency.
Religion practice is very personal for every individual and all religions should be respected without being labelled as bad religion. According to the definition of religion provided by Wikipedia, “religions have sacred histories and narratives, which may be preserved in sacred scriptures, and symbols and holy places that aim mostly to give a meaning to life”. When we study the history of Dorje Shugden and Dorje Shugden’s practice and iconography, we will come to conclusions that Dorje Shugden is an enlightened Dharma Protector who will lead and guide the practitioners to engage with Buddadharma practice towards liberation from samsara and achieving attainments towards enlightenment. As such, Dorje Shugden’s practice fit into the context of aiming to give meanings to life not only for humans, but for all sentient beings in the 6 realms because Dorje Shugden is the nearest Dharma Protector of our time compared to other Dharma Protectors such as Palden Lhamo, Mahakala and Lord Setrap.
In short, for someone who have insulted and put down on other’s religion practice is totally inappropriate and not justifiable in both spiritual and secular aspects. May H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama lift the ban of Dorje Shugden as soon as possible to stop the discrimination and sufferings endured by many Dorje Shugden’s practitioners. No living beings including Dorje Shugden’s practitioners shall be abused, discriminated or attacked because of one’s religion practice that is not unlawful but sincere to practice Buddhadharma.
Humbly with folded hands,
kin hoe
These haters want to claim freedom of speech to hate other on other people’s website but they themselves, by their actions do not allow freedom of speech for others. How ironic!
These rude comments will not stop and hence why should I stop requesting His Holiness for Dorje Shugden ban being lifted formally.
Dorje Shugden has been maligned and demonized by the Tibetan leaderships’s smear campaigns for 20 years. However, when some one actually looks into the allegations against the Protector and examine what the practice is all about, they see the goodness of Dorje Shugden clearly. This comment by ‘Suzy in Hawaii’ is yet another indication that despite all efforts, the anti-Shugden offensive has failed. . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl-4lIwxph4&t=11s
It’s really sad to see or witness war among humans due to differences in spiritual practice.As a Buddhism we are thought to be humble, polite and respect on each other opinions and thinking.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing the story of Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen. I’m getting more knowledge of my dharma protector and my root guru kind intention. May Shugden ban lift ASAP. Less people suffer, more people live in peace and harmony.
I hope you anti Shugden people will stop all these nonsense nasty attack on us. You have no right to go to other people’s blog and other social media platform to harrass others on their spiritual practice. it is a personal thing and we have our religious rights and freedom to practice what we like.Thank you very much.
Trode Khangsar Chapel in Lhasa, TibetOver 400 years ago a great and learned lama Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen was famed in Mongolia, Tibet, Nepal and China for being very saintly and compassionate. He resided in his residence (Zimkhang Gongma Ladrang) in Drepung Monastery. His root guru was H.H. the Omniscient 4th Panchen Lama and his close dharma brother was the 5th Dalai Lama.
The 5th Dalai Lama and Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen had a very close and dharmic relationship and often went to receive teachings together from the 4th Panchen Lama. They were close in age. They both became very learned and well known. During this time, the Dalai Lama was enthroned as a Dharma King of Tibet. But more people went to see Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen for teachings, initiations and divinations. This made the attendants of the 5th Dalai Lama feel threatened that Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen’s fame might usurp the power of the 5th Dalai Lama. So they had a khata forced down his throat. At that moment, Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen dissolved his psychic winds and generated the wish to be a great guardian of Buddha and Tsongkapa’s teachings. As his consciousness dissolved, he entered ‘bardo’ as a dharma protector of the highest order (jikten depey sungma). Many signs were seen throughout Lhasa at this time and the earth was said to have shaken in Lhasa. This event was already predicted to Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen’s previous incarnation when he was one of the 8 main disciples of Lord Tsongkapa the Supreme Master and he served Tsongkapa directly by building Gaden Monastery.
When the 5th Dalai Lama heard what his scheming and power-hungry attendants had done, he was very distressed. He was very sorry Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen was murdered and dishonored as he was a great dharma master. The 5th Dalai Lama composed an apology to Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen. In Lhasa, tens of thousands gathered for the cremation of Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen’s holy body. During the cremation, the 5th Dalai Lama’s apology was read out at which flames spontaneously arose from the body of Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen commencing the cremation. From the body, during cremation, a powerful whirlwind of smoke tunneled into the sky for all to see as this was an indication Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen’s consciousness has arisen as the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. The Dharma Protector Setrap immediately recognized this new protector Dorje Shugden and ‘enthroned’ him as a powerful Dharma Protector in the realm of the Buddhas. From this, Setrap and Dorje Shugden are closely connected and very close working hand in hand always. After the cremation, the great 5th Dalai Lama built a Dorje Shugden chapel on the spot the cremation took place and named it Trode Khangsar. The 5th Dalai Lama commissioned the statue of Dorje Shugden in this chapel and had monks installed in the chapel to do continuous propitiations to Dorje Shugden. Trode Khangsar Chapel was a commemoration to Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen who was wronged and also a celebration of his consciousness arising as the World Peace Peace Protector Dorje Shugden.
This Trode Khangsar Chapel still exists now in Lhasa where many make pilgrimages there. It is in good condition and was recently renovated. It is over 400 years old and a testimony to the respect the Great 5th Dalai Lama had to Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen who arose as Dorje Shugden.
I have visited this holy chapel in Lhasa years back. I’ve never heard of it till I was in Lhasa and by chance, I was told about it which I was happy to visit. I could not find the place but strangely a bunch of pilgrims from Amdo told me they would show me how to get there in Lhasa.
This short video is a short clip of this holy Trode Khangsar Chapel in Lhasa today commemorating Dorje Shugden, built by the great 5th Dalai Lama. The great 5th Dalai Lama even composed a prayer to Dorje Shugden which is still available today and we can recite to invoke the blessings, protection, and assistance of World Peace Protector Dorje Shugden.
Tsem Rinpoche
Read more: Trode Khangsar – A 400-year-old Dorje Shugden Chapel in Lhasa
https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/dorje-shugden/trode-khangsar-%E2%80%93-a-400-year-old-dorje-shugden-chapel-in-lhasa.html
Short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTybDwTeLAM
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The 5th Dalai Lama’s Prayer to Dorje ShugdenHUM
Though unmoving from the sphere of primordial spontaneity,
With wrathful turbulent power, swifter than lightning,
Endowed with heroic courage to judge good and bad,
I invite you with faith, please come to this place!
Robes of a monk, crown adorned with rhinoceros leather hat,
Right hand holds ornate club, left holds a human heart,
Riding various mounts such as nagas and garudas,
Who subdues the mamos of the charnel grounds, praise to you!
Samaya substances, offerings and torma, outer, inner and secret,
Favourite visual offerings and various objects are arranged.
Although, previously, my wishes were a bit dense,
Do not stop your powerful apparitions, I reveal and confess!
Now respectfully praising with body, speech, and mind,
For us, the masters, disciples, benefactors and entourages,
Provide the good and avert the bad!
Bring increase like the waxing moon in spiritual and temporal realms!
Moreover, swiftly accomplishing all wishes,
According to our prayers, bestow the supreme effortlessly!
And like the jewel that bestows all wishes,
Always protect us with the Three Jewels!
From: http://www.dorjeshugden.org/practice/the-5th-dalai-lamas-prayer-to-dorje-shugden
Tibetan prayer from: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/dorje-shugden/the-14th-dalai-lamas-prayer-to-dorje-shugden.html
Nice to know Patricia Snodgrass, Wong Kok Chung (Joey Wong) and Carol McQuire are in contact. All those nasties on Tsem Rinpoche, guess now we know who directed Carol and her “friends”‘s attention to him with all those fake stories. The violence and vulgarities against Tsem Rinpoche, now there’s proof who was the source of it.
Carol McQuire and Linda Ciardiello I guess just can’t help themselves but these cartoons were a totally great use of Linda’s artistic skills.
Perfect, just perfect! Carol McQuire and Linda Ciardiello’s new works totally fit in with this rudeness theme!
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Thank you for having the strength, courage and genuine care to stand up and speak peacefully for what you believe in. No one should ever suffer, be segregated, assaulted, hurt, degraded, belittled, cursed, hated and biased for their religious beliefs. No one should advise anyone against any religious belief. If we want to find people who hate a certain religion, we can find plenty. If we want to find people who like a certain religion or form of spirituality, there will be plenty. In the end who is right and wrong? Which religion is right or wrong. All or some or none? Therefore it is more logical to respect all religions, all faiths and all forms of spirituality. In history many have exploited religion for selfish purposes and many have not. As long as I have not, that is all that matters. I cannot and will not speak for others of my faith and what their motive is, but I know my motive. No one and no leader and no religious leader should ever hurt, segregate or speak against another religion. Time for peace. Time for harmony. Time for respect. Time to look beyond mine/your religion and be kind. Be kind to everyone. Never put anyone down because of their religion.
Humbly,
Tsem Rinpoche.
P.S. I wish very much the people from His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s views/side and people from the side of Dorje Shugden practitioners meet very soon. May they meet in peace, with kindness in the hearts and good motivation to solve this issue once and for all. We have to solve this through peaceful dialogue. I never protested against His Holiness Dalai Lama nor spoke harshly against his views ever. I have always respected his and everyone’s views. We all have to live on this earth together. You will not accept my way of spirituality and I will not accept your’s and that is okay. But we must respect each other’s spiritual faith and NEVER criticize or advise against it. We must respect also what we don’t accept. Everyone has their way. Advising against another’s religion/faith/spirituality creates so much disharmony. No more disharmony. It’s been 19 years since the ban against Dorje Shugden started. It must end please. We have so many things to argue about in this world, let’s make one less conflict. I wish this conflict to end peacefully soon. I wish His Holiness the Dalai Lama and supporters can open channels of communication and solve this issue soon. Peaceful dialogue please and soon. Thank you.
I really agree with Rinpoche every much.Religious freedom and what our practice is not others concern if we are not bringing harming any one with our practice. If one or two harms others from their practice , should not blame or criticize or harm all the other innocent practitioners.
I very much agree with what Rinpoche has written. I have seen a lot of my fellow Dorje Shugden practitioners who has been criticized, opposed, scolded with vulgar words and treated with no respect at all just because they are Dorje Shugden practitioners. Besides, why would some people criticized another’s practice/religious because they are unhappy with it? Is that what you call Religious Freedom? I don’t think so.
Yes, Rinpoche has every right to talk about Dorje Shugden on Rinpoche’s blog because it is owned by Rinpoche and it is a blog about sharing Dharma. So.. what rights do these people have to come and post those nasty comments? Like the other time when we talked about a practice in India which is called the Aghoris and they consume animal and human carcasses and sometimes they even meditate on human dead body, what is weird that is their people do not even talk bad about it or start opposing it and here we Dorje Shugden practitioners are, why are we getting verbally attacked by these people for doing no harm to the any sentient at all? Is this even fair?
And most importantly, what bugs me the most is that a lot of people who go against us are people who do not understand anything about Dorje Shugden’s practice and story but yet they do it is because they normally assumed and judge Dorje Shugden’s practice only from what they have heard or read about. I really really wished from the depths of my heart that the ban will be lifted soon so that less people would criticize about what we are doing and many more people will practice Dorje Shugden.
A blog is a very personal space for one to share his interests, like and dislike, religion and other things. A blogger would welcome words of encouragement and friendly debate, but definitely not vulgar or offensive message. No one would like a stranger to come into your space and in a very rude manner tell you what you are doing is wrong. If do not like the post by the blogger, just leave silently or do not come back in the future. Show some respect for others that have different practice or opinion.
All religions promote peace, happiness and mind transformation for us to be better in the future. Leaving negative, vulgar or offensive comments in others blog is something opposite to what all religions are promoting. Our act will not only reflect about ourself, it also reflect who our teacher is and what our teacher taught us. So think twice before we act, do not bring shame to ourself and also to our teacher. If we want to check whether our action is right or wrong, we only need to ask ourself 1 question, will Buddha do this, say like this or act in such a way? If the answer is no, then we are 100% wrong. STOP it.
I hope those anti Dorje Shugden people can leave my Guru alone, do not disturb his mind, do not waste his time to defend our practice and seeking for a dialogue to lift the ban. My Guru has more important things to do.
We have our right to do the practice of our choice. As a Dorje Shugden practitioner, we only ask for a dialogue to settle the issue peacefully. Lift the ban for us to practice freely and in harmony with others.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this information with us, is very illogical when you read what this people write because I believe they all are spiritual practitioner whether what religion they are the main thing they should practice is kindness and love if they criticising others religion or believe I think is very wrong and will eventually discourage others to be spiritual.
At the end of it.. It just boils down to respect towards one another, and choosing whether to leave derogatory remarks or not. Or simply just ignoring posts that seems unpleasant to the reader.
There is no need to target the writer. Freedom of speech. Freedom of space.
Religion should lead to Peace, let us all be agents of Peace and harmony. I remember Rinpoche once said, “Whatever religion others are, we must respect. We must not think of harming them or their beliefs. Their beliefs are what make them who they are. Everyone has the right to be who they are”. As a point for thought, we all have to live on this planet together, where no one religion and/or, belief can cover the minds of all beings in this Planet. Having a variety is a norm and said to be useful. To disparage other’s religion or belisf, can create great upheavels within families, neighbours, cities, countries, friends and the World too! Actually religion can be used to create so much peace and goodwill if we practice each religion and develop the inner peace it is meant for, which is said to lead to outer Peace. Our Rinpoche has also taught that, religion shouldn’t be used selfishly to further one’s own endeavours, or goals indiscriminately. The true goal of a religious practitioner shouldn’t be using others conveniently to get to heaven. Their goal should be to create a “Heaven” on earth by tolerance, kindness and living in peace with better understanding to help and take care of others. Many may accept a heaven after death, and some don’t. But we all have a life to live now, and this life is very important and precious – once it’s lost, many opportunities will be lost too. So all respective religions and its followers should promote respect, tolerance and a geniune concern for each other, be they humans, animals and the environment. As always, the defining feature of a spiritual practitioner should always be compassion and acceptance – this defining cultivation of good qualities for religion will make our lives lived in peace and thus lead us to a heaven in the after life, if we choose to believe. The World is not perfect and neither are we. Together, however, we can solve whatever problems we have. To do this we must all strive for the same goal and consciously work towards achieving it. Om Mani Padme Hung.
Dear Rinpoche,
It is nice to see that there are people who have the sense and logic to be respectful and neutral in this vast sea of hate. 🙂 I am really grateful to Mr. Robert Anderson. 🙂 Thank you, sir, for sharing your thoughts on the hate spread in the Shugden issue. If more people were to be like Mr. Robert Anderson, who respects what others believe in as well as what he believes in, the world would be a less dramatic and much happier place.
I hope more people like Mr. Anderson will surface.
Your humble student,
Keng Hwa.
Thank you Rinpoche for your kind reminder on tolerance and respecting others in terms of views and beliefs. We are living in a modern democratic society.
We have the rights to express ourselves or choose a religion that is suitable to our lifestyle.But, all these should be done with serious consideration as not to seek conflict or create harms to others in the society.
Almost all religion would place love,harmony,compassion, generosity and tolerance as a base.If they truly understand these then multiracial or multi religious society would certainly find peace and joy in their co existence. Benefiting each other to enable them to develop and grow ( politically or financially ) .
This post is very good and I agree with it completely. It is not just on social media that this hate can occur because of difference. Whenever people are not the same on a topic or opinion they lash out at each other. This is so wrong because if there is a disagreement then there is no need to have hatred and harm to others, just do not follow that way if it doesn’t suit you. If different arguments disagree directly then you can stand up for it properly and without need for harm like a formal protest such as in the old days of Martin Luthor King Jr. There is no need for harm and a fight.
In this Dorje Shugden situation, it is so sad how all Shugden people get attacked physically and through the internet. Although I am talking about how disagreements are and how it can start things like this. I feel that this is the base to all disagreements and how it connects to this post is like that. So I feel like this is something else to connect to this post. It is because of disagreements not taken correctly. There is no need for harm and hate. There is no need for fighting, I feel so sad to hear that Shugden people are attacked because of difference. This should not be here in today’s society and it is so wrong and immature almost. Why is there a need to be so rude like how Rinpoche said. I hope this comment can be related to this post like how I thought of it. I am sorry if this comment is not good or doesn’t relate enough. So I am trying to say that all this is caused by an extremely bad approach by the non Shugden people for a situation that is not agreeing with them. Also freedom of speech is not a right to hate and insult. It is just a right to say your thought and your beliefs and feeling. So that is abused and can cause things like this Shugden hate.
Freedom of speech comes with responsibility. The responsibility is to respect others’ right to freedom of speech and choice of religion. When individuals violate this basic right by invading the space of another and use rude incisive language to insult another about his choice of spiritual practice, in his social media space, this is tantamount to an offence because it hurts. If we wish not to be hurt, we should not hurt others by going into their space.This is especially so, when , in this case, our Guru Tsem Rinpoche himself has never gone into another’s space , nor criticize another in a negative and insulting manner.
Actually, what is freedom of speech? If we think freedom of speech gives us the right to speak or write hatefully, cruelly, with judgment, disrespect, and intolerance, we destroy the causes to be in a place where freedom of speech is valued and protected. In other words, only kind and careful speech guarantees freedom. We destroy the causes of freedom of any kind through acting out afflictions. The unique causes of freedom of speech are not governments that “guarantee” it, but having practiced pure, kind, respectful and non-harming speech/writing in the past. Claiming one’s right to freedom of speech while spewing vitriol or falsehood about anything or anyone is a guaranteed method to be forced to perceive oneself in a place where expression will be violently suppressed or denied.
Dear Anti-Dorje-shugden people,
You said
there is no ban, yet
segregation is practiced
Teachings, service & treatment are denied
You said
we have freedom, yet
we’re not to reveal our practice
even on our own social media platform
You said, proudly
you’re followers of HHDL, yet
you’re showing no restraints
to control your body, speech & mind
You screamed
for freedom of speech, yet
you trolled over & violated ours
why the double standards?
You demanded
to be left alone, yet
you tagged us on tweets,
comment on our walls with profanity.
harassment is rampant
discrimination is obvious
where is your compassion?
where is our freedom?
Dear Venerable Rinpoche,
thanks for informing us. It is very sad that the T.G. in Exile, is to put Dorje Shugden worhippers in the pillory. I think the Government should take care for all of the ppl. and ensure religios freedom for all as well.
Although Mr. Robert Anderson’s comment is precise and to the point, I wish to thank HE Tsem Rinpoche for being so kind to explain exactly how we should behave in a manner that is befitting to all who agrees or disagrees on whatever issues at hand.
Sad that HE Tsem Rinpoche and his students are attacked and insulted for their singular belief and faith in Dorje Shugden. The question is do Kechara also differ in their faith in the Holy Dharma and the doctrine of Je Tsongkapa? The answer is no, we are students of Je Tsongkapa’s doctrine.
Please have respect to our rights.