59 Responses to How shall I hate you today?

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   Samfoonheei on Aug 25, 2019 at 8:05 pm

   Due to the unethical ban on Dorje Shugden practice, Dorje Shugden practitioners, non practitioners and many more had suffered mentally , abuses , discriminations , violence, public services denied and so forth. Sadly all because of the Tibetan leadership , families were torn apart, monasteries divided . The Tibetan Leadership has mixed politics with religion . Should not have happened.
   With all these simple memes , hopeful more people will get a better understand and truth of this Dorje Shugden controversy.
   Thank you Rinpoche for this sharing. May the Dorje Shugden ‘s ban will be lifted soon.

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   Pastor Shin Tan on Dec 10, 2018 at 12:23 pm

   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

   
   

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   Tsem Rinpoche on Nov 26, 2018 at 1:50 pm

   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

   更多关于第十四世达赖尊者和多杰雄登护法的内容 — https://bit.ly/2r4aaDN

   第五世达赖尊者为多杰雄登护法在拉萨建造的护法殿（布旦康萨）— https://bit.ly/2zBTd8M

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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   Tsem Rinpoche on Nov 23, 2018 at 6:57 am

   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

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   Joy Kam on Sep 20, 2018 at 2:58 am

   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

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   Joy Kam on Sep 15, 2018 at 12:51 am

   Many come to Kechara Forest Retreat in Bentong, Malaysia to make offerings and prayers to the increase form of Dorje Shugden who appears like a prince and rides on a golden horse. Many report having their wishes fulfilled and return many times. Am happy to see this. Tsem Rinpoche

   You can learn more about this form of Dorje Shugden here: https://bit.ly/2wxQyes

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   See video of this chapel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEK35F_O5Hg

   

   

   

   

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   Pastor Adeline Woon on Sep 9, 2018 at 6:07 pm

   COMPASSION at its best: His Holiness the Dalai Lama explained in Ladakh, 31 July 2018:

   “Usually at the beginning of an empowerment there is a ritual to drive away interferences. But I no longer feel it’s consistent to regard some beings as evil forces. At the start of each day I cultivate altruism, but in the evening we say, ‘May the evil forces be driven away.’ There seems to be a contradiction here that I’m no longer keen to comply with. I’m not highly realized, but I have great confidence in the power of Bodhichitta.”
   
   Source: https://bit.ly/2wVsqSb

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   This latest statement by His Holiness the Dalai Lama is excellent. I fully believe in his compassion and I hope he will fully implement it.

   All negative beings take rebirth with negative minds due to deep attachments. The attachments result in negative states of rebirth and angry minds that carry out harmful actions, like spirits or hungry ghosts who can be very bothersome because they are very angry as they died in the state of attachment in their former rebirths.

   Indeed we need to generate compassion towards these beings, especially the formless type, as it would be the best remedy to stop their harm. We can recite mantras with love and bless them with it. While reciting prayers, we can meditate on them being at peace. When we generate compassion towards these harmful interferences of the formless type, many of them will calm down and stop their harm and even go away. Some of them, you can talk to them and subdue their harm and they will stop harming completely if they feel your love. That is how you can help them.

   Many high masters of India and Tibet generated great compassion towards certain ghosts, spirits or interferers and subdued them in this manner and even made them into protectors of regions. I’ve witnessed this with one of my lamas where he subdued a female spirit that crossed over the Himalayas. After making the spirit promise it will not harm others, my lama gave the spirit a drink to seal the promise.

   Since the Dalai Lama has manifested saying Dorje Shugden is negative (although many high lamas disagree), then he can apply this method to Dorje Shugden. He can ‘subdue’ Dorje Shugden by generating tremendous love, prayers and talking nice to Dorje Shugden who will be ‘subdued’. Then people are henceforth ‘free’ to practice Dorje Shugden without more discrimination, segregation and being called degrading names for practicing this protector.

   Give peace a chance. His Holiness the Dalai Lama can generate great love towards Dorje Shugden and all the hundreds of thousands of Dorje Shugden practitioners that love the Dalai Lama and miss him like I do. May His Holiness the Dalai Lama bring peace and heal the rift with Dorje Shugden practitioners.

   May His Holiness live very long and always be healthy,
   Tsem Rinpoche
   https://www.tsemrinpoche.com

   Reading- https://bit.ly/2wWQGUh

   

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   Beatrix Ooi on Aug 10, 2018 at 5:25 am

   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

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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   Yee Yin on Aug 8, 2018 at 11:01 pm

   Before Tsem Rinpoche made known to the public he is a Dorje Shugden practitioner, he had many friends. As soon as these friends know Tsem Rinpoche is practicing Dorje Shugden, they decided to cut off their connection with Tsem Rinpoche. This is what Dorje Shugden ban does to friends, they separated because the CTA says no one should befriend Dorje Shugden practitioners.

   It is very bad because the ban makes people judge someone by his faith. No one should be judged by the religion they follow, it is their personal choice. They should not be defined by their faith. We have to look at a person as who they are, not by their faith. If you look at how much Tsem Rinpoche has done to benefit others, you would praise him for the good works he has done, especially the charity arm Kechara Soup Kitchen. So how can he suddenly become evil because he practice Dorje Shugden?

   If you have followed Tsem Rinpoche’s Facebook page, so many Tibetans, Bhutanese wrote on his wall some very nasty comments, calling Tsem Rinpoche names. These people don’t even know Tsem Rinpoche personally to give such comments. When you try to explain to them, they refuse to listen and just keep swearing. This is how harmful Dorje Shugden ban is, it separates friends and family and create tension between people.

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    Pastor Adeline Woon on Aug 4, 2018 at 3:24 am

    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

    

    

    

    

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    Yee Yin on Aug 2, 2018 at 6:06 am

    It is very sad to see how Tsem Rinpoche’s friends just decided to cut their connection with Tsem Rinpoche because Tsem Rinpoche practices Dorje Shugden. These people judge Tsem Rinpoche by his faith, they don’t want to look at him as a person. As a person, Tsem Rinpoche is very kind, he has helped so many people, most are people he doesn’t know personally. Not only he helps people, he helps animals too. It is so stupid to let go of a friend like Tsem Rinpoche.

    This is what Tibetan leadership (CTA) and the Dorje Shugden ban do to people. Many families and friends are separated. Before the ban was imposed, the monks of Shar Gaden and Serpom used to live in the monasteries with many others who didn’t practice Dorje Shugden, there was no issue. When the ban was imposed, the monks who still wanted to practice Dorje Shugden was expelled from the monasteries, no one wanted to be associated with them, those used to be friends suddenly became strangers. There was no unity within the Tibetan community ever since then.

    Tsem Rinpoche has seen so many people suffer because of the ban, therefore he speaks up. He has given us so much information about the background of the ban, the negative impact it has on the Gelug lineage, the Tibetan community, etc. Most importantly, he has explained to us logically who Dorje Shugden really is and why the ban is unlawful. Thank you.

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    Joy Kam on Aug 2, 2018 at 3:33 am

    Dear Kecharians and friends,

    Last night, I gave a teaching to a group of people who were in Kechara Forest Retreat. I shared with them the correct way to pray for our loved ones and why we shouldn’t “demand” Dorje Shugden with fulfilling our wishes but let Dorje Shugden decide what is the best outcome. He has infinite Manjushri wisdom beyond our own and we should trust this wisdom. Sometimes what we pray for is not what should be fulfilled. Sometimes what we don’t want turns out to be the better result in the future.

    I also shared with them about a beautiful monk, Tsawa Pulthok Rinpoche, who was jailed and badly tortured by the soldiers for 19 years, starting back in 1959 in Lhasa, and yet he has no anger towards his torturers. He was released and had resettled in Nepal where I met him. For the remainder of his life, he spent his time in meditation, retreats and pujas for the public until he passed. He was glowing, happy and very proud of the fact he was a student of His Holiness Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, which he told me when we met. He did full meditations on Vajra Yogini and short puja to Dorje Shugden daily in his small room in Kathmandu, Nepal where I had to honor to join in his prayers. He told me he was very happy to have his room to do his meditations, pujas and prayers openly. Whatever happened to him, he accepted as part of his karma and he spent much time in prison meditating and quietly teaching dharma to his other cellmates. He was very much respected in prison in Lhasa because he never showed anger, always meditated and consoled others, giving them great strength. He endured much hardship, torture and beatings but he never lost his monk vows. His full understanding of karma helped him not feel any anger or bitterness towards the soldiers. He told me that daily, he would meditate that the karma of others in prison would come to him. That all the torture and abuse he received was so others in prison did not have to suffer this. He said suffering for others was what kept him going and made him be able to endure the pain.

    We are not bound by our experiences. We are bound by our choice. I also reminded those were present about the good person inside each and every one of us, and how we should not “bury” this good person with our excuses because the more excuses we give, the deeper this good person is buried and soon the layers of excuses will make it very difficult for us to find this good person. We are all beautiful good people and we should not let it get lost by lying, laziness, lack of integrity and procrastination. We all have a choice. If we have to make excuses, we should choose to make excuses to be a winner. When we win, we make ourselves happy and those around us happy.

    The teaching session went well and it was spontaneous, and I requested the people who live and work in and around Kechara Forest Retreat for the talk. We had some good laughs to during the talk.

    Thank you,
    Tsem Rinpoche

    ‘If we trust in karma which exists, then there is no reason for anger’.
    ~ Tsawa Pulthok Rinpoche

    

    

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    Made in Japan on Jul 30, 2018 at 7:55 am

    “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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    Valentina Suhendra on Jul 30, 2018 at 4:47 am

    This elderly & innocent monk in India was brutally attacked, find out why. Shocking – https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=163953

    

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    Pastor Adeline Woon on Jul 29, 2018 at 2:06 am

    DON’T MISS THIS! FANTASTIC NEW GREAT STUFF! High quality videos redressing the misinformation about Dorje Shugden practice and people and the current sad Tibetan situation and why they are losing ground in the world. Powerful and truthful – CLEAR VIDEOS – https://bit.ly/2LJbo35

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    Pastor Adeline Woon on Jul 28, 2018 at 6:04 am

    Nice short video of a new LED signage reminding us of who we can go to for blessings in case of need: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBwrkaKUoH0

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    Joy Kam on Jul 26, 2018 at 3:18 am

    Listening to the chanting of sacred words, melodies, mantras, sutras and prayers has a very powerful healing effect on our outer and inner environments. It clears the chakras, spiritual toxins, the paths where our ‘chi’ travels within our bodies for health as well as for clearing the mind. It is soothing and relaxing but at the same time invigorates us with positive energy. The sacred sounds invite positive beings to inhabit our environment, expels negative beings and brings the sound of growth to the land, animals, water and plants. Sacred chants bless all living beings on our land as well as inanimate objects. Do download and play while in traffic to relax, when you are about to sleep, during meditation, during stress or just anytime. Great to play for animals and children. Share with friends the blessing of a full Dorje Shugden puja performed at Kechara Forest Retreat by our puja department for the benefit of others. Tsem Rinpoche

    Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbzgskLKxT8&t=5821s

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    Valentina Suhendra on Jul 25, 2018 at 3:04 am

    Amazing post!!!!!

    Dear friends, For months we have been working on this BEAUTIFUL and meaningful mural in Kathmandu, Nepal. Please click here to enjoy the many stunning pictures of this mural: https://bit.ly/2LgOj8J

    Tsem Rinpoche

    

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    Pastor Adeline Woon on Jul 25, 2018 at 1:59 am

    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

    

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    Joy Kam on Jul 20, 2018 at 10:15 pm

    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.

    

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    Pastor Adeline Woon on Jul 20, 2018 at 9:48 pm

    Here we see a Bhutanese woman confirming that His Holiness the 4th Zhabdrung Rinpoche wrote prayers to Dorje Shugden. At first people did not believe that Zhabdrung Rinpoche actually composed the prayers, but people went to check with their monastic authorities, and they confirmed that the prayers were real. Before this, she had vehemently said that there were no such prayers and that she would go to check and then prove that the prayers were false. She must have gone to check and ask about Zhabdrung Rinpoche’s prayers to Dorje Shugden. As we said, the prayers are real but she still cannot accept the fact, even with all the proof.

    Some Bhutanese feel like they cannot openly acknowledge that the article on Zhabdrung Rinpoche’s composition of prayers to Dorje Shugden is true, because it would mean that the Je Khenpo and Bhutanese sold and betrayed their own lineage. So even though they now admit that they prayers are real, they keep saying that he is just a minor deity and in any case, the Je Khenpo banned the practice. But if Dorje Shugden was just a minor deity, why would both Zhabdrung Rinpoche and Drubwang Tenzin Zangpo have composed such extensive prayers to Dorje Shugden? If Bhutan’s founding fathers like Zhabdrung Rinpoche promoted the practice of Dorje Shugden, why is someone like the Je Khenpo, whose position was originally created by the 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, banning the practice? Why do they want to go against what Zhabdrung Rinpoche did? If they do that, why do not they ban the entire country of Bhutan, because he founded that too.

    They also claim that thangkas of Zhabdrung Rinpoche with Dorje Shugden are fake. However, there is no such thing as a fake thangka, because when someone has faith, they commission it, place it on their shrine and accept it. How can a thangka be fake when it has been individually commissioned? There is no rule or guideline what someone can or cannot put on a thangka. It is up to a person’s personal choice. That means there is no such thing as a fake thangka.

    This woman came back on social media and confessed that the prayers are real. Even though she was still shocked, angry and dismayed, she told the truth. She could have kept quiet but she did not. Through all her debates and denials, she still had the honesty to leave a comment and admit that the prayers were real. When people can accept something, even though it may make them uncomfortable or angry, it means that they are practicing the Dharma. Dorje Shugden was practiced by the 4th Zhabdrung, and even though it may be an uncomfortable thought to some, it is clear and proven to be the case.

    The 4th Zhabdrung Rinpoche of Bhutan and Dorje Shugden
    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/the-4th-zhabdrung-rinpoche-of-bhutan-and-dorje-shugden.html

    不丹国第四世夏仲仁波切与多杰雄登
    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/dorje-shugden/the-4th-zhabdrung-rinpoche-of-bhutan-and-dorje-shugden-chinese.html

    འབྲུག་གི་ཞབས་དྲུང་བཞི་པ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་དང་རྡོ་རྗེ་ཤུགས་ལྡན།
    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/the-4th-zhabdrung-rinpoche-of-bhutan-and-dorje-shugden-tibetan.html

    

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    Joy Kam on Jun 28, 2018 at 2:55 am

    How can a nun curse someone they do not even know and wish the person to die quickly and be born in hell? What kind of nun is this? Shocking! What more she’s cursing a Buddhist teacher and a monk?! Is this the face of Bhutanese Buddhist?

    This is so shameful for her as a nun, her teacher, her monastery, her country and her King. A sangha should not behave in such a manner. A Sangha should carry enlightened Buddha’s teachings of compassion and wisdom to benefit all sentient beings.

    A Sangha is not supposed to promote hatred and certainly should not be cursing or wishing another person to die. That wish itself is already breaking one of the vows.
    A Sangha is one of the 3 Jewels, an object of refuge. They should not behave like an uncivilized person with so much hate. This is how bad the Tibetan Leadership has spread their lies and hate about Dorje Shugden and Shugden Buddhist practitioners.

    

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    CindyH on May 23, 2018 at 11:42 pm

    Ultimately, it boils down to a simple question. Where is the religious freedom when one’s religion is policed or persecuted by the governing body? Evidence are aplenty as to such policing, persecution and not to mention discrimination. One very obvious evidence which are quite recent; https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/dorje-shugden/they-said-no.html

    Another very obvious proof, is the daily abuse, harassment, libellous online attacks towards my Guru, His Eminence the 25th Tsem Rinpoche. Such nasty deluded people don’t even bother checking real tangible facts like how my Guru was never disrespectful to His Holiness the Dalai Lama or any anti-Dorje Shugden trolls for that matter. And what about all the good deeds done by my Guru including the giving back to society via predominantly Kechara Soup Kitchen? http://www.kechara.com/soup-kitchen/ .All they care is vilifying and maligning my Guru without just cause only because of my Guru’s steadfast samaya with his Guru and deep faith in his Dharma Protector.

    Religion remains a personal choice and regardless of whether one subscribes or agrees to it or not, no one has the right to impose their religious views on others. Especially if it is a governing body. And especially if such governing body claims to be democratic in nature. So, if the Tibetan leadership are truly serious about being democratic and really about serving Tibetans, then start by not infringing constitutional propriety and start gaining back respectability by lifting the unconstitutional ban on Dorje Shugden. And then work sincerely towards the benefit of Tibetans instead of further segregating its people because of a religious practice.

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    Jacinta Goh on May 23, 2018 at 12:58 am

    In this article, there’s a lot of questions to be answered by those Non Shugden practitioners who always think that they are the only rightful practitioners of Buddhism and none others. It’s time to change that perception.

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    Stella Cheang on May 21, 2018 at 11:18 pm

    It is truly astonishing to see from this ban, how people can act blindly without conscious or justice onto others, just because others have a different belief. The haters did it all – from subtle gestures like isolation and segregation that were done behind the back to blatant discrimination, hate speech and vulgar/rude remarks. Will these actions, speech and thoughts make the haters’ guru proud? Are the haters closer to enlightenment by doing these actions and speech? How much more suffering and divide does the community have to go through before His Holiness decree to lift the ban? I sincerely pray that the ban will be lifted soon, because only through peace and harmony can a community prosper, and the religion they represent, flourish. Thank you for this sharing.

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    Valentina Suhendra on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:30 pm

    In this video, a nice couple is being targeted and attacked just because they are pagan faith. They are Wiccan and the nice lady is a practising elemental witch, but they are being perceived to be bad people and hurting children, although none of that is true and they are being attacked for their faith. This is also another example of what Dorje Shugden people go through especially in Dharamsala, India because the Tibetan Leadership has put a notice on their official site stating that Shugden practitioners are bad and demon worshippers which is completely untrue. Hence, daily Shugden practitioners are being persecuted and if you are not there in Dharamsala, you get online abuse like what H.E. Tsem Rinpoche receives daily as well as myself and other Kecharians who are openly practising what our Guru gave us.

    Is this kind of discrimination and violence acceptable in this day and age when there is religious freedom? Why are these people allowed to do this crime? Why is the Tibetan Leadership acting like a dictatorship and attacking others of a different faith? They do it indirectly and encourage this hatred because they do nothing, say nothing and have a page talking against Shugden on their official website. That is a clear indication there is a ban and discrimination against Shugden people.

    https://video.tsemtulku.com/chat-videos/chat-1516798075.mp4

    
    

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    Valentina Suhendra on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:30 pm

    In this video is a police officer being discriminated for his Wiccan religion and he is going to sue the state because he was told it was mandatory for him to attend a Christian gathering. There is supposed to be freedom of religion, so why is it okay for a group of people to force other people to join, pray and believe their religion? And what gives them the authority to tell people what to believe or not to believe in? This is a dictatorship type of leadership, not a democratic one at all. And this is exactly the same question I would like to ask the Tibetan Leadership and those who come on our social media wall to abuse us and call us names and vulgarities because we practice Dorje Shugden. Watch what the guy says in the video.

    https://video.tsemtulku.com/chat-videos/chat-1516798026.mp4

    
    

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    Valentina Suhendra on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:29 pm

    I’ve just attached a video here on a lady reading about “the Persecution of Women in Witchcraft”. It is stated that in the early 16th century there was a mass execution of witchcraft. In the year 1515 in Geneva Switzerland, they burned 500 witches at the stake.In 1526, 1000 witches in Italy were executed. In 1571 witch hunt spreads across France.In total it is estimated from 1500 – 1600, there were 50 – 80,000 suspected witches executed.

    Religious persecution in any way is wrong, look at how many lives were taken because people decide to discriminate on others and persecute them just because they do not follow your belief system. This is exactly what Dorje Shugden practitioners are facing today as well when the Tibetan leadership keeps on harping and silently encouraging their people to discriminate and ostracised Shugden practitioners which we can see from all the above online abuse. Is this okay in this 21st century, is this what H.H. the Dalai Lama advocates – religious tolerance? I think not.

    https://video.tsemtulku.com/chat-videos/chat-1516797992.mp4

    
    

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    Pastor Adeline Woon on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:13 pm

    Everyone has rights to practise what they like. Those who practise witchcraft has their rights to practise but they are not allowed to voice out their concerns, fearing to be treated differently just like most Dorje Shugden people.
    https://video.tsemtulku.com/chat-videos/chat-1516798931.mp4

    
    

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    Pastor Adeline Woon on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:13 pm

    Taken away the rights to purchase items for witchcraft is the same as burning the witch for practising their religion. It is just a manifestation of different types of witch hunt and banning the sale of certain items is the same as stopping them from practising a certain ritual that is the same as taking their rights away. This scenario is the same as what Dorje Shugden people face also.
    https://video.tsemtulku.com/chat-videos/chat-1516798088.mp4

    
    

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    Pastor Adeline Woon on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:13 pm

    This is another proof of discrimination that is similar to Dorje Shugden people. The witchcraft people do not get to purchase their religious practise items online because there is no law that protects their rights on what they can purchase and what not they cannot.
    https://video.tsemtulku.com/chat-videos/chat-1516797979.mp4

    
    

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    Pastor Shin Tan on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:02 pm

    Despite the founding fathers’ effort to give Americans religious freedom, the Wiccans and Pagans are denied their right, such as to have Chaplains to perform ceremonies, receiving books and materials and so on in prison. It is not fair and this is the kind of discrimination Dorje Shugden practitioners faces. Tibetans in exile are supposed to be ruled under democracy, but they are denied their rights of religious freedom. This is not fair.

    https://video.tsemtulku.com/chat-videos/chat-1516797960.mp4

    
    

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    Pastor Shin Tan on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:02 pm

    This is another example of religious discrimination. Wicca was accused to be related to Satan, which is not true. Wiccans are being rejected from being able to participate in the governmental system as they are not a member of the mainstream Judeo-Christian religion.Similarly, Dorje Shugden is accused to be a demon/ evil spirit, and that Shugden practitioners are not allowed to participate in the system – they cannot work in governmental jobs, they are denied travel documents, they are not denied medical treatment, and the members of the public are advised to not be associated with them.

    https://video.tsemtulku.com/chat-videos/chat-1516797909.mp4

    
    

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    Pastor Shin Tan on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:02 pm

    This video shows how Christians in Nigeria face enormous persecution, similar to what Dorje Shugden people are facing.Just like what Bishop Mike Moses said in the video, they are being persecuted “in your own country, your own community”, and that’s worse than being persecuted by others.

    https://video.tsemtulku.com/chat-videos/chat-1516797726.mp4

    
    

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    Valentina Suhendra on Jan 24, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    Pagan man talks about freedom of religion choices

    Religious freedom should be applicable to all including Pagan practitioners and atheists

    https://video.tsemtulku.com/chat-videos/chat-1516796937.mp4

    
    

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      Valentina Suhendra on Jan 24, 2018 at 10:03 pm

      This man’s dilemma is similar to what Dorje Shugden practitioners are experiencing. Even if the Dalai Lama has discouraged Dorje Shugden practice, those who choose to retain their practice should still have the right to do so without being penalized, without being discriminated, abused, attacked and harassed day in day out. Religious Freedom is every human’s right and should be respected, when the Tibetan Leadership stay silent when Shugden practitioners are being attacked, it is clear they condone it. So how can Tibetan Leadership claim to be democratic when they are not and how can they point the finger and blame others for human rights abuse when they do so themselves with their very own people? Illogical, injustice and unacceptable in this day and age!

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    Valentina Suhendra on Jan 24, 2018 at 8:55 pm

    Oklahoma Pagan suffer Discrimination

    A lady witch suffers discrimination after being found out that she is a witch.

    Uploaded: https://video.tsemtulku.com/chat-videos/chat-1516796905.mp4

    
    

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      Valentina Suhendra on Jan 24, 2018 at 10:03 pm

      This is similar to what Dorje Shugden practitioners are experiencing in Tibetan settlements. Once they are found out that they are a Dorje Shugden practitioner, they would be a target for discrimination (e.g., denied service in the public places), some even target attacked. And if you are not in Dharamsala, you will be targeted and attacked online with vulgarities and all kinds of derogatory slurs.

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    Valentina Suhendra on Jan 24, 2018 at 8:55 pm

    Messianic Jews Persecuted

    In 2005, a large number of protestors crashed the Messianic Jews Christmas eve celebration and told them to go back to Gaza.

    https://video.tsemtulku.com/chat-videos/chat-1516796866.mp4

    
    

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      Valentina Suhendra on Jan 24, 2018 at 10:02 pm

      Any form of discrimination is wrong and should be discouraged and stopped. How can we discriminate people base on their religion, just because we dislike their religion? This is pure prejudice and hatred, so how can this be considered good and right for those executing such persecution? And this is exactly the same mentality the Tibetan Leadership has and encourage their people to attack Shugden practitioners. This is the kind of hatred that cause division, war, and suffering. How can one religion claim to be better than the other in the name of “God”? How can this be considered compassion?

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    Valentina Suhendra on Oct 23, 2017 at 12:37 am

    Great message every Tibetan especially must read!

    

    

    

    

    

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    MartinC on Feb 9, 2017 at 6:59 am

    I was pleasantly surprised to read this comment by Suzy on Tsem Rinpoche’s YouTube channel. Suzy clearly is someone who is intelligent and honest enough to see beyond her own prejudice (borne out of old ties) to recognize the goodness of an important Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl-4lIwxph4&t=11s It is refreshing to see more people like Suzy thinking about the Shugden controversy and seeing gaping holes in the reasons the Tibetan leadership proffered for the religious ban.

    

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    Tsem Rinpoche on Sep 15, 2016 at 1:37 am

    Trode Khangsar Chapel in Lhasa, Tibet

    Over 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 Shugden

    HUM
    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

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    Anne Ong on Sep 2, 2016 at 3:37 pm

    Thank you Rinpoche for highlighting the pain and suffering that Rinpoche has been going through for the past 20 years because of an illogical ban that was imposed out of political reasons really pains my heart.
    i sincerely pray and hope that this ban will be lifted as soon as possible so that Rinpoche and other DS practitioners won’t need to go through all the insults,hatred,pain,discrimination,prejudice and stress anymore.I will work harder to social media and spread words for the ban to be lifted soon. _/\_

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    Pastor Adeline on Mar 25, 2016 at 8:25 pm

    Choosing a religious practice shouldn’t bring us harm for religion teaches about peace, love, kindness, acceptance…When one is being attacked due to their religious practice, something is very wrong as it denies the core teachings that all religions share, especially one that has a sound and reliable lineage proven to have benefitted many.

    Rinpoche has started a category dedicated to Dorje Shugden on His blog with one intention to bring benefits to many. It is not easy for one to see from there so much time, efforts and hard work had been invested into writing, researching, editing, publishing those articles to educate the mass, while understanding clearly that the intention is not to harm or mislead anyone. Furthermore, it is impossible for one who has dedicated His life solely for the benefits of others to invest in harming others.

    Knowledge is a very strong power that is given, shared, spread to broaden our mind so that we can improve and become better. When knowledge is given to us, we become anger some, bitter, jealous etc. something is definitely very wrong. There are many websites, printed materials, groups that share about Dorje Shugden negatively, also those that share positively like Rinpoche’s blog. The former one created a group of people who leave nasty comments onto Shugden practitioners social media pages, hurt them physically, calling them names, creating campaigns to denigrate them, while the later ones teach us to be kind, compassionate, determined regardless of difficulties, go all the way in protecting the Dorje Shugden lineage by keeping the practice their kind Guru has bestowed onto them.

    We are lucky, I am lucky, to be part of the later group, to follow our Guru in bringing hope, spreading positive knowledges, to show light in this darkest time to many who will be benefited from this sacred practice of Dorje Shugden. This will be done with or without the ban and since the ban is here, we strive to lift this illegal ban so that many will be able to practise this openly and freely while sharing with more without restrictions.

    It has been 20 years since the illegal is imposed and many are heartbroken, separated, hurt because of it. We cannot keep quiet and pretend everything is fine. Please support our Guru and our works in lifting this ban so that the sacred lineage of Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings will be alive and continue to bring hope to all!

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    Wah Ying on Mar 17, 2016 at 11:59 pm

    有时的确是很可笑又可悲，对你和你所做的事情认识最少最少的人，却是对你最有意见的人。他们对你的宗教选择、你的信仰、你的伴侣、你的工作甚至于你的朋友，最有意见，批评也最多；甚至用社交媒体攻击你，一旦你没有听从他们的建议和劝告去改变自己，改变成他们希望你成为的样子的话。可笑的是，他们可能连亲戚都不是，也没有为你至今人生的成功喝彩过，失败鼓励过。

    耗费时间去过问他人的人生抉择其实不仅耗费自己的时间和浪费生命，也对他人造成一定程度的困扰甚至于伤害。选择尊重或许是大家彼此和平相处的最主要办法之一。

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    Alice Tay on Mar 14, 2016 at 5:03 pm

    从懂事与识字以来，身边的家长、长辈与在学校的老师们都是教导我们要以善为人、互相尊重与和睦相处。尤其是我们出生在这个多元种族的国家，这些道理是必须维持与遵守。如果每个人，都是只注重于本身的利益，相信不久会造成生意见不合而导致利益上的冲突。那么每个人都不会有安宁的日子。

    无论如何，往往还是有些人只在乎于本身的利益，忘记了他人的优点，甚至不合逻辑的贬他人的信仰。他们似乎忘记了初衷，就是要互相尊重。而这尊重其实也包括此人所作出选择之一的信仰。

    明白上师尊贵的詹杜固仁波切一路走来是不容易的。虽然过了那么多个十年的风风雨雨，上师依然坚持的持修多杰雄登和传授佛法。目的显然是因为上师的慈悲与了解此护法可以带给更多利益予每位有情的众生。

    感谢上师的一番苦心。身为弟子的我们，必定会依止上师的意愿，继续与精进地修持佛法，转化心识。带出个人的信心将佛法与此护法分享与他人。

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    Shelly tai on Mar 3, 2016 at 4:13 pm

    Religion freedom is a very important factor for peace and harmony of a country, if there is two different group of practitioner in a country then there will triggered a lot of conflict among the people so why create that kind of in peace among the people is very frustrating to know that please His Holiness Dalai Lama do consider lifting the ban and ease all these suffering that happen right now in the world.

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    JP on Mar 2, 2016 at 9:29 pm

    “Are you better now because you avoided me or Dorje Shugden people? Are you holier? Have you gained high attainments? Did your guru commend you? If your guru did, why would he? Did you gain merits? Are you kinder, more compassionate, more generous and less attached because you gave up on your friend who does Dorje Shugden? Are you a better student, friend, lover, follower of a teacher, husband, wife and individual just because you mock, degrade and belittle people who practice Dorje Shugden? Because you avoided Dorje Shugden, are you the saint of all saints now? Are you more advanced in your spiritual progress because you wrote vulgar, rude and unpleasant comments on a Dorje Shugden practitioner’s Facebook page?”

    The above that Rinpoche wrote, makes one reflect honestly on the motivation of putting down another person for their religious belief. There is so much abuse lashed out, using our differences as lame excuses to cover their deep anger and rage within themselves. Sometimes, they don’t even realise it. They just say they are very “passionate” or they are born with a bad temper.

    However, if we look deeper within ourselves, all the anger and rage are results of our reactions we’ve had towards ourselves and others that we’ve buried deep within our mind.

    The memes above are very effective because it makes you think deeper as to why you’re so nasty and angry towards Dorje Shugden practitioners. How does being nasty and unkind resolve any difference in opinions? So if I’m Buddhist and you’re Christian, should I write rude and derogatory remarks to you just because you don’t believe in God the creator and I don’t?

    Instead of fighting who’s right and wrong, isn’t it better to embrace each others’ differences and live in peace and harmony? Isn’t this what HH the Dalai Lama has been preaching around the world? If this is so, why do Dalai Lama followers create so much disharmony and abuse? How do their abusive actions represent HHDL’s message of world peace and harmony?

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    yoke chim yap on Feb 28, 2016 at 4:51 pm

    我將依止上师所说所做的一切，既然我已选擇跟隨上师，雖然不是很久，1但所「見，聞，言，行」都是正確的。我相信自己还有这个辯識能力。
    也请不了解真相或反对的人，可以更深入及进一步去了解事情的耒龙去脈。不要人云亦云混淆視听。我们並没有去伤害别人，也没有做什么伤天害理的事，只是因为你对我们有偏見，只听片面之词，而造成上万人在受苦，受难。整整五十年了。该是停止禁令的时候了！

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    Stella Cheang on Feb 26, 2016 at 2:12 pm

    Reading about the suffering that my Guru has to endure because of an illogical ban that was imposed out of political reasons really pain my heart.

    The ban is impeding the spiritual path of millions because by forcing Shugden practitioners to abandon their practice is equate to forcing them break their guru samaya. A clean samaya with Guru is the supreme element in Tibetan Buddhism. All these are notwithstanding the threats, insults and intimidations that Rinpoche and all Shugden practitioner have to undergo on a daily basis for the last 20 years.

    It is unbelievable to hear of, read of or watch the hooligan-like behaviors of Shugden haters existing and functioning in this time and age. The backwater mentality and policy must be brought to the forefront of mainstream coverage. I hope that more people will stand up and voice up and spread the words, so that there is awareness of how unjustly treated Shugden practitoners in the past 20 years.

    Thank you Rinpoche for the message, I will try my best to spread the words.

    Humbly, bowing down,
    Stella Cheang

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    Uncle Eddie on Feb 22, 2016 at 2:01 pm

    With a selfless desire of achieving bodhichitta for the sake of all beings, H.E. Tsem Rinpoche has through organised services, kindnesses and material needs, along with many others help, are constantly trying to bring food, medication, joy and happiness to others, both locally in Malaysia and abroad through Dharma centres and in Monasteries everywhere, including through the practices of Dorje Shugden. We too feel that the ban of Dorje Shugden practice is unkind and hurts a lot of people and should be released for the sake of peace and love of humanity! This ban has also segregated a lot of Tibetan buddhists and hurt a lot of Dorje Shugden followers around the World. Pleas be compassionate by being tolerant and accept others diversity, as this is how we should live in our inner and outer World to make it better. It is the noblest of all unifying influences and the only lever that can uplift the World.

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    Chris Chong on Feb 21, 2016 at 2:58 am

    Dear Rinpoche,

    Thank you for sharing this messages and memes. Due to the unethical ban on Dorje Shugden practice, Dorje Shugden practitioners had suffered physical and mental harm from all the violence and discrimination they receive. Not being treated at hospitals, not being served at a restaurant, not being welcomed at govenment sectors are just some of the examples of how Dorje Shugden practitioners are being alienated. Is it just like apartheid once again.

    I hope that through sharing these memes, the ban can be lifted as soon as possible and the sangha community can return to the old scene where there is no discrimination and only peace.

    Humbly,
    Chris

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    Lin Mun on Feb 20, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    It is not right to critise and segregate people due to their belief and religious practise. Everyone has religious freedom and must be treated the same.

    The Central Tibetan Administration and Dalai Lama team should lift the ban on Dorje Shugden to prevent further suffering and mistreatment to the people.

    A lot of people critised and hurt Dorje Shugden practioners without even knowing and finding the truth of the practise.

    I hope more awareness will be created so we can help to stop the suffering of the Dorje Shugden practioners and ultimately lift the ban.

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    Tsem Rinpoche on Feb 20, 2016 at 2:20 pm

    I will always speak up no matter what you say about me and my Dorje Shugden practice. I forgive you for your hatred, vulgar language and negative wishes towards me and I return it with forgiveness, prayers and light.

    Tsem Rinpoche

    

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    Carmen Koo on Feb 20, 2016 at 1:02 pm

    Instead of further separating its people, it is imperative that the Central Tibetan Administration, and the office of His Holiness, bring the ban on Dorje Shugden to an end. They’ve lost their country, and are doing nothing to gain back their country, but instead, focus on further segregating its people because of a religious practice.

    No one should impose their religious believes on others, because it is up to the individual. Even worst, no one should be subjected to segregation, violence, discrimination, abuse, threats, and loss of rights because of their choice of practice. It is wrong. Therefore imposing the ban on over 2 millions practitioners worldwide is wrong. His Holiness is always advocating for peace, harmony, unity, but imposing and supporting this ban is totally opposite from what he preaches.

    My teacher, His Eminence the 25th Tsem Rinpoche, has been the subject of so much abuse, mockery, threats and violence both on and off line just because he practices Dorje Shugden. He is an illuminating example of one who has amazing guru devotion towards his root teacher. He has used his life to bring light, happiness, peace, hope, love to others, both for mankind and animals alike. So what really, did my teacher do that is so bad for him to be subjected to all this? What is so wrong about one who gives and does so much more than so many others who has only used their lives so far to degrade, segregate, and discriminate others.

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      luxetveritas on Feb 21, 2016 at 11:55 pm

      History is replete with examples of people who were mocked and ridiculed and abused, even when they did nothing but try to lift up others: Jesus, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., the list goes on and on. H.E. Tsem Rinpoche does not need people to defend his actions, he needs to be understood as being completely extraordinary in his wish to be of benefit to all others and in his countless actual activities, from food kitchens to assistance to the homeless, countless acts of kindness and generosity to so many.

      How many vicious and petty detractors will ever even start with giving one tenth of their time, resources, and energy to any others, much less achieving bodhicitta for the sake of *all* beings? How many have lifted their communities through service, material help, and kindnesses, along with that of others’ as HE Tsem Rinpoche has done? I’ve been to Malaysia, and seen how his students are constantly trying to bring food, joy, kindness to others locally and abroad, in monasteries, Dharma centers everywhere.

      Detractors are very narrow minded people who categorically dismiss the very obvious goodness of those who are doing great and beneficial things. So I won’t be discouraged about HE Tsem Rinpoche’s being ridiculed. It only happens to the best of them who are really a force for good in this world. He’s in the world class company of greats.

      When I see these kinds of situations, I re-read Khunnu Lama Rinpoche’s Jewel Lamp, Praise to Bodhicitta.

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    Pastor Henry Ooi on Feb 20, 2016 at 1:44 am

    The Tibetan Government in Exile, now called the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) comprise of mostly lay people trying to flex their muscles to control their own people. They think by changing their name to CTA would make people believe they are not in exile. But the fact is they lost their own country, Tibet, from their inability to govern and they want to put the blame on the Tibetans who practice Dorje Shugden.

    CTA should instead be doing their responsibilities of taking care of their people instead of segregating them through religion. With the enforcement of the ban on the practice of Dorje Shugden, Tibetans were not only separated from their families, loved ones, friends, colleagues but are disallowed to places of worship, seeking treatments in hospitals, buy groceries in shops. Their children are bullied and scorned in schools and many left school because of the constant harassments. No wonder so many younger Tibetans have left and more are leaving the Tibetan settlements in India, kindly given by the Indian government out of great compassion. Yes, these people left for greener pastures but also they are disillusioned by the Dalai Lama and the CTA, who promised them they will return to their ancestors’ land. But the years have passed and they do not see the promise being fulfilled. Some of these younger Tibetans had to witness the demise of their parents, their parents who waited and hoped to return home to Tibet. The promise never came. Hence the disillusioned younger generation left to work in other countries, some becoming permanent citizens of other countries. In time the CTA would have not many younger Tibetans to govern. To make matters worse, the CTA enforced the ban, a ban which is so ridiculous that segregated Tibetans into two factions instead of uniting them more to fight for their cause.

    This is no more a religious issue but an infringement into human rights. Even animal lovers take better care of their loved pets than CTA of Tibetans who wish to continue with their religious practice.

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      Dolma Lili on Feb 22, 2016 at 5:50 pm

      May be country, may be europe, may be … our Belgium kagyupa community makes more members as ever before. That makes me glad. Younger ones ech. My health is bad i know. So i practice more at home. But it goes well. But end 2015, some neighbours, and i am allways kind and try to help everyone, wer thinking she is allone, and we don’t know what she does. So i am hacking the computer. They are no budhists and put with their face to budhist text. Must have been a shock. I am not christian so i will not behave like them(alcohol drugs etc…). I don’t make noice at night. So i am bad now and i see they do not even come in the corridor if i am passing by. So who is now not behaving? They do! I continue doing as allways though i am shocked. After churgery i must rest, so i may not … they must make noices. They must ennoy. That is so the same way dorje shugden persons practice…and what they must feel. I am kind for everyone and must acceptsome don’t behave and irritate…i say no. Why hacking, And as i said it hapepned to me, i heard last week scotland had visitors thiefs. If someone hacks, they know their address and the sabot age continues. … nobody saw it was gone happen. I said look! So … why hacking and ennoying. it can happen to everyone such sabotage. You are each one, responsable for own life…but must stop sabotaging lives of others. That is the hate. I would prefer everybody listens if i say something. If they don’t, i can not change that. being budhist in the middle of a brussels now it is islam population… is a problem. Everyone is leaving brussels. I do ask myself if i have to go to … i don’t know. Don’t sabotage someone else his life. dear lama pse stay. point. I decide what to do with your text. Here we don’t sabotage.

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