Question asked by Nhat Khang
Hello Pastors!
I'm have questions about one situations:
I'm Dorje Shugden practictioner myself and I love to share with everyone Dorje Shugden when they have trouble or difficult in their daily life but I have one thought during I observe environments situations around me.
Nowadays happened that alot of Lamas from other lineages come to my country is Vietnam to spread teachings.
One of them is no problems or even never remind about lord Dorje Shugden issues with Tibetan Government until when Nyingma lineages comming to my country like Dudjom or Mindroling and they start to dig up this situations again make so much difficult for whom start to have faith in Lord Dorje Shugden. Some of my friends now start to give up and turn back to against me after even they was help by lord Protector.
During situations that I also can not share about Lord Dorje Shugden much like before because even people ignore proves and witnesses to blinds faith in these political.
Some truly use mind and hearts to thinks.
Some without mind and to hearts to judge in faith.
My questions here that:
Do I share about Lord Dorje Shugden who need guide and really understand Him? Just different here that I will not always public with people to share about Him when they ask help for anything but only need to that I will do.
Can I share about Lord Setrap or more public about Palden Lhamo instead? When people meet me publics and ask me ways can help them.
P/s: I'm not Rinpoche, Geshe, Genla or pastor and I'm just a normal Dharma Practictioner because people used to visit my small main Tsongkhapa alter and small in the corner is Protector chapel with various main Gelug Dharmapalas and they really get help and come back to ask me for advices with their problems.
Unfortunately in my country, we haven't much Gelugpa centers, temples, or Gelug monastic Sangha here and so it's extremely difficult for me to introduce any center with Gelug practices and Protectors for them.
Finally, I need to share them with general practices in Gelug tradition in my limit no more.
This is all for my situations.
Thank you so much.
Dear Nhat Khang,
Very sorry to read that you have been facing this. Unfortunately, these are the circumstances that many of us face due to certain prejedudices against Dorje Shugden amongst practitioners.
You can continue sharing the practice of Dorje Shugden with others, however try to make sure that they are people who will accept. If you have already shared the practice with others, but now they have turned away from the practice, don’t force them to practice again. Leave them be. At least they are practising some form of the Dharma.
If this is too difficult, share with the general Dharma practices and the other Dharma protector practices. That will be very good. In fact, sharing the Dharma with others in general such as the Lamrim teachings is very beneficial even if they do not want to practice Dorje Shugden. Sharing the Dharma with others generates a lot of merit. Ask them to read and study the teachings such as the Lamrim. This would be very good. Hope this helps.