Dear friends around the world, The world is scrambling to get on the good side of superpower China in order to broker more economic deals to benefit their individual countries. China being the biggest economy in the world has vast economic benefits for many depressed economies around the world. World leaders, dignitaries and royalty...
Tags: china, country, dorje shugden, religion
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Stella Cheang) Holy places of pilgrimage such as Buddhist monasteries and dwellings of enlightened beings are sacred sites of reverence. Regardless of faith, everyone who visits these places can receive blessings, positive imprints, find an opportunity for introspection, and be inspired by their own potential to gain higher states of...
Tags: china, lhasa, pilgrimage, tibet, travel
Posted in Asia, China, China 中国, Travel | 10 Comments »
(By Matthew Sinclair) Dear friends, Everyone knows that I am a devoted practitioner of Dorje Shugden. Everyone also knows that I hold His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the highest esteem and have always encouraged my students and friends to practice seeing things with equanimity and not judge in terms of good or bad....
Tags: controversy, dalai lama, dorje shugden
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On 21 December 2015, Reuters published a special investigation of the Dorje Shugden issue titled “China co-opts a Buddhist sect in global effort to smear Dalai Lama”. It was supposed to be an unbiased investigation into the Dorje Shugden movement and its alleged links to China. The report has since reverberated throughout the world,...
Tags: current affairs, dorje shugden, news, religion
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Chokgyur Lingpa was born at the base of the sacred mountain Namkhadzod in Nangchen on the 10th day of either the 6th or the 10th month of the female earth ox year...
Tags: biography, Buddhism, great masters, nyingma, spirituality, terton, tibet, treasury of lives
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Dear friends, I was pleased to be informed that The Huffington Post (HuffPost) just published a third article on the Dorje Shugden conflict. I can only guess that after the initial articles by HuffPost on this issue in mid-November 2017, the writer Mr. Martin Desai was intrigued to dig deeper into the matter. And...
Tags: china, dalai lama, dorje shugden, news
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Dear friends around the world, I came across this article written by Justin Whitaker. The points he brought up are logical, well thought out and important for both Dorje Shugden practitioners and also those who do not practice Dorje Shugden. As a Buddhist scholar, Mr. Whitaker has shown us the results of an unbiased...
Tags: china, dharma protector, dorje shugden
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TEXT – Chinese government response: The Dalai Lama’s ‘religious tyranny’ Source: Reuters – Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:26 GMT Author: Reuters (This is the text of the full Chinese government response to the Reuters Special Report: China co-opts Buddhist sect in drive to discredit Dalai Lama) BEIJING, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Editor’s note: The...
Tags: china, country, dorje shugden, religion
Posted in China 中国, Dorje Shugden | 61 Comments »
Before the unethical ban against the spiritual practice of Dorje Shugden, all the teachers are friendly, they are in contact and support each other. There was much harmony and everyone was focused on bringing the Buddha dharma to many. They often met up with each other, or in communication and even attended each...
Tags: Buddhism, dorje shugden, lamas
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