The Wisdom Buddha Protector of Je Tsongkhapa's Tradition
Spiritual Lineage
Buddha
Shakyamuni
Buddha
Manjushri
Je Tsongkhapa
Wisdom Buddha
Dorje Shugden
Pabongkha Rinpoche
(1878-1941)
Trijang Rinpoche
(1901-1981)
Song Rinpoche
(1904-1984)
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
(born 1931)
Press Reports and Videos
1) Press Articles 2008
2) Video 2008
3) Video Archive
4) Press Archive
Press Articles 2008
For the latest articles visit the Western Shugden Society Press Page or the Wisdom Buddha Dorje Shugden Blog.
Time Magazine, July 2008
The Dalai Lama's Buddhist Foes
British Asian News, May 2008
Buddhists speak out against the Dalai Lama
The Age (Australian Newspaper of the Year)
Selling Tibet to the world
British Asian News, May 2008
Buddhists speak out against the Dalai Lama
Oxford Times Online
Hundreds protest at Dalai Lama visit
Oxford Mail May 30
Monks protests against Dalai Lama
Yahoo News May 30
Cherwell Online - Oxford, England, UK
Protestors 'to confront Dalai Lama'
Oxford Mail - Oxford, England, UK
Lama faces protest
Nottingham Evening Post, May 28 2008
DALAI LAMA: NOTTINGHAM PROTEST
BBC News, May 22 2008
Peace and placards greet Dalai Lama
Tolerance Webzine, May 22 2008
Demonstrators target the Dalai Lama
Guardian Unlimited, May 29 2008
Spiked, Tuesday May 20th
Is the Dalai Lama a 'religious dictator'?
Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 17/18
(Translation from the largest German quality paper)
'Stop lying' ~ The protest in Bochum
Suite 101
Dalai Lama versus Dorje Shugden ~
Is His Holiness Practicing Religious Persecution
Times of India
Tibet seeking autonomy, not separation: Dalai Lama
AP Associated Press
Protesters demonstrate outside NY site of Dalai Lama speech
Uticaod.com
WCBSTV.com Top Stories
Groups Protest Outside Site Of Dalai Lama Speech
New Internationalist, August, 1998, by Sara Chamberlain Deity banned: outrage as Dalai Lama denounces Dorje Shugden
Video 2008
For the latest videos, visit the Western Shugden Society or visit the videos page.
Al Jazeera
The Dalai Lama: The Devil Within
France 24
Western Shugden Society
Dalai Lama Demonstration - New York City 17 July 2008
nineMSN Video
The Tibetan Opposition
The Oxford Times
Buddhist protest
Hundreds of Buddhist monks gathered in the centre of Oxford this morning to protest loudly against a visit by the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader.
BBC News Video of Nottingham Demonstration May 27
Protest over Dalai Lama
ITV News Video of Nottingham Demonstration May 29 (available only in UK):
Western Shugden Society Website
A day of protests in London
Protests in Nürnberg and Bamberg
Kelsang Pema responds to comments by the Dalai Lama's representative Tashi Wangdi
Western Shugden Society Website
Colgate University, NY - Demonstration Overview
You Tube
Dalai Lama Visit to Hamilton, NY
Video Archive
Previous YouTube Videos about the Situation in India
Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden, Part 1
Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden, Part 2
Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden, Part 3
German Panorama Television Documentary from 1997
Verklärt, verkitscht - Hollywood feiert den Dalai Lama Part 1
Verklärt, verkitscht - Hollywood feiert den Dalai Lama Part 2
Press Archive
Times Online April 21, 2006
Destruction of Dorje Shugden statue by Dalai Lama followers
The Kathmandu Post, March 23, 2001
Religious meet slams Dalai Lama (please scroll down for article)
Frontline (India's National Magazine), January 2001
Of the Dalai Lama and a witch-hunt
Indian Express, January 10 1999
Dorje Shugden worshippers barred from Dalai Lama meet
The Indian Express, August 24, 1998
Anti-Shugden agenda flares up conflict
New Internationalist 1996
Deity banned ~ Outrage as Dalai Lama denounces Dorje Shugden
Political Leader
Dalai Lama
The Hypocrisy
Follow the story of the Dalai Lama's 30-year political campaign to destroy a centuries-old spiritual tradition taught to him by his own Spiritual Guide, and the efforts of those he's hurting to stop him:
Brief summary
- What is happening
- What is the Western Shugden Society (WSS)?
- Detailed reports of discrimination from inside India and elsewhere
The Dalai Lama's position
- A Great Deception
- Praise to Wisdom Buddha Dorje Shugden by the Dalai Lama
- In the Dalai Lama's words
Why is this happening?
- Why is this religious suppression taking place?
- Are the Dalai Lama's reasons valid?
Efforts to restore religious freedom
- Geshe Kelsang's open letter
- The ban is illegal and unconstitutional
- Press reports and videos
- Dorje Shugden Devotee's Charitable and Religious Society
- Dalai Lama sued for repressing religious freedom
- A conflict with a solution
- Announcement from Serpom Norling Monastery
Analysis of situation
- Sectarianism
- Can the Dalai Lama ever make a mistake?
- Is the Dalai Lama the only spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism?
- Theocracy or democracy?
- Spirit worship or authentic Buddhist practice?
- Freedom of worship
- The Dalai Lama's justifications
- Analysis by Dalai Lama's translator (PDF)
- What would Thomas Jefferson think of the 14th Dalai Lama?
- Book Reviews
- Videos
Evidence and first-hand accounts
- Chronological background
- Discord in exile documentary
- Political motivations for the ban
- Summary to date from Tibetan exiles
- Other
Ongoing persecution 2008-2010
- Recent vote sticks and call for help
- Forced signature and ID card campaign
- Persecution of monks at Sera Monasteries
- Public humiliation and explusion of monks
- Letter to Indian Prime Minister regarding abuses
- Letters from Dorje Shugden Devotees
- Urgent appeal from Sera Monasteries
- Support from Indian police
- Western Shugden Society letter to Sera monasteries
- Western Shugden Society letter to TGIE
- Heartfelt request from monks in Mundgod
- More discrimination planned around the world
- Letter from an FPMT monk
- Other
- What you can do