Dorje Shugden

Dorje Shugden Devotee's Charitable and Religious Society

 

Dear Sangha Friend,

 

After the Dalai Lama banned the worship of Dorje Shugden with invalid reasons, TYC and TWA took up the signature campaigns among Tibetans and engaged in house-to-house searches. Statues and pictures of Dorje Shugden were defamed and destroyed; great masters were criticized and their texts faced danger of being burned.

 

In this grave situation not unlike the Cultural Revolution, a group of devotees gathered in Delhi and established the Dorje Shugden Devotees Charitable & Religious Society in 1996, which was formally registered then. The society's staffs were then appointed by Dorje Shugden through invocation. And 12 years have elapsed.

 

The aims and objectives of the Dorje Shugden Devotees Charitable & Religious Society is to protect and support those who are being ostracized for their religious belief of the deity Dorje Shugden, and to preclude the valuable contributions of our great lineage masters from being misjudged, distorted or wiped out completely.

 

The Dorje Shugden Devotees Charitable & Religious Society is an all-volunteer and non-profit organization, whose aim is to resolve the issue through dialogue, petitions and legal remedy.

 

The society represents the grievance of Shugden devotees to the Government of India and the concerned authorities through petitions and legal campaigns. We submit petitions and furnish information related to the Shugden issue to the Indian government and to concerned authorities, seeking their help to impede the abuses, harassment and discriminations against the devotees merely on the basis of worshipping Dorje Shugden.

 

To the concerned authorities we also explain and clear the heavy rain of misinformation and baseless allegations (by Tibetan organizations and Tibetan government-in-exile) whose intention it is to harass and repress the Shugden society and devotees.

 

This year's campaign of segregation is far worse than that of 1996, said many monks in South India. Let alone the monks, there are many Shugden devotees who are suffering silently in many places in India and Nepal.

 

For example, here is a story of an old woman who is 65 years old. When her husband passed away a few years back, the neighbors did not help her with cremation rites. Neither did any monk came to perform puja in her home, as per the tradition. A few weeks later, her neighbors busted into her home and hurling abuses on her of not recanting the deity, while a handful of Buddhist monks were watching the 'show'. The head of the village came and told her to sign not to worship Dorje Shugden. "If she did not sign," he said, "she would be isolated and segregated from the masses of Tibetans."

 

The newly-appointed village head came to her home and asked her to comply with the wishes of the Dalai Lama, but she declined. The next day, she got a threatening call from an anonymous Tibetan, saying that she would be beaten if she did not sign.

 

She is treated as an outcast in her own community; all Tibetans have disowned her. She cannot enter shops or restaurants, nor even the temple. In such a hostile environment, she is going through too much misery. Even some of her children abandoned her.

 

This year we are able to knock on the door of the Court for justice. The society has received much correspondence and many calls of appreciation, as well as prayers and blessing from all the senior monks.

 

To close this chapter in history, our consistent collective efforts are indispensable, or the future generation has no option but to live by the same condition as we do now. Our struggle for freedom is based on peace and love, tolerance and forgiveness.

 

Given the financial difficulties, the daily activities of the society is restrained. The fact is that we have no other income apart from donation. Nor have we had any permanent donor. We go through difficulties covering expenses of office management, utility bills and legal process.

 

Therefore, we would like to request you and your family and friends to extend your kind support to our Society by donation.

 

And any suggestion for the fund raising that you have is most appreciated and welcome. Thank you!

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Dorje Shugden Devotee's Charitable and Religious Society

Internet: www.shugdensociety.info

Email: contact@shugdensociety.info

Phone: 0091-11-23921169