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http://aboutwss.org/ebook The Dalai Lama has been taken to court for religious discrimination against Dorje Shugden practitioners in India. The Dalai Lama has banned the worship of a Buddhist Deity who is worshipped by more than 4 million people around the world. This video clip is from the documentary entitled 'The Dalai Lama: The Devil Within' by Al Jazeera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqON2lxArek

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  • Dorje shugden is a ghost or not is NOT THE POINT.

    The point is that Dalai Lama MAY NOT BAN ANY FORM OF WORSHIP IN A FREE AND DEMOCRATIC INDIA.

    Because of this ban, Dalai Lama is going to court. He has been summoned by the High Court in Delhi to plead his case.

    By the Dalai lama going to court is a huge message that WHAT HE IS DOING IS WRONG.

    United Nations have sent representatives to investigate the ban from Dalai lama as it is not what a democratic leader should do.

  • I guess that is the result of combining religion with politics

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  • The Dalai Lama's DICTATORSHIP herein is disgusting and profoundly hypocritical in the light of what he proclaims to religiously stand for. Furthermore, his denial of the violence generated against Shugden practitioners as a direct consequence of his stance on this issue, is utterly disgraceful to put it mildly. I have lost all respect for him accordingly.

    And no, I am NOT a Shugden practitioner, I am an ordained INTERFAITH Minister.

  • 2 of 2: Therefore, one strategy to preserve the faith in Dharma within us and those around us is to have complete trust in our kind Guru as he is close to us and has directly shown us compassion and benefits of politics-free Dharma.

  • On the point that many monks, Dharma practitioners and non-practitioners are loosing faith in Buddhadharma as a result of this controversy, my comment is: this is human natureor rather this is SAMSARA. We are not attained enough whereby our faith in something as beneficial and pure as the Dharma will be steady and clear constantly. However, with the kindness of our Buddha, the truth will always prevail and, when this happens, faith will be re-established.

  • Hi RedNiece, Thanks for the recommendation! The points presented in TK's posting, WHY DORJE SHUGDEN HAS TO BE THE BAD GUY, is an eye opener and extremely exciting. I hope that more and more people will get to read this forum because it gives such hope that Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden have been united and aligned all along to bring benefit to all sentient beings during these degenerate times.

  • @closerelative it would be quite difficult for him to open up discussion now as there are so many contradictions in all that he has said about Dorje Shugden over the year. Opening dialogue will be a PR disaster for the TGIE, so I think the only way the ban can disperse is if it just fizzles out or when the Dalai Lama passes away

  • why would he allow himself to end up going to court? Wouldn't it be easier to just "allow" this practice & just let pple deal with their own karma of practising a supposedly "bad" practice? Why does he go all the way with this so his own name gets sullied?!

    To me, it must be because there's a higher reason than just the ban. He must be manufacturing something that will unravel itself soon which will benefit on a much larger scale than we can see.

  • Well, it is not good enough that the Dalai Lama doesn't talk. We would like him to talk and especially if he says that the ban on Dorje Shugden is over and that time has passed. We hope that the ban will come about quicker. That would be even better than just silence.

  • there's not going to be any sort of dialogue from the Dalai Lama for some time dear.

    Let's face this little fact

  • i believe there will be some sort of dialogue with the Dalai Lama soon.

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