Comments His Holiness the Dalai Lama about Dolgyal 2015

 His Holiness the Dalai Lama: As Buddhists we don’t take spirits as objects of refuge. We take refuge in the Three Jewels.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama: As Buddhists we don’t take spirits as objects of refuge. We take refuge in the Three Jewels.

Collated Comments His Holiness the Dalai Lama has made about Dolgyal 2015
Long Life Empowerment and North American Long Life Offering in Gratitude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
New York, USA, 10 July 2015
His Holiness the Dalai Lama. “You’ve asked me to do something and now I’ll ask you to something in return. You alluded to the Shugden problem. This is not a new story. It goes back to the 5th Dalai Lama. Inauspicious events took place then, as they did again during the 13th Dalai Lama’s time. The concerned spirit describes itself as the ‘perfidious spirit of the Gelugpa’. Continue reading »

In Response to the Shugden Protestors’ Allegations

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

In Response to the Shugden Protestors’ Allegations

Some recent visits of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to North America, Europe and Australia have attracted protests from a vocal group calling themselves members of the International Shugden Community. Carrying banners and shouting defamatory slogans, such as “False Dalai Lama, stop lying,” these protestors appeared intent on denigrating the name of the Dalai Lama. As such, their activities have become a source of concern for millions of Tibetans and Buddhists worldwide. In particular, to the Tibetans inside Tibet, who struggle to save their culture, language and identity under difficult circumstances, the sight of their revered spiritual leader being subjected to insults is a source of deep sadness. (Nonetheless, at gatherings of Tibetans in Vancouver, Birmingham, Boston, and New York in October/November 2014, His Holiness advised Tibetans not to feel angry towards the Shugden protestors.) Continue reading »

Clarifying His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Stand on Dolgyal/Shugden

One of the principal reasons why His Holiness the Dalai Lama advises against this practice is because of the well-documented sectarianism associated with it.

One of the principal reasons why His Holiness the Dalai Lama advises against this practice is because of the well-documented sectarianism associated with it.

Clarifying His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Stand on Dolgyal/Shugden

12 July 2015
On 7th July, the final day of official celebrations of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday in Orange County, California, representatives of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (OHHDL) invited the International Shugden Community (ISC) to meet and explain what they are accusing His Holiness of lying about. The office is concerned that many among the Shugden protestors may be poorly informed about the Shugden issue and His Holiness’s stand with regard to it. The office’s intention is less to try to convince those who already understand the issue but continue to protest, and more to reach out to those who have been misinformed about it. Continue reading »

6 Commentario di Sua Santità il Dalai Lama alle “400 stanze” di Aryadeva, Dharamsala 1988

Sua Santità il Dalai Lama: Se si comprende che il sorgere, il perdurare e la cessazione della coscienza non esistono intrinsecamente, gradualmente le afflizioni si esauriranno e non saranno più presenti nel continuum mentale.

Sua Santità il Dalai Lama: Se si comprende che il sorgere, il perdurare e la cessazione della coscienza non esistono intrinsecamente, gradualmente le afflizioni si esauriranno e non saranno più presenti nel continuum mentale.

Commentario alle “Quattrocento Stanze” o “Le quattrocento strofe sulla Madhyamaka” di Aryadeva,conferito da Sua Santità il Dalai Lama a Dharamsala, India il marzo 1988. Traduzione dal tibetano in italiano di Mariateresa Bianca a Dharamsala. Editing del Dr. Luciano Villa nell’ambito del Progetto “Free Dalai Lama’s Teachings”, approvato direttamente da Sua Santità il Dalai Lama, vedia beneficio di tutti gli esseri senzienti. Ci scusiamo per i possibili errori ed omissioni.

Sesto Capitolo, Versi 126 – 150

Sua Santità il Dalai Lama. Insegnare come eliminare le afflizioni mentali.

Dimostrare che l’estremo ascetismo non è un mezzo corretto per eliminare il karma e le afflizioni:

126. Se [com’è vero] il piacere incrementa il desiderio,
[è anche vero che] la sofferenza incrementa la rabbia;
come mai coloro [che hanno] piaceri, non sono [considerati] asceti

e [sono considerati] asceti solo coloro [che provano] dolori?

Sua Santità il Dalai Lama. Se il desiderio incrementa a causa del piacere del cibo, vestiti e giaciglio (dimora); è anche vero che la rabbia incrementa a causa dei dolori fisici e mentali. Continue reading »