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   From: peter.terpstra7@gmail.com   
      
   Letter to the western Shugden propitiators   
   By Nathan Gyatso from NEW YORK CITY, US   
   16 November 2014   
      
   Dear western Shugden propitiators,   
      
   You must know that Tibetan Buddhism has been preserved and protected under the   
   great leadership of HH the 14th Dalai Lama in exile. When Tibetans faced   
   the most unprecedented challenge in the history of Tibet, HH the Dalai Lama,   
   though only a teenage boy, shouldered the full responsibility, and exerted all   
   his   
   compassion and wisdom to guide the nation and its people. When everything   
   related to religion including Tibetan Buddhism was destroyed by Red China, it   
   was   
   HH the Dalai Lama who, with his pre-eminent foresight, established the   
   well-found monastic institutions in India. On account of this distinguished   
   vision of HH the   
   Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism has spread from the East to the West, where some   
   people have even deemed it as a panacea, though being exaggerated. It has   
   indeed become an opportune rain for many, particularly for those who have   
   suffered mentally due to lack of a secure and compassionate environment. I   
   absolutely   
   understand why so many people have become cynical and full of loathing against   
   the culture and religion they are born in.   
      
   It is a pity that instead of cherishing and valuing what HH the 14th Dalai   
   Lama has done for the sake of those who need such Dharma to alleviate their   
   sufferings,   
   some have even attempted to attack and slander him due to being misled. This   
   is truly what we called “Reply to Kindness with Ingratitude”. It seems   
   that some   
   are indulging in confounding black and white and making deliberate   
   prevarications. Having said this, I have to underscore again what HH the Dalai   
   Lama has said   
   about the propitiation of Shugden, “As a spiritual leader, it is my   
   responsibility to tell people what is proper and what is improper; however,   
   the ultimate choice is   
   your own.” Does anyone find there is any mistake within this piece of   
   advice? Moreover, he has never used the word “ban” on Shudgen practice.   
      
   Dear Shudgen propitiators, you have constantly claimed that you all are the   
   true followers of Je Tsongkhapa and practicing pure dharma. I really doubt that   
   because the basic doctrine of any religion is not to lie and distort the   
   facts. I don’t know what kind of cult creed you are indeed practising. Is   
   this what your self-   
   claimed geshe, Kelsang, at first a vagabond Tibetan refugee, and then a   
   multi-million-pound boss under the name of Tibetan Buddhism, has preached to   
   you?   
   Kelsang was expelled from his monastery since he had broken Samaya and he has   
   now established the Shugden fundamentalist base in Britain. At the same time,   
   he managed to recruit quite a number of Kelsang jihadists, whose main   
   responsibility is to attack HH the 14th Dalai Lama and distort his original   
   versions, and to   
   create baseless fake video footages and upload them on YouTube or Facebook,   
   etc.   
      
   Dear western Shugden propitiators, you are welcome to seek refuge in the   
   authentic Tibetan Buddhism if it helps you cure your mental illness and reduce   
   your   
   depression and anxiety, as more and more psychologists have stated that modern   
   science alone cannot be a solution to the increasing symptoms of mental   
   illness.   
   Tibetan Buddhism, derived from Buddha’s authentic teachings, has formed its   
   unique system through many centuries of enrichment and contributions of our   
   great   
   masters. As a Tibetan, I am so happy to see that the religion and culture   
   developed and expanded by my ancestors have become the greatest healing power   
   for   
   gloomy and anguished people. I am happy to see that more and more westerners   
   engage in the practice of Tibetan Buddhism and benefit from it.   
      
   Half a century ago, Tibetan Buddhism was still an unknown concept for   
   westerners. Many had no idea about what it basically emphasized. But then   
   under the   
   outstanding leadership of HH the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, Tibetan   
   Buddhism has been introduced to the West from the exiled society in India, and   
   is now   
   being practised by many. During the process of being introduced to the West,   
   Tibetan Buddhism has been misused and hijacked by some disqualified religious   
   opportunists. One of the emblematic instances of such being is this egoistic   
   self-claimed geshe Kelsang. Many westerners have been misguided by such fake   
   geshes who are trying to seize the opportunity to set up their respective   
   dharma centres, where they turn innocent and unwise followers to evil way,   
   because they   
   lack the necessary experience to distinguish the right one from the bogus one.   
   The textbook example of such phenomena is western Shugden followers who have   
   been used by NKT, the headquarters of Kelsang Gyatso, to engage in baseless   
   slanders and calumny against the HH Dalai Lama, who is the sole hope and sun of   
   the six million Tibetan people. The actions of those Western Shugden followers   
   are clear signs of declaring a war against six million Tibetans, who have   
   essentially   
   undergone so much under the repressive regime of Communist China. Even some   
   leaders of the Chinese Communist Party have privately expressed how they   
   value and respect HH the Dalai Lama. In this regard, the Shugden followers are   
   worse than the Communist Chinese.   
      
   Many are wondering how people have become such blind and fanatical followers   
   of a disqualified geshe! There are many mysterious events going on at the   
   “Headquarters of the Cult Centre”, as an ex-member of NKT has described:   
   “Shugden is used by NKT as a psychological technique to silence and control   
   the   
   most committed ‘insiders’ using ‘meditation’, and secondly, to silence   
   critical ‘outsiders’ …” Nowadays, even the Tibetan people are not so   
   religious and   
   superstitious, while there are so many religious fundamentalists emerging from   
   the “dharma centres” in the West! Isn’t it bizarre and laughable?   
      
   There have been substantial and undeniable facts showing that those Shugden   
   followers have colluded with the Chinese government. And one cannot overturn   
   this   
   mounting evidence. Therefore, it is clear why those Shugden followers have   
   been so “enthusiastic and energetic”.   
      
      
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