{"id":411,"date":"2025-06-14T09:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T13:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dorje-shugden.com\/?p=411"},"modified":"2025-08-15T05:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:38:19","slug":"definitive-proof-of-the-ban-and-discrimination-against-dorje-shugden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dorje-shugden.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/14\/definitive-proof-of-the-ban-and-discrimination-against-dorje-shugden\/","title":{"rendered":"Definitive Proof of the Ban and Discrimination against Dorje Shugden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Reacting to a series of peaceful demonstrations staged by Western and Tibetan Dorje Shugden practitioners calling for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to lift the ban on Dorje Shugden\u2019s practice and give religious freedom, the Dalai Lama said:<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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The point I want to make here is that\u00a0I haven\u2019t banned the practice they are talking about. My duty is to make the situation clear, no more than that. Whether other people pay attention is up to them. I wave to them when I see them, and sometimes they wave back.<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
~ H.H. THE DALAI LAMA, Dharamshala, 25 August 2014<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.phayul.com\/news\/article.aspx?id=35226&article=Dalai+Lama+talks+about+secular+ethics+in+Hamburg&t=1&c=1<\/a><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
And, when questioned by Tibetan school children on what they perceived to be lies and discrimination against Dorje Shugden practitioners, Sikyong Lobsang Sangay said:<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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\u2026they are accusing us for not giving religious freedom and committing discrimination \u2026 So, as I said earlier, politically, Tibetan association has never discriminated them, and besides, they have those ID cards \u2026 they live in Tibetan settlement camps, treat in settlement hospitals and attend schools; with RC, they travel around India, and with IC, they travel abroad. These are all supported by CTA, otherwise there is no way of achieving it. If we really want to discriminate then\u00a0we have capacity or power to remove those rights but we have not done that<\/strong>.<\/mark><\/q>
~ SIKYONG LOBSANG SANGAY, Upper TCV School Dharamshala, 5 June 2014<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UYXVNFhvOVk<\/a><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dalai Lama has often spoken against the practice of Dorje Shugden on many public occasions. In the past, he has cited various reasons in support of his ban on Dorje Shugden, from saying that this practice shortens his life, that it encourages sectarianism, to linking the practice with the failure of the Tibetan administration to win independence for Tibet.

The Dalai Lama brings up the topic of Dorje Shugden at all available opportunities \u2013 during his teachings and empowerments, while making official visits to various Tibetan monasteries, even in meetings of the Tibetan Government in Exile. More often than not, any attempt to logically examine the topic of Dorje Shugden degenerates into cheap condemnation of the Buddhist deity and its followers; exhortations to enforce the ban on his practice follow as a matter of course.

In a twist of events, the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration now say that there is no ban at all on Dorje Shugden\u2019s practice, while at the same time, insidiously claiming that Dorje Shugden practitioners are being funded by China, thus making them the de facto enemy of the Tibetan community.

To better elucidate the truth, DorjeShugden.com has compiled a never-seen-before collection of official letters, documents, threats, and other forms of evidence that (despite the best efforts of the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration to deny its existence) proves that the ban on Dorje Shugden\u2019s practice does exist, was enforced, and that Dorje Shugden practitioners are discriminated against and segregated as a result.<\/strong><\/mark>

Browse through the collection of documents to see with your own eyes how the ban is affecting the lives of Dorje Shugden practitioners, especially those living in Tibetan communities. From schools to hospitals, from monasteries to convenience stores, each document serve as a constant reminder to the Tibetan exile community to toe the official party line against Dorje Shugden and his followers. Many are coerced into giving up Dorje Shugden\u2019s practice on pain of expulsion from their homes and communities, others are forced to resign from their jobs for sticking with their faith, and yet others are threatened with violence, loss of reputation, death threats and the like.

Basic needs such as identity cards, medical care, and travel documents are denied to Dorje Shugden practitioners by the Tibetan government, its departments, officials, and cronies. No matter how the Central Tibetan Administration tries to justify and explain, this is nothing but a clear abuse of human rights and loss of religious freedom. Yet when Tibetan and Western Shugden practitioners take to the streets in desperation to peacefully protest against the Dalai Lama (because all requests for dialogue have been denied), they are crucified by the Tibetan administration and the media for daring to defy a holy being who is supposedly none other than the Saint of Compassion incarnate.

This information has been compiled to help speak for the downtrodden Dorje Shugden practitioners whose voices are not heard and who cannot fend for themselves in fear of retribution from the community at large.

We at dorjeshugden.com appeal to you, the reader, to look at these documents and have a glimpse of what it feels like to live as a Dorje Shugden practitioner amongst Tibetans who consider you to be a demon worshipper of the worst kind. With a clear mind, unclouded and unfettered by anything else you may have read in the past, judge for yourself whether Dorje Shugden\u2019s practice is banned and his followers discriminated against, or whether, as the Dalai Lama says, there is no ban, and everything is just peachy.<\/strong><\/mark><\/code>

And if you find that these documents are proof of a gross betrayal of a country\u2019s citizens by its supposedly-democratic government and Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader, please share this with others. Please create awareness of one of the most overlooked crimes of human rights abuse in modern times. And most of all, please appeal to the Dalai Lama and his government to lift the ban on Dorje Shugden\u2019s practice for good and give the Tibetans true freedom of religion at last.<\/strong><\/mark><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Definitive Proof of the Ban and Discrimination against Dorje Shugden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
These are just some of the collected documents showing the existence of a ban on Dorje Shugden\u2019s practice, and discrimination against his practitioners. For the full collection of documents in both English and Tibetan, please click here.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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An announcement from Ganden Jhangtse Monastery detailing the expulsion of eleven monks for their support of Dorje Shugden and participation in peaceful protests.\u00a0<\/em>Click here for English translation<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A letter from the Himalayan Buddhist Cultural Association & Himalayan Committee For Action on Tibet to the various monasteries and associations, clearly articulating the ban on Dorje Shugden, pressuring the monks to swear against Dorje Shugden\u2019s practice, and discrimination against firm Dorje Shugden practitioners.\u00a0<\/em>Click here for larger image<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A directive from the Tibetan Government\u2019s Department of Religion and Culture barring the issuance of travel recommendation letters for Dorje Shugden practitioners.\u00a0<\/em>Click here for English translation<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Department of Security of the Tibetan Government in Exile wrote this letter to Ganden Shartse Monastery, prohibiting its monks from attending Dorje Shugden events and directing the Abbot and administrators to expose the identity of monks who attended.\u00a0<\/em>Click here for English translation<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In 1996, the Tibetan Government in Exile\u2019s Department of Health issued a directive to its employees to give up Dorje Shugden\u2019s practice or resign from their jobs.\u00a0<\/em>Click here for English translation<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Kashag Secretariat and the Tibetan Reception Center deny 16 Tibetan newcomers recommendation letters to join the Tibetan monasteries, on the basis of being Dorje Shugden practitioners.\u00a0<\/em>Click here for English translation<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An official letter from the Tibetan Youth Congress, condemning Dorje Shugden practitioners for their attempts to stand up for their rights to religious freedom.\u00a0<\/em>Click here for English translation<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The General Secretary of the Department of Religion and Culture personally decrees that recommendation letters for monastic entry are not to be issued to Dorje Shugden practitioners.\u00a0<\/em>Click here for English translation<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An official letter from the Tibetan Government in Exile\u2019s Department of Religion and Culture, demanding the eradication of Shugden monks within Ganden Shartse monastery.\u00a0<\/em>Click here for English translation<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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