* Dorje Shugden, Dorje Shugden controversy ( about Dissent in Tibetan Buddhism )

Geshe Kelsang regards all his books as " coming from Je Tsongkhapa, with himself as being like a cassette recorder into which the Wisdom Buddha, the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden, has placed the cassette of Je Tsongkhapa's teachings.

Consistent with the lineage teachings he received from his root Guru, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, Geshe Kelsang believes that the practice of Dorje Shugden should continue to be practised by any Gelugpas who wish to do so.

The controversy surrounding the Dalai Lama's ban of the practice of Dorje Shugden ( in communities within his own jurisdiction ) is described in the article on the Dorje Shugden Controversy.

" In explaining this, Geshe Kelsang said that if the Dalai Lama succeeds in destroying the practice of Dorje Shugden, the entire Gelug tradition itself will be destroyed:

Geshe Kelsang become critical of the Gelugpa hierarchy's attempts to prevent him from passing on Dorje Shugden teachings that he had received from his own teacher.

'" Their letter of expulsion stated that Geshe Kelsang's outspoken criticism against the Dalai Lama's ban of the practice of Dorje Shugden was not acceptable.

Geshe Kelsang is one of hundreds of other monks and nuns who have been expelled from their monasteries because of refusing to give up their practice of Dorje Shugden.

A controversy arose in the late 1970s when the Fourteenth Dalai Lama started to speak out against the propitiation of Dorje Shugden, which has intensified since 1996 when he issued an " explicit ban ", suppressing the practice within the Tibetan exile community.

Dorje Shugden is a Dharma Protector of the Sakya and Gelug traditions, who has been worshipped for over three hundred years.

The practice of Dorje Shugden ( i. e. different forms of worship and specific meditation techniques ) began at the time of the Fifth Dalai Lama Lobsang Gyatso ( 1617 – 1682 AD ).

Those who have followed the practice of Dorje Shugden most recently in the 20th and 21st centuries include the majority of the most famous Gelug teachers, including Pabongka Rinpoche, Ling Rinpoche ( senior tutor of the current, 14th Dalai Lama ), Trijang Rinpoche ( junior tutor of the Dalai Lama ), Zong Rinpoche, Gangchen Rinpoche, Gonsar Rinpoche, Dagom Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Lama Zopa, Kundeling Rinpoche, Domo Geshe Rinpoche, and Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche.

Trijang Rinpoche, the root Guru of the 14th Dalai Lama, introduced the Dorje Shugden practice to the Dalai Lama in 1959 prior to the Chinese takeover.

In 1976, after the publication of Zemey Rinpoche's The Yellow Book — a text which contained tales of Dorje Shugden punishing those who do not follow the lineage of the Gelugpa sect exclusively and instead also listen to Nyingma teachings — the Dalai Lama, a Gelugpa himself, began to speak out against the use of the deity as an institutional protector.

According to von Brück, after examining Dorje Shugden based on three methodological devices — historical evidence, political reason, and spiritual insight — the Dalai Lama changed his view and now considers Dorje Shugden to be a worldly spirit.

The 14th Dalai Lama is asking people who want to take Tantric initiation from him to let go of the practice of Dorje Shugden, giving three main reasons:

The most important consequence from this ; is that from now and then many lamas are involved in scandals, corruption or crimes, because they just act as Wrathful bodhisattvas like Mahakala, Yamantaka, Dorje Phagmo, Vajrapani and others.

# Controversy over whether the true Karmapa is Trinley Thaye Dorje ()( b. 1983 ), or Ogyen Trinley Dorje () ( b. 1985 )

According to Garab Dorje, Dzogchen is said to have been passed down as listed following.

The last official and current unofficial king ( raja or gyelpo ) is Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista ( born c. 1933 ), who traces his lineage directly back to Ame Pal, the warrior who founded this Buddhist kingdom in 1380.

This division is contained in the instructions given by Wangchuk Dorje, the ninth Karmapa, in a series of texts he composed ; these epitomize teachings given on mahāmudrā practice.

Padmasambhava, Karma Lingpa, Gyurme Dorje, Graham Coleman and Thupten Jinpa ( 2005: p. 452 ) define " Buddha-body of Reality ", which is a rendering of the Tibetan chos-sku and the Sanskrit dharmakāya, as:

It is also called statue of Mikyo Dorje ( Manuvajra )-the Ramoche Jowo or Jowo Chungpa which was housed in the Ramoche Temple in Lhasa.

Lama Sangwa Dorje is referred to as the founder of the oldest monastery in Khumbu at Pangboche as well as many other small hermitages.

The most prestigious female tulku lineage is that of the Dorje Phagmo of Samding Monastery.

Yumo Mikyo Dorje, Dolpopa Sherab Gyeltsen and subsequent lamas maintained a teaching known as zhentong, which holds that only the clear-light, non-dual nature of the mind is " real ", and everything else is empty of inherent existence.

The Chinese name is a literal translation of the original Tibetan name, which was first recorded in the 15th Century by the Tibetan doctor Zurkhar Namnyi Dorje.

The earliest clear record is a Tibetan medical text authored by Zurkhar Nyamnyi Dorje in the 15th Century outlining the tonic propensities of Yartsa gunbu ( Cordyceps sinensis renamed now to Ophiocordyceps sinensis ), especially as an aphrodisiac.

The Dalai Lama confirmed Ogyen Trinley Dorje as the Karmapa after he had been requested to do so by two of the other lineage-holders, Tai Situ Rinpoche and Gyaltsap Rinpoche, but the supporters of Trinley Thaye Dorje say that the Dalai Lama is not entitled to do so, and has never done so before.

The argument that Ogyen Trinley Dorje is the Karmapa is based in part on a letter presented by Pema Tönyö Nyinje, 12th Tai Situpa.

Rangjung, 16 km east of the district capital, is the site of Rangjung Ösel Chöling Monastery, established by Dungse Garab Dorje Rinpoche in 1989.

His recognition of Ogyen Trinley Dorje as the Karmapa is, in part, attributed to a dream he had of Ogyen Trinley Dorje's birthplace.

Sakya Trizin and many other compassionate religious practitioners, have in their wisdom said that Urgyen Trinley Dorje of Tibet is the 17th Karmapa.

For the government of the People's Republic of China, Ogyen Trinley Dorje is the 17th Karmapa.

The first born Karmapa, Trinley Thaye Dorje, has been recognized by Shamar Rinpoche ( regarded by some as the senior lama in the Karma Kagyu hierarchy just below the Karmapa ), Lama Jigme Rinpoche, Topga Yulgyal Rinpoche, Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche, Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche, the Venerable Khenchen Rinpoche Drupon Trinley Paljor, and the Fourth Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche.

Orgyen Trinley Dorje has been enthroned at Tsurphu Monastery, and is regarded as the 17th Karmapa by the monks of Rumtek Monastery.

Dorje Shugden has traditionally been regarded as a protector especially of the Gelugpa tradition.

In October 2008, Radio Free Asia reported that some Tibetan monks had been convicted by the Chinese government for fire-bombing the residence of a Dorje Shugden practitioner, the Shugden deity being " regarded with suspicion by those loyal to the Dalai Lama.

Dorje Pakmo ( 1422 – 1455 ), the highest female incarnation in Tibet, was a contemporary of Gendun Drub.

However, the actual establishment of the monastery happened only during Ngawang Tenzin Norbu ’ s time ; Norbu was considered to be Sangwa Dorje ’ s fifth incarnation.

Nydahl, along with the Fourteenth Shamarpa, who was one of only four lineage-holders appointed to recognize the incarnation of the Karmapa at that time, supported Trinley Thaye Dorje.

The 14th Shamarpa, who is the second longest recognized tulku ( reincarnate Lama ) incarnation lineage in the Karma Kagyu tradition and who, in previous incarnations, has held and transmitted the Kagyu lineage between Karmapas, does not recognize Ogyen Trinley Dorje and instead has proclaimed Thaye Dorje (), whom he purportedly identified a few years earlier ( than the recognition of Orgyen Thrinley Dorje ) in a dream, as the true Karmapa.

According to adherents, Dorje Shugden is the incarnation of the five Buddha families and appears in five forms that symbolize the five families, called ' the five lineages of Dorje Shugden '.

According to his adherents, Dorje Shugden is the current incarnation in a lineage of enlightened Masters.

Khandro Urgyen Tsomo was the consort to the 15th Gyalwa Karmapa Khakyab Dorje ( 1871 – 1922 ) and an incarnation of Yeshe Tsogyal .,.