David Kay believes that reliance upon the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden as a “defining feature” of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) can be discerned from one of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso’s earliest publications, Universal Compassion. This book is a commentary to the… Continue Reading
Atisha said, “Some of you Tibetans have tried to accomplish a hundred Deities but have failed to gain a single attainment, while some Indian Buddhists have gained the attainments of a hundred Deities by accomplishing the practice of just one.”… Continue Reading
David Kay uses the theoretical framework of inclusivism vs. exclusivism throughout his analysis of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) (Tibetan and Zen Buddhism in Britain: Transplantation, Development, and Adaptation, esp. pp. 40-41, 65, 109-110). What these terms mean for him becomes clear by the adjectives… Continue Reading
You are the Guru, you are the Yidam, you are the Daka and Dharma Protector; From now until I attain enlightenment I shall seek no refuge other than you. (Offering to the Spiritual Guide) As was previously demonstrated, context changes everything.… Continue Reading
Anne Bancroft compiled a book called The Pocket Buddha Reader, which includes the following quote (pp. 113-114): Sakka asked the Buddha: “Do different religious teachers head for the same goal or practice the same disciplines or aspire to the same thing?” “No,… Continue Reading