The Yellow Book by Zimey Rinpoche

Dorje Shugden, the Yellow Book pdfThe Yellow Book by Zimey Rinpoche, with the original title: Thunder of the Stirring Black Cloud: The Oral Transmission of the Intelligent Father, was written in 1973 and first published in 1974. The book marks the culmination of the controversy between the Dalai Lama and Shugden-practitioners. In 1996 the Dalai Lama announced that Dorje Shugden was “an evil spirit” detrimental to the cause of a free Tibet and so he began to request that those who worshiped Shugden no longer attend Tantric initiations from him. But was Dalai Lama himself a Shugden-practitioner? And are the modern Shugden sects sponsored by the Chinese Government?

This true story is a long and interesting thriller including murder, conspiracy and hundreds years old conflicts centered around opposing tantric teachings among the many Tibetan sects, read about it at WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorje_Shugden_controversy. If you are interested in the background you should download this excellent and balanced book by Ursuala Bernis on the topic: Condemmed to Silence.

The Yellow Book
The Yellow Book marks the culmination of the controversy between the Dalai Lama and Shugden-practitioners.
Written by: Zimey Rinpoche
Published by: Zimey Rinpoche
Edition: First English version
ISBN: None
Available in: Ebook

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  1. Reliable info on The Yellow Book by Zimey Rinpoche can be found here: https://buddhism-controversy-blog.com/2008/10/01/sectarian-rivalry-the-yellow-book-by-zimey-rinpoche/
    A gripping yet factual murder mystery about the sectarian Shugden/Dogyal cult was published by Tibet House US and Hay House: “The Dalai Lama and the King Demon: Tracking a Triple Murder Mystery Through the Mists of Time” by Raimondo Bultrini https://tibethouse.us/books/the-dalai-lama-and-the-king-demon-tracking-a-triple-murder-mystery-through-the-mists-of-time/
    More reliable info is on the Central Tibetan Administration website https://tibet.net/important-issues/dolgyal-shugden/
    And in this excellent article by Professor Robert Thurman: The Dalai Lama and the Cult of Shugden https://tibet.net/the-dalai-lama-and-the-cult-of-dolgyal-shugden/

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    • Dear Janna, thank you so much for providing these link and contexts for a better understanding of The Yellow Book and the affair. Please let us know if you happen to find other relevant material.

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      • Hi ~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama has requested that anyone who continues to propitiate the King Demon (Dolgyal) not attend His Holiness’ teachings. https://www.dalailama.com/messages/dolgyal-shugden/statements-announcements/his-holiness-advice Books that lead one to the hell realms don’t merit the title “holy,” so you might not want to include this one in your collection. It would be like including Mein Kampf in a collection of “holy” books. We can debate if it would be better to burn books like this or to keep them, but if you prefer to keep it, you might want to consider another bookshelf with a fitting label. Does humanity really benefit from keeping its racist, Satanic or divisive literature? Or would we be better off without it? Destructive emotions need to be removed from their source, in the mind (heart-mind). Nevertheless, certain books can be harmful, like pouring oil onto a fire. New Kadampa (a Dolgyal entity) has quite a few centers worldwide. 2015 Reuters report on Dolgyal: China co-opts a Buddhist sect in global effort to smear Dalai Lama https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/china-dalailama/ New Kadampa survivors on FB https://www.facebook.com/NewKadampaSurvivorTestimonies/ https://www.facebook.com/NewKadampaSurvivorActvists/

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        • I am not sure what mankind benefits from. That is not a concern of mine. My concern is books. Here on this site I upload books I find interesting and actually it is just a matter of time before Mein Kampf will be posted here. I have explained more in the FAQ:

          Do you really believe what X-book says – why do you promote this lunatic or weird idea?

          I am not promoting any kind of religion, belief systems, chemical substances, or spiritual paths. I am a librarian who host books that I personally find either meaningful, thoughtful, funny, uplifting, scary or in other ways interesting. This is my house and personal selection of books, you are welcome to read along but please keep in mind that I am not trying to convince anyone about anything.

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          • Dear Hans ~ Many wonderful books here. Thank you for this lovely library. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ven. Matthieu Ricard, Robert Thurman, Richard Davidson, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Sharon Salzberg, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and many other compassionate and wise teachers explain the profound benefits of generating heartfelt concern for all humanity – and for all beings. The minds we generate (our thoughts, emotions, dreams, memories, etc.) determine our individual and collective experiences: war or peace, restorative justice or mass incarceration, electroshock (ECT) or compassionate listening. What we ‘feed’ our minds – what we read, study, reflect on, practice – can lead to our own real happiness (e.g., Sharon Salzberg, “Real Happiness, Matthieu Ricard, “Happiness”) or endless suffering, stress and anxiety – as well as the happiness or suffering of countless others. So I think that the question “Does it benefit humanity?” is pretty important and offer that it just might be a question we all might want to reflect on, even a lot, as much as possible, whenever and wherever possible.
            The Dalai Lama: Scientific Investigation in Promoting Secular Ethics
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sugk-fHlzIc
            Emory Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics
            https://compassion.emory.edu/
            Matthieu Ricard: How to Let Altruism Be Your Guide
            https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_how_to_let_altruism_be_your_guide
            Matthieu Ricard: Three Forms of Ethics
            https://therealjannaweiss.blogspot.com/2017/09/three-forms-of-ethics-by-matthieu-ricard.html
            Blessings for happiness ~

        • Hello Janna Weiss,
          SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU conveniently put in your trendy Tibetan Buddhist view…. are you a FULLY ENLIGHTENED BEING? Probably not especially with how you are so quick to throw around uneducated judgements. General Patton was the most respected WW2 General and he said before he was murdered “we fought the wrong enemy, the Germans are the most noble people of europe”.
          Hitler did no holocaust, he just kicked out the bankers and started his own banking, same thing what Khaddafi more recently did to get himself murdered and his richest African country Libya ruined! They constantly demonize Hitler with propaganda in the history books because they DO NOT want ANYONE to find out how quickly a country and its inhabitants can become rich and prosperous as soon as you outlaw usury and kick out the world banker PARASITES!
          To be honest even his holiness the Dalai Lama many times has admitted he is still quite samsaric and NOT ENLIGHTENED (See Bill Moyer TV interview 1996) and especially NOT FULLY ENLIGHTENED being!
          It is very obviously displayed many times like not condemning Tibetans in Tibet doing self-immolation burning themselves to death in his “holiness” honor! To be honest most Tibetans politely ignore him. And don’t get me started on the rapist/plagiarist fraud Michael King!!! His name is FAKE and EVEN HIS DREAM was FAKE STOLEN from another black preacher man.
          Don’t be such a fanatic and don’t let your shallow western sensibilities and morals condemn other lands, people and time periods that are perhaps much more advanced than you and your HUGE opinions that are HUGE wrong!!!

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  2. I just read what is described on this page as “the excellent and balanced book by Ursuala Bernis on the topic: Condemmed to Silence.” It is neither excellent nor balanced but an absurd distortion of the truth – nothing but propaganda to attack the Dalai Lama’s opposition to sectarian spirit worship based on misplaced adoration of lamas that praised their protector for killing people who chose to exercise their religious freedom by taking teachings outside of the Gelug tradition.

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