The Shuk-den Affair: History and Nature of a Quarrel
By George Dreyfus
43 pagesIn recent years the community of Tibetan Buddhists has been agitated by an intense dispute concerning the practice of a controversial deity, Gyel-chen Dor-je Shuk-den. Several Tibetan monks have been brutally murdered, and the Tibetan community in general and the Geluk tradition in particular have become profoundly polarized. […] Why is Shugden so controversial?
An excellent explainer of the Dalai Lama’s antipathy towards this peculiar Gelug protector.