The State Oracle Nechung going into trance

Dalai Lama Oracles

The Dalai Lama relies on Spirits and Trance Oracles

In the West, the Dalai Lama likes to present himself as a modern thinker, inclined to reason and scientific methods, but in reality the Dalai Lama has for a long time relied on dubious and superstitious methods for making important decisions. Were any other political leader to rely on such superstitions to make their policies they would be the laughing stock of the political world.

The Dalai Lama's decision to abandon the pure practice of Dorje Shugden, that he received from his precious spiritual guide Trijang Rinpoche, and further to ban others from practising it and persecute them should they continue, was made mainly as a result of listening to spirit oracles and throwing doughballs! The Dalai Lama - though supposedly a Buddhist - relies on many worldly spirits. The spirit he mainly relies on is Nechung, who has a long history of harming living beings and making completely innaccurate predictions.

A pure spiritual teacher should cultivate wisdom through a deep meditative investigation of themselves and the world around them. A person who relies heavily on oracles and so forth will soon find themselves lost in confusion, with no wisdom of their own, and unable to make the most basic decisions. Many of the Dalai Lama's failings - politically and spiritually - can be traced back to this sad and innappropriate reliance on spirits.