Truth: This is untrue. NKT Teachers are not qualified medical practitioners so they cannot advise their students on whether to take medication or not. In all cases, an NKT Teacher should advise a student who is sick to consult their doctor. Geshe Kelsang himself has on innumerable occasions advised his students to follow the advice of their doctors.
Truth: This is not true. It would be anathema for any Buddhist to pray for a living being to be harmed. Buddha taught that all living beings are our kind mothers and that the only enemies of living beings are our delusions (negative minds such as anger, greed and ignorance).
While it is true that organizations like the FPMT and other Buddhist groups loyal to the Dalai Lama's view that the NKT is a money-making cult etc have spread lies and disinformation about us, we would be defeated by our delusions if we allowed this to provoke an angry response and so we have tried consistently to react without hostility or violence. All we want to do is to set the record straight, which is why we have set up this site; as well as to help others to find peace, happiness and a meaningful life through Buddha's teachings.
Truth: The NKT have never murdered anyone. This is a very irresponsible accusation aimed solely at discrediting them for their opposition to the Dalai Lama’s ban of Dorje Shugden.
It is against the very ethos of Buddhism, including the NKT, to kill or harm any living being. One of the commitments of Buddhist refuge is not to harm others. Buddha himself said that those who harm others are not trainees in virtue (i.e. his disciples).
Truth: This is not true. It is however a good recent example to show how public opinion can be created and manipulated.
On May 19 2008, the German journalist Reinhard Bingener published an article in the prestigious German newspaper 'Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'. The article entitled "Breakfast with the Prince of Peace - The image of the Dalai Lama in the West could be showing cracks" was critical towards the Dalai Lama; however it also stated that Shugden people engage in animal sacrifice. (This is also an implicit smear against NKT practitioners as they are Dorje Shugden practitioners).
This is a good example to show how public opinion can be created and manipulated. When asking the journalist how on earth he could publish such a false statement, he said a "religion expert" told him that Shugden practitioners sacrifice animals. When asked the name of this "expert", Bingener replied that he was requested not to mention it.
We might ask what such an "expert" is scared of. To appear to be manipulated by the Dalai Lama's Private Office? To be sued for libel? When asked for evidence or even instances of Shugden practitioners sacrificing animals, the journalist could not give any. This was not the most rigorous example of "investigative journalism".
There is no Dorje Shugden or NKT practitioner who has ever sacrificed one single animal. This would be utterly against the meaning of Buddhism and the Dorje Shugden prayer in which we request Dorje Shugden to protect all living beings, including animals. Indeed, a great number of NKT practitioners are vegetarians for compassionate reasons.