Abbreviation WSS Founded 2008 | Headquarters London, United Kingdom Parent organization Advanced Water Recovery | |
Predecessor Shugden Supporters Community Type Non-governmental organization Affiliations International Shugden Community Website www.westernshugdensociety.org | ||
Western shugden society protest
The Western Shugden Society (or WSS) was a western campaigning group that advocates Dorje Shugden.
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Aims
According to their website , the aims of the WSS are
Academic views
Robert Barnett of Columbia University is critical of the WSS:
I also made it clear that the Western Shugden group's allegations are problematic: they are akin to attacking the Pope because some lay Catholics somewhere abuse non-believers or heretics. The Western Shugden Group is severely lacking in credibility, since its form of spirit-worship is heterodox, provocative and highly sectarian in Buddhist terms and so more than likely to be banned from mainstream monasteries – while its claimed concerns about cases of discrimination in India should be addressed by working within the Tibetan community instead of opportunistically attacking the Dalai Lama in order to provoke misinformed publicity for their sect.
Dissolution
A 2015 Reuters investigation determined "that the religious sect behind the protests has the backing of the Communist Party" and that the "group has emerged as an instrument in Beijing’s long campaign to undermine support for the Dalai Lama". After the Reuters investigation revealed that China backs it, the International Shugden Community halted operations and disbanded.