Would-Be Gelug Tibetan Parliament Member Expelled From Monastery on Disciplinary Ground - Tibetan Review

Drepung Gomang Monastery expels Gelug MP Atuk Tseten, bars monks from running for political office

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, May 11: One of the largest Buddhist monastic institutions in exile, Drepung Gomang Monastery, in an unprecedented move, has unanimously passed a resolution expelling Gelug Member of Parliament Geshe Lharampa Atuk Tseten from the monastery’s administrative and welfare association, citing repeated breaches of monastic discipline, disregard for pledges, and conduct deemed detrimental to the reputation of the monastic com…

Would-be Gelug Tibetan parliament member expelled from monastery on disciplinary ground - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, May11’26) – By unofficial results, Geshe Lharampa Atuk Tseten has won re-election to the 18th Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE) as one of two persons to represent the Gelug Tibetan Buddhists in it, but he is now removed from his monastery in a disciplinary action. At its meeting on May 10 evening, the governing […]