On 9 October 2013, many news bulletins and articles relayed the news that Akong Rinpoché had been murdered in Chengdu, China, by three people. Certain articles mention that Akong Rinpoché is a very high-ranking Kagyu lineage lama as recognized by […]
Extracted from The Karmapa Prophecies By Sylvia Wong In March of 1992, Situ Rinpoche produced a prediction letter allegedly written by the 16th Karmapa. The letter gives the names of parents and a place of birth. A few weeks later, […]
Question: Dear Shamar Rinpoche, I have been to Kathmandu as well as New York . It seems many Tibetan people are angry with you. They say you disrespect the Dalai Lama because you deliberately go against his recognition of the […]
Dear Mr. Brown, Thank you for your letter of 19 Sept., 2005. You said, ” I fear you have misunderstood my last letter. When I say I spoke to a number of people who wished to remain anonymous, I was […]
(excerpt from “Setting the Records Straight#2” which was published here earlier) What Rights Did Situ and Gyaltsab Rinpoches Have Over Rumtek? To answer this question, it is necessary to understand something about the legal structure of Tibetan monastic administrations. Traditionally, each high […]
An Open Letter to Mick Brown Author of The Dance of 17 Lives: The Incredible True Story of Tibet’s 17th Karmapa (London: Bloomsbury, 2004). Dear Mr. Brown: In your book, you have written about the Black Crown of the Karmapas: […]
Since 1992, the Karma Kagyu Lineage has been embroiled in a fierce controversy The conflict arose after a young monk, Urgyen Trinley, was falsely proclaimed the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage by Tai Situ Rinpoche. Traditionally, […]
In October, Random House released a new book on the Karmapa controversy. Written by Australian novelist and Tibet activist Gaby Naher, Wrestling the Dragon: In Search of the Boy Lama Who Defied China is the fourth book published since 2003 on the […]
By Dawa Tsering Director, Kathmandu Office, IKKBO This is the eighth article in a series of responses to Mick Brown’s The Dance of 17 Lives: The Incredible True Story of Tibet’s 17th Karmapa (Bloomsbury , 2004). Topga Rinpoche succeeded Damchoe Yongdu […]
Article #7 part 1: “His Master’s Voice” Response to selected errors of fact in Mick Brown’s book by Lama Karma Wangchuk Secretary of the IKKBO This is the seventh article in a series of responses to Mick Brown’s The Dance of 17 Lives: The Incredible […]
Article #7 part 2: “His Master’s Voice” Response to selected errors of fact in Mick Brown s book by Lama Karma Wangchuk Secretary of the IKKBO This is the seventh article in a series of responses to Mick Brown’s The Dance of 17 Lives: The […]
by Jay Landman This is the sixth article in a series of responses to Mick Brown’s The Dance of 17 Lives: The Incredible True Story of Tibet’s 17 th Karmapa (Bloomsbury, 2004). From the Washington Post Book World Sunday, August 1, […]
Indian Supreme Court Rejects Claim of Tsurphu Labrang, Clearing the Way for the Karmapa Charitable Trust to Regain Control of Rumtek Monastery New Delhi-July, 2004 Today, the International Karma Kagyu Buddhist Organization released the text of a July 5 decision by […]
Article #3: “His Master’s Voice” This two articles are the third in a series of responses to Mick Brown’s The Dance of 17 Lives: The Incredible True Story of Tibet’s 17 th Karmapa (Bloomsbury , 2004). Dear Mr. Brown: We […]
This article is the second in a series of responses to Mick Brown’s The Dance of 17 Lives: The Incredible True Story of Tibet’s 17 th Karmapa (Bloomsbury, 2004). From Nomad Boy to Village TulkuAkong Tulku has been spiritual director of the Samye […]