Welcome to the first 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). Three Books, One PurposeWriters interested in the Karmapa issue have been quite busy […]
from the “Weekend Review” -by A STAFF REPORTER Gangtok/Kalimpong: Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche, the second in the hierarchy of the Karma Kagyu Lineage, has warned that if major articles of faith are missing from the Rumtek Dharma Chakra Centre (DCC), a theft case will be […]
– by a Staff Reporter Rumtek: At least four items have been found to be missing so far – and one of them given away to Ugyen Trinley Dorje – from the articles of faith belonging to the Karmapa at the Rumtek Dharma […]
We refer to Mr Tashi Wangdi’s (minister of religious and cultural affairs, exiled Tibetan government) statement in the Times of India on 14th of August, 2001. We respectfully disagree with his statement, which says that “there should be no controversy […]
Your Holiness, The controversy of the two Karmapas has caused considerable dissension within Tibetan Buddhism, not to mention confusion in the outside world. In this letter, I humbly explain the reason for my position in the matter and respectfully propose […]