Date: 28 March 2005 Mr. Mick Brown c/o Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 38, Soho Square London WID 3HB United Kingdom Dear Mr. Brown: I refer to your letter dated 12th December, 2004. You said in your letter: ‘the focus of this […]
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 […]
Neeraj KC 17150 Norwalk Blvd, Ste# 103 Cerritos, CA 90703 USA Dear Neeraj K.C. Thank you for your letter. I am sorry that our recollections of my meeting with Shamar Rinpoche in New Delhi seem to be so at variance, […]
Dear Mr. Brown: I wish to draw your attention to several misstatements that you made in your book from your meeting with H.H. Shamar Rinpoche in New Delhi. At the time, I was a student of Karmapa International Buddhist Institute […]
Question: Dear Shamar Rinpoche, Recently a number of people asked me the following questions, which I cannot answer. I am sending these questions to you for your help. Please let me know your answers. 1. Recently the Dalai Lama announced in […]
July 31st 1997– Gangtok Sikkim. Trustees of the Karmapa Charitable Trust filed a civil suit before the District Court of East and North Sikkim against the state of Sikkim and Gyatsab Rinpoche, to restore the status-quo of Rumtek Monastery as […]
A civil suit was filed on July 31, 1998 by the Karmapa Charitable Trust (KCT) 1961, T.S. Gyaltsen, Shamarpa Rinpoche and Gyan Jyoti Kansakar against the state of Sikkim through the chief secretary, the secretary of state’s Ecclesiastical department, Gyaltsab […]
Question: Dear Sir, Ever since His Holiness Dalai Lama endorsed Ugyen Dorje Trinley as the 17th Karmapa,the Karmapa controversy is widely seen to be resolved in his favour. In that case, how do you plan to advance the claims of […]
While media pundits have interpreted the Chinese Karmapa Ugyen Trinlay’s impact on Sino-Indian relations, one can only properly understand this story in the context of Tibetan history. Without an historical perspective, it is easy to miss the mistaken assertions riddling […]