In accordance with the wishes of the many people concerned about the numerous claims that my stance on the two Karmapas has been contradictory over the years, I would like to take this opportunity now to openly explain […]
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: I am writing you about the pending inventory of valuables at Rumtek Monastery. I came […]
Sikkim awaits Delhi’s word on Karmapa – TOI, 20.05.03 Date: 29.05.03 Dear Mahendra Ved, dear Ladies and Gentlemen of the editorial staff of the TIMES OF INDIA, With great interest we read your article on the Statement of Chief Minister […]
In this legal manoeuvre, Gyaltsab Rinpoche tried to remove himself as defendant number three in the case filed by Karmapa Charitable Trust in July 1997. One of the arguments he used is that as head of Gyaltsab Labrang he was […]
According to reliable sources, on 18th of June, 2002 the High Court had fixed the date for the inventory at Rumtek Monastery. At the same time, it ordered that no one was to be allowed at the premises of the […]
Rumtek Monastery was established and developed by the late 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpai Dorje on a site measuring 74 acres offered to him by King Tashi Namgyal of Sikkim in 1962. His Holiness kept all religious Buddhist relics and […]
Letter to his Excellency the Governor of Sikkim Raj Bhawan Gangtok, E. Sikkim Date: 13.05.02 Sub: Welcoming the Proposed Inventory of Religious articles at Rumtek Monastery. Your Excellency, We, the undersigned on behalf of […]