Karmapa Lama prays for world peace
Bodhgaya (Bihar), December 31 - Buddhist spiritual leader the 17th Karmapa Lama Ugyen Thrinley Dorje on Wednesday prayed for world peace at a ten-day prayer ceremony of his sect in Bodhgaya. more...

Karmapa still barred from Sikkim monastery
Dharamsala, Four years after he escaped to India, Ogyen Trinley Dorjee, viewed by many as the 17th Karmapa, has not been allowed by New Delhi to visit Sikkim's Rumtek more...

Official Statement of Shamar Rinpoche
We learned from the media that Lama Naran Singh, an Indian national of Bihar (India), filed another court case against His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, India. more...

Examining the Death of Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche By Tenzin Chogyal
Twelve years have passed since Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche was killed in a car accident. Since that time, a great many details surrounding the tragic event have come to be known. Today, it is important that information surrounding Jamgon Rinpoche’s death be reviewed in light of all the known facts. more...

Karmapa Charitable Trust: Press Release 13.05.04
In July 1997, The Karmapa Charitable Trust, the legal body given responsibility for Rumtek Monastery by H.H. the 16th Karmapa, filed a lawsuit against Tai Situ Rinpoche and Gyaltsab Rinpoche. The Karmapa Charitable Trust sought justice in the courts after Rumtek Monastery was violently taken over by Situ Rinpoche and Gyaltsab Rinpoche on August 2nd 1993 with the help of then-Chief Minister of Sikkim Nar Bahadur Bhandari. more...

Clarification of the Term “Heart Sons” By H.H. Shamar Rinpoche
For reasons that I cannot fathom, recent books on the Karmapa controversy by two supporters of Tai Situ Rinpoche, Lea Terhune and Mick Brown, employ the term “Heart Sons” to describe four Karma Kagyu lamas—Shamar Rinpoche, Situ Rinpoche, Gyaltsab Rinpoche and Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche. more...

Group Loses Legal Bid to Retain Control over Disputed Monastic Seat of the Karmapas
Indian Supreme Court Rejects Claim of Tsurphu Labrang, Clearing the Way for the Karmapa Charitable Trust to Regain Control of Rumtek Monastery more...