Ace of Diamonds - A conversation with Lama Ole Nydahl

Prague blossomed in orange and red last month for a visit by the spiritual head of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Trinlay Thaye Dorje. more...

Grand functions to mark Ambedkar anniversary

The birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar would be celebrated with full grandeur at Mhow on Saturday. A number of programmes are being organised to mark the occasion. The leader of Buddhist community, 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje would inaugurate the main function and seminar on 'Contribution of Dr. Ambedkar Towards National Unity and Social Harmony' to be organised on Ambedkar Jayanti. Sarsanghchalak, Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh, KC Sudarshan would attend the programme as the chief guest. The Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan would preside over. Karmapa and Sudarshan would reach birthplace of Dr Ambedkar, Mhow along with the Chief Minister, Chouhan and pay floral tributes to late Baba Saheb. more...

Prayer Flags A flutter In A Chill Wind

The Lama is ageing...and China is waiting. Tibet's cycle of rebirth gets a new spin.

The battle over choosing the next Dalai Lama has begun. One that threatens to strip Tibetan Buddhism of perhaps its most thrilling and mysterious of practices—reincarnation. At the heart of the conflict is the 14th Dalai Lama, now 72 years old, who is preparing himself and his people for life after him. more...

The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa turns 22

Unlike last year’s grand birthday celebration at the Gyuto Tantric Monastic University here in Dharamsala, this time the celebration is sensibly kept simple in view of the fact that this year is considered an obstacle year for His Holiness the Dalai Lama. more...

The Buddhist leader who loves tolerance – and The Simpsons

His website profile is that of many 24-year-olds. He likes the band Black Eyed Peas and action films such as Spider-Man; he watches the BBC news, The Simpsons and Lost, his heroes are Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff and Peter O’Toole and he would like to have met Elvis and Mahatma Gandhi. more...

MEET THE FUNKY BUDDHA

He spends his spare time surfing the internet and watching The Simpsons, his heroes are England cricketers Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff and he'd love to meet The Beatles and Elvis. more...

Life after the Dalai Lama

The spiritual leader of the Tibetan people is now 71 - and finally talking about retirement. But his successor is likely to face the same life of exile as China's persecution continues. more...

21st-Century Religious Travel: Leave the Sackcloth at Home

IT’S not often you meet a god. But on a pouring day last summer in Dharamsala, home to the Tibetan exile community in India, I did. In a monastery outside town, I was shown into a vast, bare room. At the front sat the 17th Karmapa Lama, third-ranking leader in Tibetan Buddhism — a figure considered almost a god by many Tibetans. The Karmapa fled Tibet when he was a boy, but in exile he had become a man, in his early 20s, with a broad, shaved head and meaty arms beneath his flowing monk’s robes. more...

January, 2007 His Holiness Shamarpa Rimpoche met His Holiness Orgyen Trinley Rinpoche

Recently, on January 9, 2007, His Holiness Shamarpa Rimpoche met His Holiness Orgyen Trinley Rinpoche at 10 a.m. in the Oberoi Intercontinental Hotel at New Delhi, India. more...

Monks’ meet raises eyebrows - Karmapa in tête-à-tête with Shamarpa

Gangtok, Jan. 15: The meeting between Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorji and Kunzig Shamar Rimpoche in New Delhi on January 9 has evoked mixed reactions. While one lobby has expressed concern since “the Shamarpa cannot be trusted”, the other is happy as it feels that it is a step towards reconciliation between two warring factions. Little, however, is known about what transpired between the two. more...

Monks chant Karmapa claim

Gangtok, Jan. 12: More than 300 monks from North Sikkim called on chief minister Pawan Chamling here today, demanding that his government do its best to ensure that the Karmapa visits Phodong monastery to preside over religious ceremonies. more...

Gyalwa Karmapa returns to Dharamsala after almost two months of spiritual tour

Dharamsala: 10 January: After almost two months of spiritual undertakings covering places in the Indian states of West Bengal and Bihar; Gyalwa Karmapa is due to arrive at Gyuto-Tantric Monastic University today, his temporary residence in Dharamsala, in the Northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. more...

Official statement from www.kagyuoffice.org regarding Orgyen Trinley meeting Shamar Rinpoche

On January 9, 2007, at the request of Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and Tenzin Chonyi, His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa granted an audience to His Eminence Shamar Rinpoche at 10:00 A.M. at the Oberoi Intercontinental Hotel, New Delhi. more...

Official statement from www.karmapa-issue.org regarding Orgyen Trinley meeting Shamar Rinpoche

After various attempts to get an audience and have a personal meeting with H.H. Shamarpa Rinpoche, H.H. Orgyen Trinley Rinpoche finally met Shamarpa Rinpoche at Delhi on the 9th of January at New Delhi, India . more...

Media cannot dictate national affairs of a country: Karmapa Lama

The spiritual leader of the Kagyu sect of Buddhism- one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism- Karmapa Lama has expressed displeasure over the media coverage of war and strife all across the world, saying that the media cannot dictate or influence the national affairs of a country. more...