The XVII Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, was born in the nomad community of Bakor, eastern Tibet, on the eighth day of the fifth Tibetan month, year of the Wood Ox (26 June 1985). Ogyen Trinley Dorje article at Biography and more information at Ogyen Trinley Dorje on TibetWrites Poetry [1] Moon-like flowers, / in …
In a muddle kingdom
It’s up to India to decide whether to host such a dharma avatar as the Seventeenth Karmapa as a refugee, or to hand the sceptre to a triumphant China.
Buddhism, China and the Indian Media
The XVII Karmapa was not only investigated for money laundering, Indian officials told the media that he was a “Chinese plant” simply because he is the only Tibetan reincarnate lama to be recognized by both China and the Dalai Lama.
Karmapa and the Cranes
If we want to be non-violent, we should be so out of genuine moral conviction, not as a roundabout way to ingratiate ourselves with the Chinese Communist dictators.
Defeated, But Never Cried
Moon-like flowers, / in the majestic medicinal land of snow, / bubbles of joy now mounting up.
