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Gyuto Monastery Gets 5-yr FCRA approval
Gyuto Tantric Monastery has been granted a five-year FCRA license by the Centre. The monastery served as the Karmapa’s temporary residence. The Himachal police raided the monastery in 2011 and claimed to have seized $7.05 crore in foreign currencies. Gyuto monastery abbot Lobsang Khedup verified the news according to ET(economic times), saying, “The FCRA license…
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India is striving to Welcome Karmapa back to India
According to the Chief Minister of Sikkim, South Block is seriously considering reaching out to the 17th Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje. CM Prem Singh Tamang indicated at a news conference in Gangtok that the Karmapa, who left India without notice in 2017, may return “very soon,” and that the State is prepared to send a…
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Karmapa Will Return Back to India Assures President Sangay
Amid the protracted issue over the return of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee to India after he left the country in 2017, the President of Central Tibetan Administration, Dr. Lobsang Sangay has assured of his return. The Karmapa has been based in the United States over the past more than one year…
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Karmapa Clarifies He Requested for Indian Visa Since October 2018
The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee has clarified on Wednesday that he has actually requested for an Indian visa since October 2018. The spiritual leader of Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism has long been trying to get the approvals from Indian authorities to return to Indian from US after he acquired the citizenship of Commonwealth…
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Security at Karmapa’s Dharamshala Residence Reduced to Half
The security personals deployed at the temporal residence of the Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India has now been reduced to half. The residence of the Karmapa in India has been vacant since his departure from the country in May, 2017.
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India Commits Diplomatic Blunder Over Karmapa Ogyen Dorjee
The Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India commits a diplomatic blunder over the issue of Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee according to the special report in the Sunday Guardian Live by Vijay Kranti, a senior journalist and Chairman, Centre for Himalayan Asia Studies & Engagement (CHASE).
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India Does Not Recognise Ogyen Trinley Dorje as the 17th Karmapa: Report
According to breaking developments in the media reports, the Indian government reportedly not recognising well known Ogyen Trinley Dorje who is presently out of India on an extended stay in the United States since May last year as the 17th Karmapa.
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Karmapa Very Keen to Return to India Says Amitabh Mathur
The second most important Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee is very keen to return to India and preside over his religious programs scheduled in December according to former advisor on Tibetan Affairs, Government of India, Mr. Amitabh Mathur post speculations over the cancellation of 13th Tibetan religious leaders meet.
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Allow Karmapa To Visit Sikkim: Monks Enter 33rd Day Of Hunger Strike
The Buddhist monks in Sikkim have started a relay hunger strike or a dharna in demand from the state and the union government of India to allow the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee to visit the state and his righful abode Rumtek monastery. The dharna has entered its 33rd day today and the monks has…
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Karmapa Talks On Buddhism And Eating Meat
On the 6th day of the Spring teachings of Gyalwang Karmapa in Sarnath, he discussed about the core issue of whether a buddhist practitioner eat meat. He also clarified the incorrect meaning of his suggestion for people to stop eating meat that he made few years ago at a Kagyu Monlam.