A young adventurer on a world tour finds herself at Rumtek Monastery, home to the Karmapa, his regents, and students.

Tranquility and tolerance are professed practices that attract people to Buddhism. Another is the self-effacing pacifism of Buddhist leaders, even under modern political pressures. All those virtue… ...

Home News: Tibetan spiritual leader and head of Kagyu sect Ogyen Trilney Dorjey on Wednesday held special one hour prayer for the restoration of peace at Kriti m.

Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, or head of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism, sat at his ease in a throne-like overstuffed chair, rimless rectangular glasses perched on his pleasantly ...

Known as the 17 th Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje is widely believed to be the reincarnation of previous leaders of the Kagyu or Black Hat sect, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism ...

The Karmapa is the head of what is known as the Karma Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It is claimed that the institution of Karmapa is more than 200 years older than the institution of Dalai Lama ...

However, another brother of his -- the 10th Living Buddha of the red hat system of Karma Kagyu Sect -- felt resentful and colluded with forces in Gorkha to invade Xizang and ransack the ...

The dancers are the sect's most eminent monks, led by the absolute spiritual head of the Kagyu sect - the 17th Karmapa Trinley Dorjee. He has been living in exile in Dharamsala after he fled Tibet ...

An 8-year-old boy has been recognized and confirmed as the new leader of the Kagyu sect, one of the four branches of Tibetan Buddhism. Search. Subscribe. Manage profile. Donate. Login Log out.

Shimla: In a surprise development, the two claimants to the title of the 17th Karmapa, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan Karma Kagyu sect, Urgyen Trinley Dorje (33) and Trinley Thaye Dorje (35 ...