Karmapa

Vietnam's President To Lam arrives in Bodh Gaya today for a significant two-day visit to India, aiming to bolster bilateral ties. Accompanied by a high-level delegation, his trip marks a decade of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Authorities have implemented special traffic restrictions in Bodh Gaya to ensure security and smooth passage during this important visit.

The Centre says it doesn't recognize Dharamshala-based monk Ogyen Trinley Dorje as the reincarnation of the 17th Karmapa Lama and has asked the Himachal Pradesh government not to extend any such recognition to him.

Even as a cloud of suspicion regarding his alleged Chinese links hovers over Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the police during investigation of the bank accounts of the monastery believes that efforts were also made over the years to give him legitimacy as the Karmapa.

Tibetan religious leader, the Karmapa, was asked a set of 50 questions by police on Sunday about nearly Rs 70 million worth of unaccounted foreign and Indian currency being found in his monastery.

The 17th Karmapa has got the nod from the Union home ministry to visit Sarnath near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh that is regarded as the birthplace of Buddhism has come as a great surprise in various quarters.

Not many Indians had heard of the Karmapa Lama before he made news recently, after being accused of having Rs 7.5 crore in foreign currencies, attempting benami land deals near Dharamshala and, worst of all, being a Chinese spy.

Amid investigations into the Karmapa monastery case pertaining to huge haul of foreign currency, including 9 lakh worth Chinese Yuan, the 17th Karmapa has got the nod from the Union home ministry to visit Sarnath near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

Himachal Pradesh DGP D S Minhas said investigations in the Karmapa monastery raid case were moving in the positive direction. A huge amount of foreign currency was seized from the Gyutso monastery during raids.

The Karmapa monastery at Sidhbari has reportedly deposited $150,000 with the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

China on Monday denied that Karmapa, the head of the Tibetan Karma Kagyu sect, was its spy, and claimed that allegations against the country in this regard showed India's "mistrustful attitude" towards Beijing.

The visit of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Urgyen Trinley Dorje, to Arunachal Pradesh was enabled by a recent decision by the Cabinet Committee on Security, to lift restrictions on his travel within India. The visit may be expected to rile China, which claims Arunachal as its own territory.

The Karmapa would be visiting Vajra Vidya Institute in Sarnath from March 9 to 12 to hold connection with spring teachings. The Karmapa's office stated that it was a routine visit.

With the investigations into the Karmapa monastery case pertaining to huge seizure of foreign currency currently including Chinese yuan by state police currently at critical stage the reports of 17th Karmapa, Ogyne Trinley Dorjee could be given clean chit by centre seems to have put state government in a quandary.

Police Saturday continued searches at the offices of a trust backed by Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje, who was questioned over the seizure of foreign currency.

Tai Situ Rinpoche, who anointed Ugyen Trinley Dorje as the 17th Karmapa, by producing a prediction letter of the 16th Karmapa, has a chequered past, said Himachal Pradesh director-general of police D S Minhas.

The 17th Karmapa, Trinley Dorjee, arrived in Bodh Gaya on a six-week-long religious sojourn in the holy land where Gautam Buddha ac-quired enlightenment over 2,500 years ago.

In a relief to Tibetan religious leader Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the Himachal Pradesh government has decided to drop his name from the chargesheet in the foreign and Indian currency recovery case.

The grand hall of the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute in Qutub Institutional Area is a riot of colours.

This is not the first time that Karmapa, chief of an important sect of the Tibetan Buddhists, finds himself in controversy following raids conducted at his monastery in Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) and recovery of a huge amount of foreign currency, including Chinese Yuan. In fact, Karmapa made his debut on the Buddhist scene on a highly controversial note and controversy has followed him ever since.

Beijing on Monday rubbished reports that Tibetan spiritual leader, the Karmapa, was its spy. The Karmapa is facing investigations into the source of large amounts of money found in his monastery near Dharmsala last week.

Spurred by media reports linking Karmapa Ugyen Trinlay Dorje to China, students from the Tibetan community in the city on Saturday came out to protest against the allegations made against their spiritual leader and to express their solidarity with him.

On Wednesday, 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorjee had his public audience with his followers from across the world. A special prayer session was held by the monks of the monastery.

The Centre is understood to have given a clean chit to Tibetan spiritual leader Karmapa in the case relating to the huge foreign currency haul.

Central agencies, involved in the probe into the recovery of huge cash from the transit home of the Tibetan spiritual leader Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje, have given him a clean chit.

Upset over reports about returning of summons issued by Una chief judicial magistrate, the Karmapa administration has denied any ulterior motive and promised full adherence and cooperation with law of the land.

A thorough investigation into the cash found with the 17th Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, would be good, said Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, here on Sunday.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Sunday reiterated there was nothing wrong with Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje's unaccounted money recovered from Buddhist monastery near Dharamshala.

Staff of the Karmapa was questioned again by the Una police again on Sunday pertaining to seizure of huge haul of foreign currency, including Chinese yuan to the tune of about Rs 9 crore, from the Gyuto monastery at Sidhbari about eight kilometres from here.

Tibetan spiritual leader, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, will be in Kolkata on Thursday to pay tribute to Mother Teresa on her birth centenary.