He was the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the spiritual leader of the Kagyu Buddhist lineage. Although he is only 17 years old, he is said to have assumed the greatness of the first Gyalwa Karmapa ...

A cloud of suspicion hangs over the 17th Karmapa Ugyen Thinley Dorje, after he was questioned again by Indian investigating agencies over unaccounted money totaling over a million US dollars. A string ...

Time magazine referred to him as “the world’s next top lama.” Elle Magazine named him one of “25 People to Watch.” That’s a lot of responsibility and acclaim for a 22-year-old. But, in a sense, this ...

DHARAMSALA: The exiled Tibetan government here has been thinking about shifting 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje to another place in Himachal Pradesh. DHARAMSALA: The exiled Tibetan government here ...

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 ...

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the head of the 900-year-old Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, will begin his third trip to America in mid-March. During the two months of ...

On January 27, Indian police swooped down on the Gyotu Monastery in Dharamsala, in the foothills of the Himalayas. They confiscated local and foreign banknotes from 25 countries said to total more ...

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: The Dalai Lama is now here in the US for nearly a month of teaching across the country. He is the world’s best-known representative of Tibetan Buddhism, perhaps of all Buddhism.

Karmapa Rinpoche, the head of Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism who is often regarded by international media as the third-highest Tibetan lama, said he will return to Tibet and "share the ...