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Karmapa Faces Currency Charges
Dec. 17 | By JIM YARDLEYDEC. 8, 2011 NEW DELHI — The Indian police have filed criminal charges against one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most important figures in connection with more than $1 million in cash discovered this year at his headquarters in the foothills...
Shamar on Validity and Proof of Prediction Letter
Dec. 11 | Taken from a documentary by Rishi Jindal, exploring the debate around the death and reincarnation of His Holiness the16th Karmapa. This clip shows Shamar boasting that only he can know who is the genuine Karmapa and that there is, somewhere a letter...
Yeshe Dorje advised students not to take Gelug teachings seriously
Dec. 11 | Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA) was started by the former Tibetan Government-in-exile (now CTA, Central Tibetan Administration). It is where all the Dharma texts of all four lineages are preserved, as well as many translations of those works...
What Can Not Be Controlled Must Be Suppressed
Oct. 19 | It has been said that a picture paints a thousand words, the following pictures point towards more questions than answers. Who is the Sharmapa? Shamarpa (“Holder of the Red Crown”), also known as Shamar Rinpoche or more formally Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche...
The Aitken-Shimano Letters
Sep. 26 | by Vladimir K. and Stuart Lachs In May, 2010, we received a CD collection of letters held at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Library Archives. Robert Aitken Rōshi, the founder of the Diamond Sangha, an international Zen sangha, has donated his...
Self-styled sex guru ran prostitution network involving air-hostesses, college students and housewives: police
Sep. 26 | Indian police arrested a self-styled guru for allegedly running a prostitution network involving air-hostesses, college students and housewives in India’s capital New Delhi, police said. The man, Shiv Murat Dwivedi, and six women were arrested on Friday...
Utah Zen master admits affair, leaves center
Sep. 26 | By Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune First published Feb 18 2011 06:41PM, updated Mar 22, 2011 11:42PM The founder and charismatic Buddhist teacher at Salt Lake City’s Kanzeon Zen Center has stepped away after acknowledging a sexual affair...
Letter to Robert A. F. Thurman by Shamar Rinpoche
Sep. 24 | Date: Date: 06 June 2006 Dr. Robert A. F. Thurman Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies Columbia University Chair, Department of Religion Kent Hall Room 617, Mail code 3949 1140 Amsterdam Ave. New York , NY 10027 Dear Robert A. F. Thurman, I am writing in...
