Guest Post by Joanne Clark The latest troubles within the Karma Kagyu¹ look like the last gasp of the Tibetan tulku system. This is my opinion of course, but honestly, how can this system be […]
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A Groundbreaking Meeting Begins A New Era for the Karma Kagyu Lineage – The Two Karmapas Meet in France
On October 11, 2018 a statement was released jointly by the two claimants to the title of Karmapa, His Holiness Ogyen Trinley Dorje and His Holiness Trinley Thaye Dorje. The statement reads: We are both […]

On Shamar Rinpoche’s death and the future of Karmapa
By Thierry Dodin Occurring in Germany at a time the Karmapa was touring there, the untimely death of Kunzig Shamarpa inevitably gave rise to some speculations. More important than this coincidence and associated elaborations about […]