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Tibetan monks vow to ‘heal divisions’
Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, met with Trinley Thaye Dorje, a rival claimant in the Tibetan movement. While the Dalai Lama has on several occasions in the past endorsed Ogyen Trinley Dorje as the future of the Tibetan movement, the other Buddhist leader has also laid claim to the legacy. The meeting assumes significance as Trinley Thaye Dorje was recognised as the real Karmapa by some government functionaries in India as Ogyen Trinley Dorje was suspected by them to have links with China. Ogyen Trinley Dorje, who has been living in the U.S. for more than a year, recently acquired citizenship of Dominica in the Caribbean. The meeting at a rural location in France is seen as an attempt by India to unite the warring factions for a stronger Tibetan movement. In a joint statement, the two monks said they had met to sort out the differences that had cropped up in the Karma Kagyu lineage. “The purpose of our meeting was primarily to spend time together so that we could establish a personal relationship,” the two monks said in the statement posted on Ogyen Trinley Dorje’s website. “We were thus able to begin what we expect will develop into a strong connection.” The Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism, is based at Dharamsala.
Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ogyen-trinley-dorje-meets-rival-in-france/article25197081.ece
