Nós sempre acreditamos que Primeiro Luz 2000 seria uma inspiração para todo o mundo, e era. O que nós não poderíamos ter sabido era que a Sua Santidade Karmapa escolheria aquele tempo de prática e orações para sair do Tibet. Sua Santidade está agora finalmente na India. Sua Eminência Tai Situ Rinpoche ligou hoje para confirmar que Sua Santidade Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje chegou em segurança à Dharamsala, Índia no dia 5 de janeiro, a 10:30 da manhã. Ele está atualmente com Sua Santidade Dalai Lama e Sua Eminência Tai Situ Rinpoche. Sua Santidade Karmapa deixou o Monastério Tolung Tsurphu no dia 28 de dezembro com alguns atendentes. O viagem do Tibet durou sete dias a pé. De Dharamsala, Sua Santidade provavelmente ficará algum tempo em Sherabling, no monastério de Sua Eminência Tai Situ Rinpoche, antes de viajar para Rumtek. Eu tentarei manter vocês informados dos eventos conforme eles acontecerem.
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Pedimos desculpas às pessoas que nos chamaram ou escreveram para
mais detalhes sobre a viagem de Sua Santidade Karmapa.
Embora nós entremos em contato com a Sua Eminência Tai
Situ Rinpoche que se encontrou com Sua Santidade Dalai Lama e Sua Santidade
Karmapa em Dharamsala, nós ainda não temos informação
adicional. Sua Eminência tambám não tem mais nenhuma
informação além ado que já forneceu, pois ele
estava tão surpreso quanto todos nós pela viagem de Sua Santidade.
Por favor entenda que como melhor nós podemos determinar Sua Santidade Karmapa tinha caminhado mais de uma semana sem dormir para cheguar à Índia, local de nascimento dos ensinos de Buddha. Ele tem descansado e assim que Sua Santidade revele os detalhes de sua viagem e possa falar com Sua Santidade Dalai Lama e Sua Eminência Tai Situ Rinpoche sobre todas aas questões que estão sendo postos, nós informaremos aqui.
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NEW DELHI, JAN. 8. The escape of the 14-year-old Karmapa Lama Ugyen Trinlay Dorje from Lhasa is a political ploy of the Chinese Government in mutual agreement with the Dalai Lama, Shamarpa Rimpoche, the second-highest Lama of the Karma Kagyu lineage alleged here today. Rimpoche, who is also the regent of Sikkim's Rumtek Monastery, claimed that the 17-year-old Trinlay Thaye Dorje was the real 17th Karmapa, and not Ugyen Dorje as has been recognised both by the Chinese Government and the Dalai Lama.
At a hurriedly convened press conference here, he alleged that the ``so called escape'' was aimed at claiming the Black Crown - foremost symbol of the Karmapa's spiritual authority - and other belongings of the Head currently kept at the Rumtek monastery.
``If India provided support to the `Chinese Karmapa' to influence the Rumtek monastery, we will look for other options,'' the Shamarpa said but did not elaborate any further except to say: ``It would not serve India's interest.''
On the question of granting political asylum to the Chinese Karmapa by the Indian Government, he said: ``I will strongly object to this. This will render all the help and support provided by the Indian Government to the Karmapa recognised by me futile.''
India's support to Karmapa Thaye Dorje, based in Kalimpong, is not liked by China and this is the reason why it tried to solicit Dalai Lama's support, he claimed.
``Ugyen Trinlay, an innocent boy, should not be used as a political instrument. If he is here for a purely spiritual purpose, I believe he should make no claim to the crown,'' he argued adding that his escape was also designed to divert attention from the growing influence of Thaye Dorje currently in France on a religious tour. Shamarpa Rimpoche alleged that for the 14-year-old boy to sneak away from his highly guarded monastery in Tibet without the permission and knowledge of the Chinese Government was impossible. ``It is difficult to believe his miraculous escape,'' he said.
According to him, the Dalai Lama was providing support to the Chinese Karmapa because of his own political reasons, as his leadership in the past had been challenged by the 16th Karmapa.
``The Dalai Lama believes that if he supports the Chinese Karmapa, then his heart will be for him and thus weaken the Karmapa's strength. If he gained back Tibet the Karmapa will be under him and thus his political supremacy unchallenged,'' the Rimpoche said. Further the Tibetan spiritual leader did not want a powerful Karmapa in India, he added.
The entire episode, he alleged, strongly indicated a mutual agreement between the Chinese Government and the Dalai Lama. While China was happy to receive indirect support from the Dalai Lama to record it in the history books, the Tibetan spiritual leader was supporting the Chinese Karmapa only for `political purposes' and to undermine the strength of the Indian Karmapa.
MCLEOD GANJ (Dharamsala), JAN. 10. Police today said there was ``serious threat to the life'' of Ugyen Trinley Dorje, the third highest Tibetan religious leader who recently defected from China, and beefed up his security cover.
The Superintendent of Police, Dharamsala, Mr. K. C. Shadyal, told PTI that the 14-year-old monk, a heir to the seat of Karmapa, head of Karygi sect of Tibetan Buddhists, faced threats from ``different quarters.''
``We are identifying the source of threats and taking measures to deal with them,'' he said.
The senior police official said the security cover for the Karmapa had been extended to include besides his Tibetan security guards, men of State police and other agencies. ``As a protective measure we have moved him and his entourage to a new place'' which he did not disclose.
Asked whether any arrests had been made, he said ``I do not want to disclose anyting in that regard.''
On the Government's move to probe the circumstances under which the Karmapa arrived in India, Mr. Shadyal said ``my job is to provide security. I am not concerned with the probe.''
Dorje, accompanied by his sister and five other companions yesterday left the Chonar guest house, where he had been staying. Monks at the guest house and administrators here are tight-lipped over the new place where the teenaged Buddhist leader was being kept. Some of the residents were saying that the Karmapa was resting inside a monastery here to recover from the eight-day arduos journey from Tibet.
The Karmapa met the Dalai Lama twice since his arrival here on Wednesday
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NEW DELHI, JAN. 11. After discussing the wider implications of the defection from Tibet of the 17th Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, at the highest level, India, for the moment, is understood to have decided against granting political asylum to the boy monk. At the same time, New Delhi, it is believed, is opposed to the deportation of the boy monk who has a considerable following among Buddhists all over the world. Consequently, New Delhi may accept the Karmapa's de facto refugee status.
Upholding the principle of non-involvement in religious affairs, the Government is likely to steer clear of any internal the dispute triggered by his arrival. The Kagyu school of Buddhism, of which the Karmapa is a spiritual leader, has a following of five million people, spread over 300 monasteries around the world.
The identity of the 17th Karmapa is in dispute within the Kagyu school. The Rumtek monastery in Sikkim, which is the headquarters of the Kagyu school does not recognise Ugyen Trinley Dorje as the 17th Karmapa.
While the Government appears to have formulated its stance, it is still awaiting formal communication on the subject from Beijing. The Chinese, it is learnt, have so far avoided formally communicating to India the escape of the Karmapa from Lhasa. India, on its part, has also apparently not informed the Chinese authorities about his arrival.
Not surprisingly, the Foreign Office spokesman today declined to comment on the reported veiled warning by China against granting political asylum to the Karmapa. In Beijing, the Chinese Foreign Office spokesman indicated that a political asylum for the Karmapa would go against the spirit of the Panchsheel agreement which was the bedrock of Sino-Indian relations. Non-interference in the internal affairs of either country is one of the cardinal principles of the Panchsheel.
The Foreign Office spokesman, however, said the Government of India was ``not aware'' of any such communication from Beijing. He also rejected media reports which sought to portray that the western nations were exerting pressure on India to grant asylum to the Karmapa.
He reiterated that India was yet to take a decision on the status in India of the Karmapa.
In response to questions, he said the Government had not received any formal request for granting asylum to the boy monk. He also refused to spell out a time-frame for taking a decision on the Karmapa's political status. ``I don't know how long it will take'', he said.
The spokesman declined to compare the defection of the Karmapa to that of the Dalai Lama who was immediately granted asylum by India in 1959. The presence of 1,30,000 Tibetan refugees here was a reflection of New Delhi's historical links with Tibet.
Meanwhile, the Home Ministry team which had visited Dharamshala to take stock of the situation has returned to the capital.
In Dharamshala, the U.S Assistant Secretary of State and special coordinator on Tibet, Ms. Julia Taft, witnessed the rehabilitation work by the Tibetan ``government in exile.''