Kontroversi Karmapa

Pelantikan Karmapa Ketujuh belas, kepala Buddhisme Tibet sekte Karma Kagyu, menjadi subjek kontroversi. Sejak kematian Karmapa keenam belas, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, pada 1981, dua kandidat diajukan:
 Ogyen Trinley Dorje (juga disebut Urgyen Trinley Dorje)
 Trinley Thaye Dorje

Ogyen Trinley Dorje

Ogyen Trinley Dorje lahir pada 1985 dari sebuah keluarga nomadik di sebelah timur Tibet.

Trinley Thaye Dorje 

Thaye Dorje lahir pada 6 Mei 1983 di Lhasa, Tibet. Ayahnya adalah Mipham Rinpoche, reinkarnasi dari lama aliran Nyingma paling berpengaruh.

Catatan

Referensi 
 Karmapa, the Black Hat Lama of Tibet by Nik Douglas and Meryl White (1975) ISBN 0-7189-0187-8
 The History of the Sixteen Karmapas of Tibet by Karma Thinley (1980) ISBN 1-57062-644-8
 His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Urgyen Trinley Dorje, Ken Holmes, Altea Publishing 1995, ISBN 0-9524555-4-4. Details of previous Karmapas as well.
 Rogues in Robes: An Inside Chronicle of a Recent Chinese-Tibetan Intrigue in the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Diamond Way Buddhism, Tomek Lehnert, Blue Dolphin Publishing 2000, ISBN 1-57733-026-9. The author is a student of Thaye Dorje.
 Music in the Sky: The Life, Art, and Teaching of the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Michele Martin. Snow Lion Publications 2003, ISBN 1-55939-195-2. Written by a Tibetan translator, who lived for years in Nepal and India and also made many trips to Tibet. The book also gives a generous sampling of his poetry and teachings as well as the stories of the 16 previous Karmapas. The author is a student of Situ Rinpoche.
 The Dance of 17 Lives: The Incredible True Story of Tibet's 17th Karmapa, Mick Brown, Bloomsbury 2004, ISBN 0-7475-7161-9. This book covers the life of the Ogyen Trinley Dorje and clarifies the politics surrounding his recognition.
 Karmapa: The Politics of Reincarnation, Lea Terhune, Wisdom Publications 2004, ISBN 0-86171-180-7. Provides some background material to the present situation as well as an account of Ogyen Trinley Dorje's life. The author is a student of Tai Situ Rinpoche.
 Wrestling the Dragon: In search of the Boy Lama Who Defied China, Gaby Naher, Random House Sydney 2004, ISBN 1-74051-279-0. As stated in the book itself, this account is fiction mixed with fact. It is focused on the author's meeting with Ogyen Trinley Dorje.
 Buddha's Not Smiling: Uncovering Corruption at the Heart of Tibetan Buddhism Today, Erik D. Curren, Alaya Press 2005, ISBN 0-9772253-0-5. The book places the controversy in the context of sectarian conflict between the Karma Kagyu and the Dalai Lama's government in Tibet and in exile. The author is a student of Shamar Rinpoche.

Bacaan tambahan 
Wong, Sylvia. The Karmapa Prophecies. ISBN 978-81-208-3480-4

Pranala luar 
Personal homepages
 Kagyu Office website and page about Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
 The site of the Tai Situpa
 Site of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
 Home Page of Karmapa Thaye Dorje
 Home Page of Shamarpa

Centres and monasteries
 The website of Rumtek Monastery 
 Office of Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje's center and branches in the United States, Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
 List of centers associated with Thaye Dorje 

Statements, interviews, documentaries, background material
 Interview with Thrangu Rinpoche on the 17th Karmapa recognitions
 Reference Materials about the Seventeenth Karmapa 
 Home Page of the Karmapa Documentary Project
 The Karmapa Issue website - information on the 17th Karmapa recognitions
 "The Truth About the Karmapa Controversy", by Shamar Rinpoche
 HH Karmapa Thaye Dorje meets HH Sakya Trizin 
 Answers to Questions about the new Karmapa
 August 13th, 2010: Shamar Rinpoche met with His Holiness Dalai Lama
 additional background material, press articles, statements, book reviews...

Media coverage
 Asia Times: India, Sikkim, China and a vexing Tibetan lama 
 BBC News story: Who is the Karmapa Lama?
 New York Times:China Creates Specter of Dueling Dalai Lamas

Kagyu lineage
 A Brief Illustrated History of Karmapa-Shamarpa Lineage
 1973 Prediction About the Future of the Kagyu Lineage By Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoché
 2010 Shamarpa speaks about Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoché’s divination

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