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Adding to his headaches, Ogyen Trinley Dorje has a rival claimant to the title of Karmapa, although the rival does not share Dorje's close relationship with the Dalai Lama.
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In any case, if the Karmapa were a planted agent, wouldn't the Chinese have encouraged him to camouflage himself as some firebrand activist?
The Karmapa Conundrum Tsering Shakya 2011
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Robbie Barnett, a Tibet specialist at Columbia University, calls the Karmapa's escape "one of the most interesting developments in exile politics in years."
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In Tibetan Buddhism, the Karmapa is the third recognized leader.
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Indian suspicions about the Karmapa are a particular problem.
NYT > Home Page By JIM YARDLEY 2011
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The Indian media, quoting unnamed security sources, have reported concerns that the Karmapa could be a Chinese stooge sent to India from Tibet to set up pro-Chinese monasteries.
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Indian media have been carrying reports that the Karmapa could be a Chinese agent sent to India to become a leader of Tibetan Buddhists who have made their home in the northern Indian town of Dharmsala.
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The Indian media, quoting unnamed security sources, have reported concerns that the Karmapa could be a Chinese stooge sent to India from Tibet to set up pro-Chinese monasteries.
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"The Karmapa is a revered religious leader of the Buddhists, and the government has no intentions to interfere in religious affairs of the Buddhists," she said, according to the P.T.I. Last week, the state police said the Karmapa's followers violated Indian tax and foreign currency laws in collecting the donations.
NYT > Home Page By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2011
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Indian media had initially carried reports that the Karmapa could be a Chinese agent sent to India to become a leader of exiled Tibetan Buddhists who have made their home there.
The Seattle Times 2011
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