Information about IKKBO:
Resolution
Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche's message to the IKKC
Statement by the monks community at the IKKC
Open letter to H.H. the Dalai Lama
General information:
Background on
the Karmapa controversy
Prediction
About the Future of the Kagyu Lineage
By Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Legal documents:
Court Decisions
Buddha's Not Smiling, By Erik D. Curren.
The Day the Last Monastery in Shangri-La Fell -
Buddha's Not Smiling is the anatomy of a crisis. On August 2, 1993, Rumtek monastery
was attacked. Its monks were expelled and the cloister was given to a lama appointed
by the Chinese government. But Rumtek was not in China, and its attackers were
not Communist troops. Rumtek was in India, the refuge for most exiled Tibetans.
And it was Tibetan lamas themselves who led the siege. Evidence shows that the
Chinese Communists directly supported Tibetan lamas and monks who attacked Rumtek
monastery.
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Nov 1st
04 Novelist Tries to Wrestle with the Karmapa Controversy in Non-Fiction
Format: IKKBO Says that She Should Have Stuck To Fiction.
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Oct 21th
04 Shamar Rinpoche Files Defamation Suit against Controversial Karmapa Book
Author Lea Terhune accused in spreading false information solely to harm Tibetan
Buddhist leader and lineage.
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The supreme
court of India decision on Rumtek
[ Original Text ]
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No.22903/2003
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Group Loses
Legal Bid to Retain Control over Disputed Monastic Seat of the Karmapas
Indian Supreme Court Rejects Claim of Tsurphu Labrang, Clearing the Way for
the Karmapa Charitable Trust to Regain Control of Rumtek Monastery.
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Monk's
Community of
H.H. The Gyalwa Karmapa
International Karma Kagyu Conference, 16th - 17th March 2001, Kathmandu, Nepal
Delegates to this conference are representatives of the affiliated Karma Kagyu monasteries and centers from all over the world. Thus over 500 monasteries and centers from all over the world.
Resolution
1.An International Karma Kagyu Organization (in short: IKKO) is herewith
established with a central headquarters to be in New Delhi, India.
This organization is to represent and to act on behalf of all representatives
of this conference and their respective organizations. The headquarters
is to be financed by regular contributions from centers and monasteries
world-wide.
2.IKKO is requested to write an open letter to H.H. the Dalai Lama under observation of the following points:
a)The independence of the Karma Kagyu school is to be emphasized. Any external interference into internal affairs of the Karma Kagyu school is rejected. The issue of H.H. the Karmapa's recognition and enthronement is purely an internal matter of the Karma Kagyu school.
b)Referring to the letter sent by H.H. the Dalai Lama's private office to H.H. Shamar Rinpoche dated July 14, 2000, the members reject the Dalai Lama's declaration to be an authority in charge of the recognition of the Karmapa reincarnation.
3.It is resolved to request Shamar Rinpoche to continue his efforts to have the so-called « prediction letter » regarding the 17th Karmapa's incarnation presented by Situ Rinpoche be subjected to an independent, forensic examination. This examination must be conducted in a way that is acceptable to the both parties of the dispute. At the same time this issue should be addressed legally through the courts in India.
4.The members of the Conference decides to express their unanimous sincere gratitude and support for H.H. Shamar Rinpoche for all his past and present activities regarding the preservation of the authentic Karma Kagyu school. It is resolved to request H.H. Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche to give the authentic transmission of the Karma Kagyu Lineage to His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa, Trinlay Thaye Dorje and also to the devotees at large. H.H. Shamar Rinpoche is kindly requested be available for a number of days to give initiation, transmission and teachings.
5.IKKO is recommended to create a P.R. sub-committee in charge of communications with the media.