Thaye Dorje, the 33-year-old leader of Karma Kagyu, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, has abandoned monkhood to marry his old friend. While he will now have to renounce some of his ...

Thaye Dorje claimed to be the reincarnation of the Karmapa Lama. New Delhi: A senior Tibetan lama at the centre of a long-running row over one of Buddhism's most important titles has abandoned the ...

A senior Tibetan lama based in India, who is one of the claimants to the title of Karmapa Lama, has married a childhood friend and abandoned monkhood, his office announced on Thursday. Thaye Dorje ...

A senior Tibetan lama has abandoned the monk hood altogether after marrying a childhood friend in Delhi, March 30, 2017. In this photo, Tibetan Buddhist nuns prepare butter lamps during the annual ...

Tibetan Buddhist leader Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje could well inherit the political legacy of the Dalai Lama, even though he belongs to a different Tibetan Buddhist sect. At 83, the Dalai Lama keeps ...

The control over the Rumtek monastery in Sikkim is regarded as the final acknowledgement of the sect headship and as of now, neither Trinley Thaye Dorje nor Ogyen Trinley Dorje have got control over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Senior Tibetan lama Thaye Dorje (C) has claimed to be the reincarnation of the Karmapa Lama since childhood A senior Tibetan lama ...

A senior Tibetan lama at the center of a long-running row over one of Buddhism’s most important titles has abandoned the monkhood altogether after marrying a childhood friend in India, his office said ...