The fallacy of Karmapa's Chinese links
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The assumption that the Karmapa will create a China-friendly chain of monasteries in the Himalayas by using Himachal Pradesh as a staging point for anti-India campaigns is a fallacy. The monasteries which dot the Himalayan region from Arunachal to Sikkim, West Bengal, Uttaranchal to Himachal Pradesh & Ladakh belong to different sects of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. There is no homogeneity as each of the four schools have their own spiritual leader and are not dependent on each other. However, all schools by and large owe allegiance to the Dalai Lama, the supreme spiritual and temporal head of Tibet. To take the analysis a little further: Arunachal, our eastern most border state has a large Buddhist following belonging mostly to the Geluk sect (known widely as the "Yellow Hat Sect"). The Geluk sect is headed by the Ganden Tri Rinpoche who is elected to this....
More about Thinlay Topgay
Thinlay Topgay is a Delhi-based Indian of Sikkimese origin. He is an alumni of St Stephen's College and the Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. A lawyer by training, Topgay now heads Legal & Tax function at a leading Japanese MNC. His comes from a Buddhist family. He is a follower of the Gyalwang Karmapa who is now in his 17th incarnation - Urgyen Trinlay Dorji.
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