Karmapa to pay tribute to Mother Teresa today

Thursday, August 26, 2010

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Chinese group and officials of the Office of Tibet in New York during their meeting on 17 August 2010
File Photo: Tibetan Spiritual leader, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa
KOLKATA: Tibetan spiritual leader, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, will be in Kolkata on Thursday to pay tribute to Mother Teresa on her birth centenary.

The Karmapa is expected to visit Mother House in the afternoon and offer a floral tribute at the place where Mother Teresa was laid to rest. In the evening, he will inaugurate a photo exhibition and attend the Mother's birth centenary celebrations organized by the Young Men's Welfare Society.

The Karmapa was barely 14 when he succeeded in slipping out of Tibet into India . He travelled for over a week in a jeep, on foot, horseback, helicopter, train and taxi to cross the mountains into Nepal and then India . On January 5, 2000 , much to everyone's surprise, the Karmapa arrived at Dharamshala and met the Dalai Lama. In 2001, he was granted refugee status by the Government of India.

The Karmapa lives near Dharamshala and has been permitted by the Indian government to visit Buddhist sites elsewhere in the country. He makes annual trips to Bodh Gaya and Sarnath where he presides over important Kagyu ceremonies.
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