When a Tibetan Buddhist leader dies, he leaves clues as to where he will next incarnate so that he can be found and trained to take up his duties again. When the 16th Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, died in 1981, the search for his successor soon began. This is the story of the politics and intrigue involved in finding him, not a simple task as it turned out, as told by a Western student of Lama Ole Nydahl.
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When a Tibetan Buddhist leader dies, he leaves clues as to where he will next incarnate so that he can be found and trained to take up his duties again. When the 16th Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, died in 1981, the search for his successor soon began. This is the story of the politics and intrigue involved in finding him, not a simple task as it turned out, as told by a Western student of Lama Ole Nydahl.
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Very Good. 8vo. xxix, 304pp, glossary, endnotes, few bw ills. or card. Slight edge wear to covers, light foxing to foreedge. When the 16th Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, died in 1981, the search for his successor soon began. This is the story of politics and intrigue involved in finding him as told by a Western observer.
