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        against the head of the Karma  most three years, it seems that  er  of  the  900-year-old  Karma  Dorje over the chair. Millions of
        Kagyu  Sect,  one  of  the  four  Trinley Dorje might come back  Kagyu  lineage.  Though  there  people  follow  Trinley  Dorje  in
        sects  of  the  Nalanda  tradition  to India soon.                       is  contention  between  Ogyen  Tibet and he also has great in-
        of  Vajrayana  Buddhism,  and           Dorje  is  the  spiritual  lead- Trinley Dorje and Trinley Thaye  fluence over Buddhist residents.
        imposed travel restrictions.                                                                                      Moreover,  Karmapa  has  a
            The  government  of  India                                                                                strong following in Sikkim top,
        has a one-time opportunity to                                                                                 where he remained popular de-
        call  the  Ogyen  Trinley  Dorje                                                                              spite being out of the state for
        back  to  India.  The  arrival  of                                                                            more  than  four  years.  Before
        Dorje  remained  a  serious  is-                                                                              leaving India, Dorje resided in
        sue  for  both  the  Chinese  and                                                                             his impressive monastery locat-
        Indian  governments  after  he                                                                                ed near the Dhauladhar range
        left India in May 2017 without                                                                                in Dharamsala.
        informing  the  authorities.  In                                                                                  If Dorje comes back to India
        fact, currently, after the Dalia                                                                              rather than China. Indian influ-
        Lama,  Dorje  is  the  most  im-                                                                              ence could increase in the Tibet-
        portant  and  influential  person                                                                             an region and can have a strate-
        for the Buddhist community of                                                                                 gic  advantage  in  Tibet  to  fight
        the Tibetan region.                                                                                           the Chinese invasion in a more
            After a year Dorje left India,                                                                            effective way. Even though Ti-
        The Hindu reported that the                                                                                   bet is an autonomous territory,
        Indian central government was                                                                                 it has always been a point of ten-
        seeking to convene him back to                                                                                sion between China and India.
        India. And the Indian Nation-                                                                                 Both nations have come face to
        al Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit                                                                                face several times in this region.
        Doval  proposed  Tamang  for                      Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan (ANI)           The Tibet region plays a strate-
        the task. Now, finally, after al-                                                                             gic role for both nations.


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