RADIANT COMPASSION: GLIMPSES OF THE LIFE OF THE 16TH GYALWA KARMAPA
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    • From Volume One, Chapter One >
      • Enthronement in Tsurphu
      • Lama Tönsang about Tsurphu
      • Tireless Dharma activity despite escalating violence
      • Garchen
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      • Birth of a Buddha
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      • The First Western Students
      • The 16th Karmapa in the USA 1974
      • Visit to the Hopi Nation
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        • Vienna 1977
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        • HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa's Parinirvana
        • Birdstories
        • Steve Roth Supreme Lord of Compassion
        • The Black Crown of the Karmapas
        • Moments that Changed Entire Lives
        • Bardor Rinpoche
        • Peace!
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    • The Priest and the Pekinese
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    • Visit in Rumtek 1965
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In the upcomin weeks I will post
press articles about the activity of the Great 16th Gyalwa Karmapa
1958: The Priest and the Pekinese
1965: Visitors Step from 20th Century When they Enter Monastery in Sikkim

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We have many stories about Karmapa's love for animals. Here we learn about a visit in Sikkim 1957, where he visited a dog breeder to meet the reincarnation of his former dog. Thanks to Anna Majerechová for sending the article.
Australian Women’s Weekly (1933 - 1982), Wednesday 29 August 1973, page 41
THE PRIEST AND THE PEKINESE
As told by Phil Percie-Paine
to Doris Cheesbrough
 
The holy man claimed the dog had been his in a
previous Incarnation — and the dog seemed to
know him. An uncanny meeting in the Himalaya
Mountains near Tibet.
 
 
 
ONE raw, grey late-afternoon in February, 1958, I had changed wearily into my housegown to rest.
 My husband and I had returned that day from Calcutta.
As told by Phil Percie-Paine
to Doris Cheesbrough
We lived at Darjeeling, close to the border of India and Tibet over 7000f. above sea level. When the mists lifted oh! what a view of incredible beauty confronted us - the snow-capped peaks of Kangchenjunga, rising over 28.000ft.
 My husband was head of the science department of the Darjeeling Anglican school, known as “the Eton of the East.” It brought together 300 boys ranging from eight to 18 years. These lads — Easterners, Westerners from different backgrounds, of various religious faiths, lived all the year in harmony.
 Alas for my rest — it was soon to be disturbed by the unexpected arrival of a most important visitor.
 The commotion it caused among the servants! They came rushing up the stairs, knocking on my door and screaming to me, beside themselves in a mixture of elation and awe.
 “Memsahib! Memsahib! Come. Come down. Chito- chito.” (Quick, quick) “He’s come. Here. Great man.” Read more




Doig, Desmond: Visitors Step From 20th Century When They Enter Monastery In Sikkim, The Cincinnati Enquirer, May 16, 1965.


GANGTOK, Sikkim: A few miles, a ridge and a couple of centuries away from Gangtok is the monastery of Rumtek. Its stout walls might have mushroomed of their own accord from the forested spur on which they stand. Its rusted tin roof and bleached woodwork make of neglect a pretense of great age. Huddled about it are the mud and bamboo dwellings of lamas, a slum but for the view, the mountain air and the presence of the monastery that invests the place and everything in it with an overpowering sense of peace and wellbeing. Read more.


Karmapa Commemoration  Volume Bulletin of Tibetology, Gangtok, 1982
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  • Welcome
  • Short Biography of HH the 16th Karmapa
  • Words of His Holiness
    • Prophecies >
      • Prophecy 1944
    • Vajrasongs >
      • Spontaneous Vajrasong at the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the Shri Nalanda Shedra in Rumtek
      • Words of Advice >
        • Short Wisdom Quotes
    • Interview 1980
    • Long-life prayers by HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa
    • Western Visitor's Interview
    • Letter to European Disciples 1978
    • Words of His Holiness the 16th Karmapa: From Social Media, Part One
  • A book about HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa
    • Presentation of the book about HH the 16th Karmapa >
      • Interviews
      • background informations
  • Extracts from Radiant Compassion
    • Table of Contents
    • prefaces and introduction
    • From Volume One, Chapter One >
      • Enthronement in Tsurphu
      • Lama Tönsang about Tsurphu
      • Tireless Dharma activity despite escalating violence
      • Garchen
    • From Volume One, Chaper Two: Travel to Nepal, Bhutan and India >
      • Birth of a Buddha
      • Construction of the Rumtek Monastery
      • travels
      • Minor Obstacles Abroad
      • The First Western Students
      • The 16th Karmapa in the USA 1974
      • Visit to the Hopi Nation
      • extracts of volume two >
        • Vienna 1977
        • Laying of the Foundation Stone of the KIBI
        • HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa's Parinirvana
        • Birdstories
        • Steve Roth Supreme Lord of Compassion
        • The Black Crown of the Karmapas
        • Moments that Changed Entire Lives
        • Bardor Rinpoche
        • Peace!
  • Who's the Karmapa?
  • Press articles about HH the 16th Karmapa
    • Visit in Rumtek 1965
    • The Priest and the Pekinese
    • Sickness and Parirvana
    • Visit in Rumtek 1965
  • Videos
  • background
    • rumtek shedra >
      • additional information >
        • dates
        • risks
  • bibliography
  • mistakes and modifications
  • links
  • about the author
  • contact, disclaimer, copyright
  • Dana - Donations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Feedback and Reviews
  • Disclaimer
  • sitemap
    • original documents >
      • ranking
      • Letter to Practitiones in Scandinavia
  • Contact
  • additional interviews and accounts
  • Bookorders Volume One and Two
    • Prices
    • Volume Two
  • the latest posts
  • Victory banner of the Dharma
  • Towards Illumination