Thaye Dorje abandons monkhood


Man and wife: Thaye Dorje tied the knot with Rinchen Yangzom in New Delhi recently. — AFP

New Delhi: A senior Tibetan lama at the centre of a long-running row over one of Buddhism’s most important titles has abandoned the monkhood altogether after marrying a childhood friend in India.

Thaye Dorje, 33, has claimed since childhood to be the reincarnation of the Karmapa Lama, the leader of one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

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