The recent harrasment of Gyalwa Karmapa has led to a lot of speculation surrounding the way the events have been handled by Indian media, the motives of Himachal Police and politicians. And of course there are the usual conspiracy theories about the Shamar camp being behind it all.
Some of Karmapas supporters, including a couple of high profile ones, seem to be using this series of seemingly unfortunate events for their own political gain. This is a highly dangerous game to be playing. History shows that trying to manipulate the Karmapas for political gain doesn't tend to work out as intended.
Following in a similar vein, looking to point fingers of blame for the resent events, and in fact the previous Karmapa "issue", is a pretty gross act of hypocrisy. Any negativity or obstacles around the Karmapa is the result of our own karma and messy samaya. As such maybe it would be a good time to look at our own motivation and perhaps do a bit more Vajrasattva?
As supposed Vajrayanists surely this is an opportunity for using difficulties to practice? Mishap linage and all that?
Everytime I've spoken to him, he has always made me really look at my own motives, both hidden and overt, and this is what I am doing now. Despite not being a particularly decent practitioner or even human being, this is a very helpful exercise.
Longer term there is also a possibility that all this will actually lead to greater freedom of movement for Gyalwa Karmapa as well as futher resolution of certain other issues.
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