{"id":2453,"date":"2011-02-03T16:25:30","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T16:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2011\/02\/karmapa-lama-denies-charges-of.php"},"modified":"2011-02-03T16:25:30","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T16:25:30","slug":"karmapa-lama-denies-charges-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/02\/karmapa-lama-denies-charges-of","title":{"rendered":"Karmapa Lama Denies Charges of Spying for China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By VISHAL ARORA <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>c. 2011 Religion News Service<\/em><br \/>\nNEW DELHI (RNS) In an unprecedented probe of exiled Tibetan Buddhist monks, Indian officials want to know why top Buddhist leaders had $1.5 million in cash stashed away at their headquarters in Dharmsala.<br \/>\nPolice seized $1.5 million of cash in Indian and foreign currencies, including Chinese yuan, in a recent raid on the monastery of the Karmapa Lama, the No. 3 leader within Tibetan Buddhism.<br \/>\nAddressing his supporters on Thursday (Feb. 3) for the first time since the raid, the Karmapa Lama called allegations that he is a Chinese spy the result of &#8220;misunderstandings and mistakes.&#8221;<br \/>\nIndian officials have suspected Chinese links with the 25-year-old Karmapa Lama ever sever since his 2000 escape from Tibet. The Karmapa Lama&#8217;s office has said the money was &#8220;unsolicited donations&#8221; from followers from around the world, including in mainland China. Other monasteries are now expected to face investigation.<br \/>\n&#8220;India, in contrast to communist China, is a free country, a democratic country that is based on the rule of law,&#8221; he told his followers. &#8220;Therefore I trust that things will improve and the truth will become clear in time. So please be at ease. There is no need to worry.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By VISHAL ARORA c. 2011 Religion News Service NEW DELHI (RNS) In an unprecedented probe of exiled Tibetan Buddhist monks, Indian officials want to know why top Buddhist leaders had $1.5 million in cash stashed away at their headquarters in Dharmsala. 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