Ogyen Trinley Dorje		Trinley Thaye Dorje

Pelantikan Karmapa Ketujuh belas, kepala Buddhisme Tibet sekte Karma Kagyu, menjadi subjek kontroversi.^[1] Sejak kematian Karmapa keenam belas, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, pada 1981, dua kandidat diajukan:

• Ogyen Trinley Dorje (juga disebut Urgyen Trinley Dorje)
• Trinley Thaye Dorje

Ogyen Trinley Dorje lahir pada 1985 dari sebuah keluarga nomadik di sebelah timur Tibet.

Thaye Dorje lahir pada 6 Mei 1983 di Lhasa, Tibet. Ayahnya adalah Mipham Rinpoche, reinkarnasi dari lama aliran Nyingma paling berpengaruh.

• Karmapa, the Black Hat Lama of Tibet by Nik Douglas and Meryl White (1975) ISBN 0-7189-0187-8
• The History of the Sixteen Karmapas of Tibet by Karma Thinley (1980) ISBN 1-57062-644-8
• His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Urgyen Trinley Dorje, Ken Holmes, Altea Publishing 1995, ISBN 0-9524555-4-4. Details of previous Karmapas as well.
• Rogues in Robes: An Inside Chronicle of a Recent Chinese-Tibetan Intrigue in the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Diamond Way Buddhism, Tomek Lehnert, Blue Dolphin Publishing 2000, ISBN 1-57733-026-9. The author is a student of Thaye Dorje.
• Music in the Sky: The Life, Art, and Teaching of the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Michele Martin. Snow Lion Publications 2003, ISBN 1-55939-195-2. Written by a Tibetan translator, who lived for years in Nepal and India and also made many trips to Tibet. The book also gives a generous sampling of his poetry and teachings as well as the stories of the 16 previous Karmapas. The author is a student of Situ Rinpoche.
• The Dance of 17 Lives: The Incredible True Story of Tibet's 17th Karmapa, Mick Brown, Bloomsbury 2004, ISBN 0-7475-7161-9. This book covers the life of the Ogyen Trinley Dorje and clarifies the politics surrounding his recognition.
• Karmapa: The Politics of Reincarnation, Lea Terhune, Wisdom Publications 2004, ISBN 0-86171-180-7. Provides some background material to the present situation as well as an account of Ogyen Trinley Dorje's life. The author is a student of Tai Situ Rinpoche.
• Wrestling the Dragon: In search of the Boy Lama Who Defied China, Gaby Naher, Random House Sydney 2004, ISBN 1-74051-279-0. As stated in the book itself, this account is fiction mixed with fact. It is focused on the author's meeting with Ogyen Trinley Dorje.
• Buddha's Not Smiling: Uncovering Corruption at the Heart of Tibetan Buddhism Today, Erik D. Curren, Alaya Press 2005, ISBN 0-9772253-0-5. The book places the controversy in the context of sectarian conflict between the Karma Kagyu and the Dalai Lama's government in Tibet and in exile. The author is a student of Shamar Rinpoche.

Wong, Sylvia. The Karmapa Prophecies. ISBN 978-81-208-3480-4

Personal homepages

• Kagyu Office website and page about Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
• The site of the Tai Situpa
• Site of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
• Home Page of Karmapa Thaye Dorje
• Home Page of Shamarpa

Centres and monasteries

• The website of Rumtek Monastery Diarsipkan 2016-01-24 di Wayback Machine.
• Office of Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje's center and branches in the United States, Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
• List of centers associated with Thaye Dorje Diarsipkan 2005-10-20 di Wayback Machine.

Statements, interviews, documentaries, background material

• InterviewDiarsipkan 2015-02-10 di Wayback Machine. with Thrangu Rinpoche on the 17th Karmapa recognitions
• Reference Materials about the Seventeenth Karmapa Diarsipkan 2005-10-23 di Wayback Machine.
• Home Page of the Karmapa Documentary Project
• The Karmapa Issue website^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]} - information on the 17th Karmapa recognitions
• "The Truth About the Karmapa Controversy", by Shamar Rinpoche
• HH Karmapa Thaye Dorje meets HH Sakya Trizin Diarsipkan 2012-04-26 di Wayback Machine.
• Answers to Questions about the new Karmapa
• August 13th, 2010: Shamar Rinpoche met with His Holiness Dalai Lama
• additional background material, press articles, statements, book reviews...

Media coverage

• Asia Times: India, Sikkim, China and a vexing Tibetan lama Diarsipkan 2014-09-03 di Wayback Machine.
• BBC News story: Who is the Karmapa Lama?
• New York Times:China Creates Specter of Dueling Dalai Lamas

Kagyu lineage

• A Brief Illustrated History of Karmapa-Shamarpa Lineage
• 1973 Prediction About the Future of the Kagyu Lineage By Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoché
• 2010 Shamarpa speaks about Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoché’s divination