Editing Shamarpa (section)

==Controversy==
In 1792 the Tibetan government accused the 10th Shamarpa of inciting a [[Sino-Nepalese War|war between Tibet and Nepal]]. He was exiled from Tibet and a ban placed on his future incarnations from being officially recognized.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE6DB133FF930A35751C0A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all  "The New York Times"] Retrieved on December 24, 2008.</ref> A modern Tibetologist, Sam Van Schaik, has suggested this interpretation of history to be wrong and has claimed that the Shamarpa mediated in the conflict.<ref name="Schaik2011">{{cite book|first=Sam Van |last=Schaik|title=Tibet: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RpLAKGG1ZX4C&pg=PT285|date=28 June 2011|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-17217-1|page=285}}</ref>

The comment of the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa on this period was: "Merit was becoming smaller and smaller. There was much political interference. Black was becoming white. The real was becoming unreal. At that time it was not practicable to have any Shamarpa recognised or enthroned. Everything was kept secret. The incarnations appeared, but were not revealed."<ref>Douglas Nik, White Meryl : Karmapa, the Black Hat Lama of Tibet. London,  Luzac & Company Ltd., 1976, P. 151.</ref> In 1963, following a request from the 16th Karmapa, the Tibetan Government in Exile lifted the ban.<ref>[http://www.bodhipath.org/karmapa_shamarpa/  "The Karmapa and Shamarpa Lineages"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved on December 22, 2008.</ref> The 14th Shamar Rinpoche was officially enthroned, and after completing his studies in 1979 began his extensive teaching activity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diamondway-buddhism.org/buddhist-teachers/shamar-rinpoche/|title = Shamar Rinpoche &#124; Diamond Way Buddhism}}</ref>

Another controversy began in 1992, during the search for and recognition of the 17th [[Gyalwa Karmapa]]. A division formed within the Karma Kagyu sangha over the selection of two Karmapa candidates. The [[Karmapa controversy]] has its roots in feudalistic Tibetan history, and is connected with politics of China and India as well.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://tibetexpress.net/426/shamar-rinpoche-passes-away-in-germany/|title= Shamar Rinpoche passes away in Germany |last= Gaphel|first= Tenzin|date= June 12, 2014 |website= The Tibet Express|publisher= |access-date= |quote= Following his meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the 13th of August, 2010 Shamar Rinpoche stated: “I met His Holiness the Dalai Lama at in Dharamsala at His Holiness’ residence. We had a discussion for approximately one and a half hours and had a very important and detailed exchange of views regarding the ongoing Karmapa controversy and its possible solution. Although this matter is not easily resolved, since it is connected to the politics of China and India as well, with His Holiness Dalai Lama’s blessing and support I am confident that there will be an amicable solution, which will be beneficial for the Karma Kagyü lineage, as well as for Tibetan Buddhism in general.”}}</ref> The Karmapa candidates [[Ogyen Trinley Dorje]] and [[Thaye Dorje]] have met each other, and issued joint statements calling for cooperation, and the wish to find the 15th Shamar Rinpoche together.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lionsroar.com/two-claimants-to-karmapa-title-release-joint-statement-reunify-lineage/|title=Two claimants to "Karmapa" title release joint statement calling for unity; Lion's Roar – Buddhist Wisdom for our Time}}</ref>