Saturday morning, before a World Peace talk took place on the West Lawn of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje stood silently on the stage, waiting to greet the 14th Dalai Lama. This was the 26-year-old Karmapa’s first public appearance since arriving in the nation’s capitol the night before. While thousands of people had come to hear the Dalai Lama’s talk...



