DHARAMSHALA: Tibetan spiritual leader 17th Karmapa , once considered a Chinese spy, said that he is talks with the Indian government over his return from the US.

Various sections of media had reported that he might not return to India. But the Tibetan leader put all those speculations to rest.

Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, has said that he is likely to return to India by November this year.

In an interview to Radio Free Asia (RFA), a Washington-based online news broadcaster, Karmapa said that he was in talks with the Indian government for his return.

“There are rumors that I may go to China. My intention has been all along to go back to India,” Karmapa told the Tibetan language service of RFA.

“There will be a meeting of reincarnate lamas of the major Tibetan Buddhism traditions in Dharamshala in November and I want to get back to the country to attend it,” he said and added that the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and the Dalai Lama are expecting him to be present at the meeting.

Karmapa said that when he arrived in India (in 2000), he had to face many difficulties, especially because he was suspected to be a Chinese spy.

The 33-year-old head of Karma Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism has been in the US since May last year and has repeatedly extended his stay citing a medical checkup.

