Ogyen Trinley Dorjee, the 17th Karmapa, is in the United Kingdom for the first time, giving a series of teachings in London. The Karmapa, who fled Tibet in 2000, said “We have had a strong Dharma connection with Britain from the time of the 16th Karmapa”. His predecessor, the 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, was one of the first Tibetan religious teachers to propagate Buddhism in the west.