A shekara ta 1959, bayan mamayewar kasar Sin, ya bar Tibet a matsayin wani bangare na tafiyar Karmapa na 16.
Tabbas, mafi rikitarwa na jumla ita ce "A cikin 1959, bayan mamayar China, ya bar Tibet kuma bayan ya kwashe shekara daya da rabi a Kalimpong ya zauna a Rumtek Monastery (Sikkim), babban wurin zama na 16th Karmapa. "