The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa visited Europe from June to August 2009.

The arrival of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa on the 8th of June, 2007 would be a prophetic sign of the days to come. Immediately after reaching the London Heathrow airport and receiving a joyous welcome at the exit gate, it was off to the Hotel for a private interview with Michael Binyon, a prominent UK journalist, to discuss many topics that would later find their way into The Times of London.

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Trinlay Thaye Dorje arrived in the United Kingdom for the first time in his 17th incarnation.