China had several possible motives for staging his “escape,” including a desire to strengthen his claim to the title at a time when the rival contender (backed by important interests in India, Bhutan, and Taiwan) appeared to be gaining ground. Had Dorje remained in Tibet, he could have lost out to his rival, because the 280-year-old Rumtek monastery, the Kagyu school’s holiest institution, is where the sect’s all-powerful “black hat,” the symbolic crown of the Karmapa – believed to be woven from the hair of female deities – is located.
中国有数种可能的动机去策划多杰的“出走”，包括加强他对“噶玛巴”称号的合法性，因为当时另一个竞争者（得到了印度，不丹和台湾方面的扶持）的影响力不断增强。倘若当年多杰不出走的话，迎接他的可能就是失败的苦果，因为具有280年历史的德隆寺——噶举派的最高圣地，该教派全能的“黑帽”（玛噶巴的象征性法冠，据传是由女神的头发编成）的所在地——就是在印度锡金邦境内。