- The
Karmapa Tulku lineage of the
Gyalwa Karmapa is the
oldest among the
major incarnating lineages of
Tibetan Buddhism,
established in 1110 CE by the...
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currently two,
separately enthroned 17th
Gyalwang Karmapas:
Ogyen Trinley Dorje and
Trinley Thaye Dorje. The
Karmapa is the
spiritual leader of the nine-hundred-year-old...
- countries. The
spiritual head of the
Karma Kagyu is the
Gyalwa Karmapa; the 2nd
among the 10
Karmapas had been the prin****l
spiritual advisors to successive...
- The 16th
Karmapa,
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (Tibetan: རང་འབྱུང་རིག་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wylie: Rang 'byung rig pa'i rdo rje;
August 14, 1924 –
November 5, 1981) is...
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capital Gangtok. It is the seat in
exile of the
Gyalwang Karmapa,
inaugurated in 1966 by the 16th
Karmapa. It is also a
focal point for the
sectarian tensions...
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replica of
Karmapa’s black crown from
Rangjung Dorje, 3rd
Karmapa,
establishing the
second line of
reincarnate lamas in
Tibetan Buddhism. The
Karmapa was the...
- Rdo-rje) (born 6 May 1983 in Lhasa) is a
claimant to the
title of 17th
Karmapa. The
Karmapa is head of the
Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main
schools of...
- (Wylie: U-rgyan 'Phrin-las Rdo-rje) is a
claimant to the
title of 17th
Karmapa. The
Karmapa is head of the
Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main
schools of...
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Thanlyin Mingyaung Sayadaw,
Ashin Nandamalabhivamsa,
Dalai Lama, the
Gyalwa Karmapa, the Je
Khenpo in Bhutan, and
Shinso Ito of the Shinnyo-en
branch of Shingon...
- Chöying
Dorje (1604–1674) was the
tenth Karmapa or head of the
Kagyu school of
Tibetan Buddhism. Chöying
Dorje was born in the
kingdom of Golok, Amdo...