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Archives for past teachings and links to current teaching programs of the Karmapa can be accessed from the following links: […]
USCIRF Commissioners meet with His Holiness the 17th Karmapa of Tibet
USCIRF Vice Chair Kristina Arriaga (right) and Commissioner Jackie Wolcott (left) met with His Holiness the 17th Karmapa of Tibet (center) to discuss religious freedom for Tibetan Buddhists in China.
The Gyalwang Karmapa Speaks of HH Dalai Lama’s Birthday
July 6, 2017 – Washington, D.C.
We Tibetans consider the birthday of HH the Dalai Lama to be extremely important. As he had indicated in his previous life as the Sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa, His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa was born in eastern Tibet, to a mother named Lolaga and a father named Döndrup. When he was just seven years old, a search party arrived at his family’s camp.
We are most fortunate that he lights our way like a blazing torch as we pass through these dark and difficult times. In harmony with tradition, he was recognised as the 17th Karmapa by the second most senior Karma Kagyu lama, the late 14th Shamarpa, Mipham Chokyi Lodro. We are all enriched with Inner Wealth, a limitless source of compassion and wisdom.
His birthday, therefore, is an important occasion for us. His […]
In addition, Beru Khyentse Lodro Mizay Pampa’i Gocha taught him the Tantra, Bo Kangkar Rinpoche taught him the sutras, and Jamgon Palden Kyentse Oser taught him Mahamudra and the Six Yogas of Naropa.
Teaching archives and annual programs include the Kagyu Monlam, Kagyu Gunchoe, Arya Kshema, Dharmasvara archives, and the Mar ngok. The child’s identification as the Karmapa was verified not only by Tai Situ Rinpoche, Goshir Gyaltsap Rinpoche and many other major Karma Kagyu lamas, but also by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
About the 17th Karmapa
From childhood in Tibet to travelling the globe as a world Buddhist leader.
Born in the Land […]
The Voice of America Interviews the Gyalwang Karmapa
First, the Gyalwang Karmapa spoke some words related to the birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama: We Tibetans consider the birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to be extremely important. After that, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje travelled extensively throughout Asia and the West, established Dharma centres throughout the world and had a great number of followers.
A world Buddhist leader and teacher, Karmapa wishes to benefit all beings. For some years he remained in the good care of his parents. His parents are the great Nyingma lama Mipham Rinpoche and Dechen Wangmo. To do so, on June 19, 1985, the reincarnation lineage of the Karmapas took form for the seventeenth time, with the birth of a young boy in Tibet.
The life story of Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, spans East and West, just as his activity bridges traditional values and contemporary issues.
Karmapa was born on 6 May 1983 in central Tibet. As soon as he could speak, he told them he was the Karmapa. He also travelled to Bhutan and Ladakh and went on a pilgrimage to the holy sites of India and Nepal.
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The 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje
The 16th Karmapa
The sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924-1981), was born at Denkhok in Derge province in east Tibet.