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The 14th Dalai Lama issued an official statement of recognition and confirmation of the 16th Karmapa's reincarnation as Ogyen Trinley Dorje, on 30 June 1992. [2] He was enthroned as the 17th Karmapa on 27 September 1992 at Tsurphu Monastery ( Wylie : Mtshur-phu ), the traditional seat of the Karmapa in Tibet , and there he began his Tibetan and ...
Born on 6 May 1983 in Tibet, Trinley Thaye Dorje is the son of the 3rd Mipham Rinpoche (Tshe-dbang Bdud-'dul lineage) of Junyung Monastery (one of several persons believed to be a reincarnation of Ju Mipham, an important lama of the Nyingmapa school) and Dechen Wangmo, the daughter of a noble family descended from King Gesar of Ling. [2] At the age of six months, he is reported to have started ...
He fled Tibet at the age of 9 with the 16th Karmapa. Shamarpa is also known as Red Hat Karmapa, and is, together with the 17th Karmapa, the current holder of the Karma Kagyu lineage. Shamarpa completed the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (KIBI) in New Delhi, India, after the death of the 16th Karmapa. He has officially recognized ...
A Short Biography of the Karmapa at The Official Website of the 17th Karmapa; The 17th Karmapa Thaye Dorje at the Official Website of His Holiness Karmapa; Hannah: Buddhism's Untold Journey (Motion picture). Connected Pictures. 2014. "Joint statement of His Holiness Trinley Thaye Dorje and His Holiness Ogyen Trinley Dorje".
KTD Shrine Room with HH 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje enthroned. Karma Triyana Dharmachakra [1] is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Woodstock, New York, United States, which serves as the North American seat of the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage. It was founded in 1976 by the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa with Khenpo Karthar ...
Douglas, Nick; White, Meryl: Karmapa, the Black Hat Lama of Tibet, Milano 1975. Ken Holmes, Karmapa, Altea Publishing 1995, ISBN 0-9524555-4-4. Author's website (While the book and web site favours one candidate for the 17th the information on 1st-16th is useful and was the original source for this article)
Three monasteries in Bhutan were sold, [4] and control was gained over the Karmapa Charitable Trust, organized in 1961 by the 16th Karmapa. Disagreements over the Shamarpa's and Topga's financial dealings began in 1988. [4] Beginning in 1992, the monastery became the site of pitched battles between monks supporting one candidate or the other. [5]
The Dance of 17 Lives: the Incredible True Story of Tibet's 17th Karmapa. Goldstein, Melvyn C. and others. A Tibetan Revolutionary: The Political Life and Times of Bapa Phuntso Wangye". Booklist. June 1, 2004; Scobie, Claire (August 1, 2004). "Review of The Dance of 17 Lives: the Incredible True Story of Tibet's 17th Karmapa".