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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 ...
The Dance of 17 Lives : The Incredible True Story of Tibet's 17th Karmapa, by Mick Brown. New York, NY: Bloomsbury USA, 2005. ISBN 1-58234-598-8; Music in the Sky: The Life, Art & Teachings of the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, by Michele Martin. Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Press, 2003. ISBN 1-55939-195-2.
On 29 March 2017, Trinley Thaye Dorje announced his plans to marry his friend, thirty-six-year-old Rinchen Yangzom, born in Bhutan. The announcement also mentioned he would no longer be performing ordination ceremonies, which are limited to holders of certain vows. [77] Trinley Thaye Dorje is not the first Karmapa to marry and have children.
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 Trinlay Thaye Dorje as the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa.
Born in 1985, it was a few years after the 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje was located and then recognized in 1992 by the Dalai Lama, and by the Chinese Central Government, that another Karmapa was recognized by Shamar Rinpoche, Trinley Thaye Dorje. The identity of the current 17th Karmapa was resolved by the Karmapas themselves, Orgyen ...
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".
Originally built under the direction of Changchub Dorje, 12th Karmapa Lama in the mid-18th century, [1] Rumtek served as the main seat of the Karma Kagyu lineage in Sikkim for some time. But when Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, arrived in Sikkim in 1959 after fleeing Tibet, the monastery was in ruins. Despite being offered other sites, the ...
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, began to rebuild it in 1980; he died in 1981. Following the recognition of Ogyen Trinley Dorje (born 1985) as the 17th Karmapa by the Tai Situpa , the Dalai Lama and China 's governmental offices, he was enthroned at Tsurphu and resided there until he escaped from Tibet to India in 2000.