The 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (Tibetan: རང་འབྱུང་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wylie: rang 'byung rdo rje) (1284–1339) was the 3rd Gyalwa Karmapa and head of the Karma...

Thaye Dorje (Tibetan: ཕྲིན་ལས་མཐའ་ཡས་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wylie: Phrin-las Mtha'-yas Rdo-rje) (born 6 May 1983 in Lhasa) is a claimant to the title of 17th Karmapa. The...

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...

various figures in other Tibetan Buddhist schools, including the 3rd Karmapa Rangjung Dorje (1284–1339), the eighth Tai Situpa (1700–1774), Katok Tsewang...

2nd Karmapa Lama, 1204–1283 CE Orgyenpa, 1230–1312 CE Rangjung Dorje, 3rd Karmapa Lama, 1284–1339 CE Yungtön Dorjepel, 1296–1376 CE Rolpe Dorje, 4th...

The 4th Karmapa, Rolpe Dorje (Standard Tibetan: རོལ་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་ེ་) (1340–1383) was the 4th Gyalwa Karmapa, the head of the Karma Kagyu subschool of the...

widely circulated by figures such as Melong Dorje, Rigdzin Kumaradza and the 3rd Karmapa Rangjung Dorje. Over time, the Seminal Heart tradition became...

disturbing emotions. Based on the Kangyur, the Kagyu scholar 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje additionally points out that it must also have an immediate aspect...

under the care of Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa. Recognized as an incarnation of the previous Jamgon Kongtrul by the Karmapa. Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche...

Karma Kagyu Karmapa 1st Karmapa (Düsum Khyenpa) 2nd Karmapa (Karma Pakshi) 3rd Karmapa (Rangjung Dorje) 4th Karmapa (Rolpe Dorje) 5th Karmapa (Deshin Shekpa)...