Yeshe Dorje (1676–1702) was the eleventh Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. Yeshe Dorje was born in Mayshö, Kham. He was discovered...

The Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (Tibetan: རང་འབྱུང་རིག་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wylie: Rang 'byung rig pa'i rdo rje; August 14, 1924 – November...

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...

Wangchuk, 1584–1629 CE Chöying Dorje, 10th Karmapa, 1604–1674 CE 7th Shamarpa, Yeshe Nyingpo, 1631–1694 CE Yeshe Dorje, 11th Karmapa, 1676–1702 CE 8th Shamarpa...

Khakhyap Dorjé, 15th Karmapa Lama (Tibetan: མཁའ་ཁྱབ་རྡོ་རྗེ; 1871–1922 or 1870–1921) was born in Sheikor village in Tsang, Tibet. It's said at birth he...

system of inheritance. The first recognized tulku was perhaps Rangjung Dorje, 3rd Karmapa Lama. Giuseppe Tucci traced the origin of the tulku concept to Indian...

recognizing Ogyen Trinley Dorje as the 17th Karmapa based on a handwritten letter he says was given to him by the 16th Karmapa before he died. This letter...

actually the first person recognized as a "Karmapa", i.e. a reincarnation of Düsum Khyenpa. Rangjung Dorje, 3rd Karmapa Lama, was an important figure because...

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima (born 25 April 1989) is the 11th Panchen Lama belonging to the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, as recognized and announced by...

during the annual Nyingma Monlam Chenmo in Bodhgaya. Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (c. 1904–1987), was unanimously requested to become the First Head of...