Person:Karmapa, 4th

Names

Tibetan: རོལ་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་

Wylie:

• rol pa'i rdo rje
• karma pa 04 rol pa'i rdo rje
• karmapa 04

Other Transliterations in use:

• Rolpe Dorje
• Rölpe Dorje
• 4th Karmapa
• Fourth Karmapa

Dates

Born: 1340 kong po
Died: 1383

Affiliation

• Karma Kagyu
• Karmapa

Other Biographical Information

TBRC RID: 1456

Biography from kagyuoffice.org

Biography from kagyu.org

Important master of the karma kaM tshang bka' brgyud tradition
In 1345 he was brought to brag dkyil lha khang where he recognized the belongings of his predecessors
Ta'i si tu recognizes him as the reembodiment of rang byung rdo rje
Brought to mtshur phu for education
In 1360 he was invited to China by the emperor tho gan the mur.
Returns to tibet via mi nyag and byang ngos
Founds go ra dgon gtsug lag khang
According to bod kyi gal che'i lo rgyus: born rngod a la rong and died at the age of 44

Main Students

• Shamarpa, 2nd (mkha' spyod dbang po)
• Tsong kha pa (blo bzang grags pa'i dpal)
• bka' bzhi pa rin chen dpal
• karma dkon mchog gzhon nu
• mtshur phu kun spangs pa
• mtsho dkar ba
• ye shes pa
• chos kyi rgyal po
• 'od zer bla ma
• kun dga' rdo rje

Main Teachers

• rdo rje dpal ba (rgyal ba g.yung ston pa)
• ye shes rgyal mtshan
• sangs rgyas gling pa

Writings

• Works associated with Karmapa, 4th in the gdams ngag mdzod catalog

• chos rje rang byung rdo rjes mdzad pa'i rlung sems gnyis med (9, pp 167-173)
• dpal mkha' spyod dbang pos mdzad pa'i ro snyoms skor drug gi khrid yig (10, pp 107-113)