Person:Karmapa, 2nd

Names

Tibetan: ཀརྨ་པཀྵི་
Wylie:

• karma pak+Shi
• karma pa 02 karma pak+Shi - Personal Name
• chos kyi bla ma - Primary Name

Other Transliterations in use:

• The 2nd Karmapa
• The Second Karmapa
• Karma Pakshi
• 2nd Karmapa
• Second Karmapa

Dates

Birth: 1204 sa stod dkyil le tsag to (sde dge)

Death: 1283

Affiliation

• Karma Kagyu
• Karmapa

Other Biographical Information

TBRC RID: P1487

Biography from kagyuoffice.org

Biography from kagyu.org

Notes from TBRC:

• W18133 - Important master of the karma kaM tshang tradition; founded a monastery at spungs ri moved to mtshur phu hor rgyal po gor be sent a golden letter inviting him to the palace or 'ur tu according to the bod kyi gal che'i lo rgyus: died at the age of 78. re'u mig gives his date of death as 1261. karma pakShis me sbrul (1257), lcags sprel (1260), lo 'di (1261) gsum la hor yul du grub rtags bstan.
• W19801 - bio
• W25268 - biography dates: 1204-1283
• W19808 - dates
• W26372 - 1260. karma pakshi grub rtags thengs gnyis pa bstan 1261. karma pakshi sog yul du grub rtags gsum pa bstan 1263. karma pakshi rin po che sog yul nas bod du phyir phebs mdzad

Main Students

• o rgyan pa rin chen dpal
• bkra shis grags pa
• grags pa'i dpal
• ldan sgom

Main Teachers

• spom brag pa (bsod nams rdo rje)
• mang phu ba
• byams pa 'bum

Writings

• Works associated with Karmapa, 2nd in the gdams ngag mdzod catalog

• chos rje rang byung rdo rjes mdzad pa'i rlung sems gnyis med (9, pp 167-173)