Person:Karmapa, 10th
Names
Tibetan: ཆོས་དབྱིངས་རྡོ་རྗེ་
Wylie:
- chos dbyings rdo rje
- o rgyan skyabs
- kar+ma pa 10 chos dbyings rdo rje
Other Transliterations in use:
- Karmapa Chöying Dorje
- ADDNAMEHERE
Dates
Born: 1604 at ki zi thang (smar stod)
Died: 1674
Affiliation
Other Biographical Information
Hierarch of the karma kaM tshang tradition; he enjoyed toe patronage of the ruler of gtsang karma bstan skyong dbang po who invited him to gzhis ka rtse to celebrate the smon lam; in 1634 he visited spo bo en route to ljang sa tham where he had been invited by the ruler, in 1644 he received his final ordination vows. Founds Monastery 1632 at rgyud sde dgon. after the fall of his patron at the hands of gu shrI khan he fled to 'jang via khams; he constructed 13 new karma kaM tshang monasteries in 'jang; toward the end of his life he was invited back to tibet by the 5th dalai lama. according to bod kyi gal che'i lo rgyus, he died at the age of 71 he was a very controversial figure in the history of tibetan buddhism and a very famous painter [Source
Main Students
karma chags med
'ja' tshon snying po
bkra shis dpal grub
gtsug lag 'phrin las rgya mtsho
chos rgyal mi pham 'phrin las rab brtan
nor bu bzang po 'gro kun kun tu dga' ba'i dpal
ye shes snying po
grub mchog dbang po
ka.rma bstan srung
sna tshogs rang grol
gzhan phan rdo rje
bstan 'dzin nor bu
ka.rma rin chen
ka.rma phun tshogs dbang phyug
ka.rma bsam grub
ka.rma bstan skyong
ka.rma chos 'phags
grags pa dpal bzang
'jig rten dbang phyug
rin chen snying po
blo gros nor 'chang
bstan pa rnam rgyal
grags pa mchog dbyangs
nor bu rgyan pa
gling dpon rgya mtsho
ne ring chos rje
'bam chen dbon po
gtsang khang pa
tsher lung drung pa
ka.rma chos skyong
Main Teachers
gtsug lag rgya mtsho
chos kyi dbang phyug
Quotes
Writings About Karmapa, 10th
Writings