Person:Karmapa, 3rd

Names

Tibetan: རང་འབྱུང་རྡོ་རྗེ་
Wylie:

• Person:Karmapa, 3rd
  
• karma pa 03 rang byung rdo rje
  

Other Transliterations in use:

• Karmapa, 3rd
• Person:Karmapa, 3rd
  
• Person:Karmapa, 3rd
  
• Person:Karmapa, 3rd
  

Dates

Born: 1284 at Gangs zhur mo
Died: 1339

Affiliation

Karma Kagyu

Other Biographical Information

Important master of the karma kaM tshang tradition; he is regarded as the first of the incarnation lamas in tibet, since he became widely recognized as the embodiment of kar+ma pak+Si

he was installed first at karma dgon and then established at kam po gnas nang

he is famed for the building of the iron bridge over the sog chu

in 1331 he was invited to court by the yuan emperor and received by prince rat+na shrI

after the prince's demise, his elder brother brought him to sman rtse

according to the bod kyi gal che'i lo rgyus he died at 56

TBRC RID: P66

Main Students

• dar ma rgyal mtshan
• grags pa seng+ge
• rdo rje dpal ba
• kun dga' rgyal mtshan
• rin chen bzang po
• bsod nams grags pa
• gzhon nu rgyal po
• phun tshogs dpal
• rgyal ba dpal
• g.yag sde paN chen
• kun dga' rdo rje
• rgyal sras legs pa
• dri med 'od zer

Main Teachers

• rin chen dpal
• shes rab
• gzhon nu 'byung ba
• shes rab dpal
• kun dga' don grub
• ye shes
• gzhon nu rgyal po

Writings About Karmapa, 3rd

• rang byung rdo rje'i rnam thar tshigs bcad ma, Gangtok, gonpo tseten, 1978 [tbrc holdings 1]
  
• rang byung rdo rje'i rnam thar tshigs bcad ma

Writings

• Works associated with Karmapa, 3rd in the gdams ngag mdzod catalog

• chos drug gi sgom khrid (9, pp 37-61)
• 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)
• gcod bka' tshoms chen mo'i sa bcad (14, pp 53-79)
• gcod kyi DI ka (14, pp 53-79)
• gcod kyi lus sbyin gyi ngag 'don mu tig phreng ba (14, pp 279-296)
• gcod kyi tshogs las yon tan kun 'byung gsungs rgyun 'khrul med ltar bkod pa bzhugs pa'i dbu phyogs (14, pp 297-334)
• phyag rgya chen po gang+gA ma'i 'grel pa (7, pp 37-47)
• phyag rgya chen po gang+gA ma'i gzhung sa bcad (7, pp 36-37)
• phyag rgya chen po lhan cig skyes sbyor gyi khrid yig (9, pp 1-16)
• rdzogs pa'i sangs rgyas dpal karma pa'i zab chos sku gsum ngo sprod kyi gdams pa (9, pp 247-253)
• Wylie:Rje rang byung rdo rjes mdzad pa'i gdon tshogs dgu ma sa bdag drug sbyor dang mi bskyod rdo rjes mdzad pa'o gdan thog gcig ma gcod tshigs bcad ma gnyis gab sprad nas lus sbyin dang bsngo ba po bya tshul bltas chog 'don 'grigs (14, pp 261-277)
• Wylie:Shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa zab mo gcod kyi man ngag gi gzhung bka' tshoms chen mo (14, pp 7-17)
• sku gsum ngo sprod (9, pp 231-245)
• zab lam nA ro chos drug gi gsal byed spyi chings khrid yig dang bcas pa (9, pp 17-37)
• Zab lam phyag rgya chen po dang nA ro chos drug gi gzhung (, pp )
• zab mo bdud kyi gcod yul gyi khrid yig (14, pp 173-184)