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Mikyö Dorje was born in Satam, [[Kham]]. According to the legend, he said after being born: "I am Karmapa." and was recognized by [[Tai Situpa]]. In this case there was another child from [[Amdo]] who also claimed to be Karmapa. Gyaltsab Rinpoche, the regent of the region, thought of a test to decide who was the real Karmapa. This was the first time that a test was used to determine a [[reincarnation]]. Later this became the standard method for all major lamas. |
Mikyö Dorje was born in Satam, [[Kham]]. According to the legend, he said after being born: "I am Karmapa." and was recognized by [[Pema Tönyö Nyinje|Tai Situpa]]. In this case there was another child from [[Amdo]] who also claimed to be Karmapa. [http://www.rumtek.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65:twelfth-goshir-gyaltsap-rinpoche&catid=11&Itemid=106&lang=en Gyaltsab Rinpoche], the regent of the region, thought of a test to decide who was the real Karmapa. This was the first time that a test was used to determine a [[reincarnation]]. Later this became the standard method for all major lamas. |
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Mikyö Dorje left numerous Buddhist writings on Gongchik commentary [[Madhyamaka]], [[Abhidharma]], [[tantra|Tantric]] and [[Mahamudra]] texts, poetry (verses of profound wisdom) and even linguistics. He introduced special [[Vajrayana#guru yoga|guru yoga]] in four sessions, which is the basis for Karma Kagyu teachings.<ref> |
Mikyö Dorje left numerous Buddhist writings on Gongchik commentary [[Madhyamaka]], [[Abhidharma]], [[tantra|Tantric]] and [[Mahamudra]] texts, poetry (verses of profound wisdom) and even linguistics. He introduced special [[Vajrayana#guru yoga|guru yoga]] in four sessions, which is the basis for Karma Kagyu teachings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shambhala.org/ntc/pdf/Chogyam-the-Translator.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829123015/http://www.shambhala.org/ntc/pdf/Chogyam-the-Translator.pdf|url-status=dead|title=see paper '''Chögyam the Translator''', information on page 12: 1981: Translation of ''The Guru Yoga for the Four Sessions''/Mikyö Dorje by Chogyam Trungpa and the Nalanda/Vajravairochana Translation Committee|archivedate=August 29, 2008}}</ref> He was also a skillful painter and metal craftsman with many famous [[thangka]]s and [[statue]]s. The eighth Karmapa strongly influenced all arts of his time. He was invited by the emperor of China, however he said that the emperor would die before he could get to him; and according to the legend it happened as well. |
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He selected as lineage holder the fifth [[Shamarpa]], Konchog Yenlag, whom he had identified, and to whom he had passed on the Kagyu transmission, stating that the Karmapa and Shamarpa incarnations are inseparable, and of the same [[mindstream]].<ref> |
He selected as lineage holder the fifth [[Shamarpa]], Konchog Yenlag, whom he had identified, and to whom he had passed on the Kagyu transmission, stating that the Karmapa and Shamarpa incarnations are inseparable, and of the same [[mindstream]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kagyu-asia.com/|title=Kagyu-Asia|date=December 10, 2023|website=Kagyu-Asia}}</ref> |
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He compiled a biography of Bodong Chogle Namgyal (1376–1451), one of the main teachers of [[Dorje Pakmo]], entitled ''Ocean of Miracles'' (ngo mtshar gyi rgya mtsho). |
He compiled a biography of Bodong Chogle Namgyal (1376–1451), one of the main teachers of [[Dorje Pakmo]], entitled ''Ocean of Miracles'' (ngo mtshar gyi rgya mtsho). |
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==Works == |
==Works == |
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*The Hundred Pith Instructions of Karmapa Mikyö Dorje <ref>http://dharmacloud.tsadra.org/product/གདམས་ཁྲིད་མན་ངག་གི་རིམ/ </ref> |
*The Hundred Pith Instructions of Karmapa Mikyö Dorje <ref>{{cite web | url=http://dharmacloud.tsadra.org/product/གདམས་ཁྲིད་མན་ངག་གི་རིམ/ | title=DharmaCloud - A Tsadra Foundation Initiative }}</ref> |
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* The Collection of Monastic Activities <ref>http://dharmacloud.tsadra.org/product/འདུལ་བའི་ལས་ཆོག་མཐོང་བ/ </ref> |
* The Collection of Monastic Activities <ref>{{cite web | url=http://dharmacloud.tsadra.org/product/འདུལ་བའི་ལས་ཆོག་མཐོང་བ/ | title=DharmaCloud - A Tsadra Foundation Initiative }}</ref> |
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*E-Wam Mahamudra, An Introduction to the Three Kayas <ref> http://dharmacloud.tsadra.org/product/སྐུ་གསུམ་ངོ་སྤྲོད་ཀྱི་/</ref> |
*E-Wam Mahamudra, An Introduction to the Three Kayas <ref>{{cite web | url=http://dharmacloud.tsadra.org/product/སྐུ་གསུམ་ངོ་སྤྲོད་ཀྱི་/ | title=DharmaCloud - A Tsadra Foundation Initiative }}</ref> |
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*Introduction to the Middle Way <ref> http://dharmacloud.tsadra.org/product/དབུ་མ་ལ་འཇུག་པའི་ཀར་ཊཱ/ </ref> |
*Introduction to the Middle Way <ref>{{cite web | url=http://dharmacloud.tsadra.org/product/དབུ་མ་ལ་འཇུག་པའི་ཀར་ཊཱ/ | title=DharmaCloud - A Tsadra Foundation Initiative }}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[https://archive.today/20130415051153/http://www.karmapa.org/history/the_karmapas/karmapa8.htm |
* [https://archive.today/20130415051153/http://www.karmapa.org/history/the_karmapas/karmapa8.htm The 8th Karmapa] |
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*[http://maniwheel.elnet.ru/img/KarmapaChenno_trans1.jpg Mantra Karmapa mkyen no (Karmapa Chenno)] |
*[http://maniwheel.elnet.ru/img/KarmapaChenno_trans1.jpg Mantra Karmapa mkyen no (Karmapa Chenno)] |
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*[http://www.tbrc.org/#library_person_Object-P385 TBRC - Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center entry for Mikyö Dorje] |
*[http://www.tbrc.org/#library_person_Object-P385 TBRC - Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center entry for Mikyö Dorje] |
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Mikyö Dorje (Wylie: mi bskyod rdo rje, 1507–1554) was the eighth Karmapa, head of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Biography[edit]
Mikyö Dorje was born in Satam, Kham. According to the legend, he said after being born: "I am Karmapa." and was recognized by Tai Situpa. In this case there was another child from Amdo who also claimed to be Karmapa. Gyaltsab Rinpoche, the regent of the region, thought of a test to decide who was the real Karmapa. This was the first time that a test was used to determine a reincarnation. Later this became the standard method for all major lamas.
Mikyö Dorje left numerous Buddhist writings on Gongchik commentary Madhyamaka, Abhidharma, Tantric and Mahamudra texts, poetry (verses of profound wisdom) and even linguistics. He introduced special guru yoga in four sessions, which is the basis for Karma Kagyu teachings.[1] He was also a skillful painter and metal craftsman with many famous thangkas and statues. The eighth Karmapa strongly influenced all arts of his time. He was invited by the emperor of China, however he said that the emperor would die before he could get to him; and according to the legend it happened as well.
He selected as lineage holder the fifth Shamarpa, Konchog Yenlag, whom he had identified, and to whom he had passed on the Kagyu transmission, stating that the Karmapa and Shamarpa incarnations are inseparable, and of the same mindstream.[2]
He compiled a biography of Bodong Chogle Namgyal (1376–1451), one of the main teachers of Dorje Pakmo, entitled Ocean of Miracles (ngo mtshar gyi rgya mtsho).
Works[edit]
- The Hundred Pith Instructions of Karmapa Mikyö Dorje [3]
- The Collection of Monastic Activities [4]
- E-Wam Mahamudra, An Introduction to the Three Kayas [5]
- Introduction to the Middle Way [6]
References[edit]
- ^ "see paper Chögyam the Translator, information on page 12: 1981: Translation of The Guru Yoga for the Four Sessions/Mikyö Dorje by Chogyam Trungpa and the Nalanda/Vajravairochana Translation Committee" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2008.
- ^ "Kagyu-Asia". Kagyu-Asia. December 10, 2023.
- ^ "DharmaCloud - A Tsadra Foundation Initiative".
- ^ "DharmaCloud - A Tsadra Foundation Initiative".
- ^ "DharmaCloud - A Tsadra Foundation Initiative".
- ^ "DharmaCloud - A Tsadra Foundation Initiative".
Further reading[edit]
- Thinley, Karma (2008). The History of Sixteen Karmapas of Tibet. USA: Prajna Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-57062-644-9.
External links[edit]
- The 8th Karmapa
- Mantra Karmapa mkyen no (Karmapa Chenno)
- TBRC - Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center entry for Mikyö Dorje
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