Karmapa, 13th

     == Names ==
     Tibetan: Bdud 'dul rdo rje

     

     Wylie:

     *bdud 'dul rdo rje
     *karma pa 13 bdud 'dul rdo rje
     *dbang chen rdo rje zhi ba rtsal

     Other Transliterations in use:

     *Dudul Dorje
     *Düdul Dorje
     *Dudül Dorje
     *Düdül Dorje
     *Wangchen Dorje Zhiwa Tsal
     *Wangchen Dorje Shiwa Tsal
     *13th Karmapa
     *Thirteenth Karmapa

     == Dates ==
     Born: 1733/1734 lcam pa grong (gnyal) 

     Died: 1797/1798

     == Affiliation ==
     *Karma Kagyu
     *Karmapa
     == Other Biographical Information ==

     TBRC RID: P828

     Biography from kagyuoffice.org

     Biography from kagyu.org

     Important hierarch of the karma kaM tshang tradition.

     Enthroned at mtshur phu with the support of the 7th Dalai Lama and pho lha nas.

     == Main Students ==
     *Tai Situpa, 9th (pad+ma nyin byed dbang po)
     *Shamarpa, 10th (mi pham chos grub rgya mtsho)
     *rdo rje drag po rtsal
     *kun gzigs chos kyi snang ba
     *gtsug lag chos kyi rgyal po
     *shes rab rgya mtsho
     *karma yan lag
     *mkhas grub 'jigs med seng+ge
     *kun bzang bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan

     == Main Teachers ==
     *rdo rje drag po rtsal
     *gtsug lag dga' ba'i dbang po
     *Tai Situpa, 8th (chos kyi 'byung gnas)
     *kun bzang 'jigs bral
     == Quotes ==

     == Writings About Karmapa, 13th ==

     == Writings ==