Karmapa, 3rd
From Rinchen Terdzö
Names
Tibetan: རང་བྱུང་རྡོ་རྗེ་
Wylie:
- rang byung rdo rje
- karma pa 03 rang byung rdo rje
- karma pa rang byung rdo rje
- rje rang byung rdo rje
Other Transliterations in use:
Dates
Born: 1284 at Gangs zhur mo
Died: 1339
Affiliation
Other Biographical Information
Biography from kagyuoffice.org
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 karma 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.
Main Students
- rdo rje dpal ba (rgyal ba g.yung ston pa)
- klong chen pa
- dar ma rgyal mtshan
- Shamarpa, 1st (grags pa seng+ge)
- rta sna go shrI kun dga' rgyal mtshan
- rma se ston pa 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
Main Teachers
- o rgyan pa rin chen dpal
- shes rab
- gzhon nu 'byung ba
- shes rab dpal
- kun dga' don grub
- ye shes
- gzhon nu rgyal po
Quotes
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
