Karmapa, 15th

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     == Names ==
     Tibetan: Mkha' khyab rdo rje

     Wylie:

     *mkha' khyab rdo rje

     *karma pa 15 mkha' khyab rdo rje

     *don grub rdo rje

     *dpal ldan kun bzang chos kyi nyi ma chen po 'phrin las mkha' khyab rdo rje phyogs las rnam par rgyal

     *rang byung lhan skyes rdo rje

     Other Transliterations in use:

     *Karmapa, 15th

     *Khakyab Dorje

     *The Fifteenth Karmapa

     *The 15th Karmapa

     *Mkha' khyab rdo rje

     *Fifteenth Karmapa

     == Dates ==
     Born: 1870/1871 rgyal rtse khul

     Died: 1921/1922

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

     TBRC RID: P563

     Biography from kagyuoffice.org

     Biography from kagyu.org]

     Karma kaM tshang hierarch.

     Major figure in the history of the ris med movement.

     His collected works fill 10 volumes.

     In 1875 he was enthroned at mtshur phu.

     == Main Students ==
     *chos kyi rgya mtsho
     *dpa' bo 10 gtsug lag snang ba dbang phyug
     *Tai Situpa, 11th (pad+ma dbang mchog rgyal po)
     *Goshir Gyaltsab, 11th (grags pa rgya mtsho)
     *Jamgön Kongtrül, 2nd (mkhyen brtse'i 'od zer)
     *'jam dpal tshul khrims
     *pad+ma dbang mchog rgyal po
     *karma sgrub brgyud nges don snying po

     == Main Teachers ==
     *'jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po
     *Jamgön Kongtrül, 1st (blo gros mtha' yas)
     *bkra shis 'od zer
     *mi 'gyur dbang rgyal
     *shes bya kun mkhyen
     *gtsug lag nyin byed

     == Quotes ==

     == Writings About Karmapa, 15th ==

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