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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.<br>
He was installed first at karma dgon and then established at kam po gnas nang.<br>
He is famed for the building of the iron bridge over the sog chu.<br>
In 1331 he was invited to court by the yuan emperor and received by prince rat+na shrI.<br>
After the prince's demise, his elder brother brought him to sman rtse.<br>
According to the bod kyi gal che'i lo rgyus he died at 56.<br>
== Main Students ==
*[[rdo rje dpal ba]] ([[rgyal ba g.yung ston pa]])
*[[rang byung rdo rje'i rnam thar tshigs bcad ma]]
== Writings ==
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Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje
རང་བྱུང་རྡོ་རྗེ་
The Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje, was a prominent Karma Kagyu hierarch who also held Nyingma and Chod lineages. He was likely the first man to carry the title of Karmapa, following his identification by Orgyenpa Rinchen Pal as the reincarnation of Karma Pakshi, whom Orgyenpa posthumously identified as the reincarnation of Dusum Khyenpa. He spent much of his life traveling across Tibet and made two visits to the Yuan court in China. ... read more at
