15th Karmapa, Khakyab Dorje

15th Karmapa, Khakyab Dorje
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Born	Khakyab Dorje 1871 Sheikor, Tibet
Died	1922 (aged 50–51)
Religion	Tibetan Buddhism
School	Karma Kagyu

The 15th Karmapa, Khakyab Dorje (Tibetan: མཁའ་ཁྱབ་རྡོ་རྗེ; 1871–1922 or 1870–1921) was the 15th Karmapa of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. He born in Sheikor village in Tsang, central Tibet. Sources state that at his birth he spoke the Chenrezig mantra, and at five he was able to read scriptures.

He was a student of both Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamgön Kongtrul.

Khakhyap Dorjé received the Kagyu transmission from Jamgon Kongtrul, including the instructions of Kongtrul's Five Treasuries.

He revealed both earth and mind termas.

His two sons were Karsé Kongtrul and the Eleventh Shamarpa. One of his consorts was the great dakini of Tsurphu, Khandro Ugyen Tsomo (1897-1961).

Writings

• ཀུན་བཟང་སྨོན་ལམ་གྱི་དོན་འགྲེལ་ཉུང་ངུ་མཆན་བུ་, kun bzang smon lam gyi don 'grel nyung ngu mchan bu, a commentary on the Prayer of Kuntuzangpo

Further reading

• Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (Boudhanath, Hong Kong, Esby: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2005), Ch. 7, 'Lord of Activity, the Fifteenth Karmapa'.
• Lander, Maureen, ed. (2012). History of the karmapas : the odyssey of the Tibetan masters with the black crown. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 978-1559393904. 
• Martin, Michele (2003). Music in the sky : the life, art, and teachings of the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 978-1559391955. 
• Naher, Gaby (2004). Wrestling the dragon : in search of the boy lama who defied China. London: Rider. ISBN 978-1844132317. 
• Thinley, Karma (2008). The History of Sixteen Karmapas of Tibet. USA: Prajna Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-57062-644-9. 

External links

• TBRC profile
• Khakhyap Dorje, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
• Karmapa Incarnation Line, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
• 15th Karmapa, Khakyab Dorje, Wikipedia