Ogyen Trinley Dorje
| Ogyen Trinley Dorje | |
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| Religion | Vajrayana |
| School | Karma Kagyu |
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| Born | June 26, 1985 Chamdo County, Tibet, China |
| Senior posting | |
| Title | His Holiness 17th KarmapaCo-claimant along with Thaye Dorje |
| Predecessor | Rangjung Rigpe Dorje |
| Religious career | |
| Reincarnation | KarmapaCo-claimant along with Thaye Dorje |
| Website | KagyuOffice.org |
Ogyen Trinley Dorje (Tibetan: ཨོ་རྒྱན་འཕྲིན་ལས་རྡོ་རྗེ།, Wylie: O-rgyan 'Phrin-las Rdo-rje, Chinese: 鄔金欽列多傑; born June 26, 1985), also written Urgyen Trinley Dorje (Wylie: U-rgyan 'Phrin-las Rdo-rje; is one of two claimants to the title of 17th Karmapa Lama.
The Karmapa is head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Biography
Ogyen Trinley Dorje was born in Lhatok Township, Chamdo County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, to primarily nomadic parents.[1] Known as Apo Gaga, he was seven years old before he was recognized by a search party headed by the Tai Situpa, following instructions Situpa claims were left to him by the previous Karmapa in a prophetic letter hidden in a locket. Ogyen Trinley Dorje was installed at Tsurphu Monastery (Wylie: Mtshur-phu), the traditional seat of the Karmapa in Tibet, recognized by both the 14th Dalai Lama and the official sanction of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, who declared him to be a "living Buddha", the first time the China's communist government has officially confirmed a tulku. Already a year later the Chinese announced during the UN-Human Rights Conference in Vienna, that they would train him in Tsurphu for his future task as successor of the Dalai Lama.[2]
At the age of 14, he escaped to India through Nepal,[3] arriving at the Tibetan exile quarters at McLeod Ganj on January 5, 2000. Ogyen Trinley Dorje had felt that he was unable to obtain in China the specialized instruction he needed to complete his studies and to realize his full spiritual authority. He resides at Gyuto Monastery in Sidhbari, near Dharamshala.
From May 15 – June 2, 2008, he made his first trip to the West, visiting several cities in the United States (notably New York City, Boulder, Colorado, and Seattle)[4] and was formally enthroned in the North American seat of the Karmapas at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra monastery in Woodstock, New York.[5]
Notes
- ↑ "Reincarnation and enthronement of the 17th Living Buddha Karmapa". China Tibet Information Center. 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ↑ "Die Presse", June 17th 1993, page 2: "Am Rande der Konferenz".
- ↑ "Press Statement from the 17 year old Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje April 27, 2001, Gyuto Ramoche Tantric University, Sidbhari, Distt. Kangra, HP, India" (Press release). Worldbridges Tibet. April 27, 2001. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
- ↑ His Holiness the 17th Karmapa's visit to his North American Seat in the USA
- ↑ YouTube video
References
- The Dance of 17 Lives : The Incredible True Story of Tibet's 17th Karmapa, by Mick Brown. New York, NY: Bloomsbury USA, 2005. ISBN 1-58234-598-8
- Music in the Sky: The Life, Art & Teachings of the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, by Michele Martin. Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Press, 2003. ISBN 1-55939-195-2.
- Karmapa of Tibet: The Politics of Reincarnation, by Lea Terhune. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2004. ISBN 0-86171-180-7
- Tibet vulnerable to climate change ( FacenFacts)
- Karma Triyana Dharmachakra – The Office of Ogyen Trinley Dorje's center and branches in the United States (re-retrieved Feb 1, 2011)
- TED.com Talk: "The technology of the heart" (Live via interpreter), Nov 2009 (retrieved Feb 1, 2011)
- "The Karmapa breaks his silence" Business Standard article dated May 23, 2009 (re-retrieved Feb 1, 2011)
- TIME Magazine article on Karmapa Time.com, May 15, 2008 (re-retrieved Feb 1, 2011)
- Who Is Karmapa (Karmapa is coming to the USA!) (re-retrieved Feb 1, 2011)
- The 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje at Simhas.org (retrieved Feb 1, 2011)
- 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje Links at Karmapa.net (re-retrieved Feb 1, 2011)
External links
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