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    Changchub Dorje (1703–1732), also Chanchub Dorje, was the twelfth Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. Changchub Dorje was born...
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    Gyalwang (རྒྱལ་དབང་ཀརྨ་པ་, 'King of Victorious Ones') Karmapa, and informally as the Karmapa Lama) is the head of the Karma Kagyu, the largest sub-school...
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    that characterize the 17th Karmapa controversy. Originally built under the direction of Changchub Dorje, 12th Karmapa Lama in the mid-18th century, Rumtek...
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    Karma Kagyu (redirect from Karmapa sect)
    1631–1694 CE Yeshe Dorje, 11th Karmapa, 1676–1702 CE 8th Shamarpa, Chokyi Dondrup, 1695–1732 CE Changchub Dorje, 12th Karmapa Lama, 1703–1732 CE 8th Tai...
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    Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim was built under the direction of Changchub Dorje, 12th Karmapa Lama in the mid-1700s. In 1891, the Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) pioneering...
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    Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim was built under the direction of Changchub Dorje, 12th Karmapa Lama in the mid-1700s The Sewu temple compound, second largest...
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    Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim was built under the direction of Changchub Dorje, 12th Karmapa Lama in the mid-1700s. Some scholars suggest that a part of the...
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    Padmasambhava (redirect from Dorje Tröllö)
    traditionally holds that its Dzogchen lineage has its origins in Garab Dorje through a lineage of transmission to Padmasambhava. In Tibetan Buddhism...
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    include the Dalai Lamas and the Karmapas, each of which are seen as key leaders in their respective traditions. The system of incarnate lamas is popularly...
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