Karmapa, 3rd
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རང་བྱུང་རྡོ་རྗེ་
Wylie | rang byung rdo rje |
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English Phonetics | Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje |
Other names
- ཀརྨ་པ་གསུམ་པ་
- karma pa gsum pa
Alternate names
- Karmapa, 3rd
Dates
Birth: | 1284 |
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Death: | 1339 |
Place of birth: | tsa phu gangs zhur mo |
Tibetan calendar dates
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Gender | Male |
Element | Wood |
Animal | Monkey |
Rab Jyung | 5 |
About
- Religious Affiliation
- Karma Kagyu
- Is emanation of
- Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi
- Teachers
- o rgyan pa rin chen dpal · rig 'dzin ku mA ra rA dza · Pad+ma las 'brel rtsal · Rgyal sras legs pa
- Students
- klong chen rab 'byams · Rgyal sras legs pa · G.yung ston rdo rje dpal bzang po · g.yag sde paN chen · Shamarpa, 1st
Other Biographical info:
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.
- He was installed first at karma dgon and then established at kam po gnas nang.
- He is famed for the building of the iron bridge over the sog chu.
- In 1331 he was invited to court by the yuan emperor and received by prince rat+na shrI.
- After the prince's demise, his elder brother brought him to sman rtse.
- According to the bod kyi gal che'i lo rgyus he died at 56.
Links
- BDRC Link
- https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P66
- Treasury of Lives Link
- http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Third-Karmapa-Rangjung-Dorje/9201
- Treasury of Lives Excerpt
- 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.
- Himalayan Art Resources Link or Other Art Resource
- https://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=4741
- Wiki Pages
- Karmapa, 3rd on the DRL
- Karmapa, 3rd on the LIB
- Karmapa, 3rd on the RTZ
- Karmapa, 3rd on the DNZ
- Karmapa, 3rd on the BNW
Tertön Gyatsa Information from the Rinchen Terdzö
Buddha Nature Project
- Person description or short bio
- 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.
Expand to see this person's philosophical positions on Buddha-nature.
Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional? | |
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Position: | Definitive |
Notes: | "Furthermore, the Third Karmapa composed a summary of the Uttaratantra in accordance with the meditative tradition, which establishes the Uttaratantra as a definitive text included in the last wheel of the Buddha's teachings." Wangchuk, Tsering. Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows, pp. 30-31. |
All beings have Buddha-nature | |
Position: | Qualified Yes |
If "Qualified", explain: | "Rangjung Dorjé says in accordance with RGV I.27-28 that only the dharmakāya of all buddhas truly abides in sentient beings. The form kāyas are then explained as the outflow of the Dharma teachings on the level of the fruit, which corresponds to the pertinent passages in the first and third chapters of the Ratnagotravibhāga." |
Notes: | Mathes, K., A Direct Path to the Buddha Within, p. 72. |
Which Wheel Turning | |
Position: | Third Turning |
Notes: | "Furthermore, the Third Karmapa composed a summary of the Uttaratantra in accordance with the meditative tradition, which establishes the Uttaratantra as a definitive text included in the last wheel of the Buddha's teachings." Wangchuk, Tsering. Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows, pp. 30-31. |
Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka | |
Position: | Yogācāra |
Notes: | *"To sum up, in his explanation of buddha nature, Rangjung Dorjé combines three different strands of interpretations:
1. The mahāmudrā interpretation stemming from Saraha. 2.The interpretation according to Asaṅga's Mahāyānasaṁgraha. 3.The dzogchen interpretation. In other words, for Rangjung Dorjé, well-founded mahāmudrā and dzogchen explanations need be combined with Asaṅgas Yogācāra distinction." Mathes, K., A Direct Path to the Buddha Within, p. 65.
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Zhentong vs Rangtong | |
Position: | Zhentong |
Notes: | *He never actually uses this term, so this is a later attribution imputed on to his exegesis of the RGV and other works by his commentators such as Karma Trinlepa and eventually Kongtrul, which is labeled the Zhentong Tradition of the Karma Kagyu, which differs considerably from Dölpopa's tradition. See Mathes, K., A Direct Path to the Buddha Within, pp. 54-57.
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Promotes how many vehicles? | |
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition | |
Position: | Meditative Tradition |
Notes: | "Furthermore, the Third Karmapa composed a summary of the Uttaratantra in accordance with the meditative tradition, which establishes the Uttaratantra as a definitive text included in the last wheel of the Buddha's teachings." Wangchuk, Tsering. Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows, pp. 30-31. |
What is Buddha-nature? | |
Position: | Tathāgatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature |
Notes: | *"The tathāgata heart is mind’s luminous ultimate nature or nondual wisdom, which is the basis of everything in saṃsāra and nirvāṇa. Its essence is empty, its nature is lucid, and its display is unimpeded (this is also how the nature of the mind is presented in the Mahāmudrā tradition, and the Karmapa’s commentary on the Dharmadhātustava indeed equates the tathāgata heart with Mahāmudrā)." Brunnhölzl, K., When the Clouds Part, p. 72.
Question: How are the properties of purification produced? They are supported by buddha nature, [in as much as] it is the dharmakāya of the above-mentioned purity of mind." Mathes, K., A Direct Path to the Buddha Within, p. 58. |
Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda | |
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