Sixth Karmapa Tongwa Donden

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Karmapa, 6th

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PersonType Category:Classical Tibetan Authors
Category:Tulkus
MainNamePhon Sixth Karmapa Tongwa Donden
MainNameTib མཐོང་བ་དོན་ལྡན་
MainNameWylie mthong ba don ldan
AltNamesTib ཀརྨ་པ་དྲུག་པ་
AltNamesWylie karma pa drug pa
AltNamesOther Karmapa, 6th
BiographicalInfo
  • Important master of the karma kaM tshang tradition. he was born in ngom stod near lho kar+ma dgon.
  • Noted for his various projects for the creation of blessing bestowing objects. he ordered the creation of a special bstan 'gyur in lho rong, the golden dza lan+d+ha ra bka' 'gyur
  • He mediated several conflict situation in mi nyag and rong po and the sgo sdong war ('khrug chen).
  • According to the bod kyi gal che'i lo rgyus he was born in ngam stod shes skyam and died at 36.
YearBirth 1416
YearDeath 1453
BornIn ngom stod
TibDateGender Male
TibDateElement Fire
TibDateAnimal Monkey
TibDateRabjung 7
ReligiousAffiliation Karma Kagyu
EmanationOf Fifth Karmapa Deshin Shekpa
StudentOf Rongtön Sheja Kunrik  ·  Ratna Lingpa  ·  Third Shamarpa Chopel Yeshe  ·  sog dbon bka' bzhi pa  ·  gnyag phu ba bsod nams bzang po  ·  sog dbon rin chen bzang po
TeacherOf ban sgar ba 'jam dpal bzang po  ·  Second Tai Situ Tashi Namgyal  ·  First Goshir Gyalstab Paljor Dondrub
BDRC https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P1006
Treasury of Lives https://treasuryoflives.org/en/biographies/view/biography/1597
Himalayan Art Resources https://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=318
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