Karmapa, 7th

PersonType	Category:Classical Tibetan Authors Category:Tulkus
MainNamePhon	Seventh Karmapa Chödrak Gyatso
MainNameTib	ཆོས་གྲགས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
MainNameWylie	chos grags rgya mtsho
AltNamesTib	ཀརྨ་པ་བདུན་པ་
AltNamesWylie	karma pa bdun pa
AltNamesOther	Karmapa, 7th
BiographicalInfo	Enthroned at the age of 9 months on the lion throne of the sgar chen 'dzam gling rgyan chen, the encampment of the Karmapa. He was responsible for the establishment of the karma grwa tshang bshad grwa. He enjoyed the patronage of the ching hwa emperor. He restored the teachings and discipline at 'bri gung. Established the bre bo chu mdo rnam rgyal gling dgon pa in spo bo. Created the smon lam gyi cho ga yan lag nyi shu pa. According to the bod kyi gal che'i lo rgyus: born in khams rngod mda' spyi nang and d. 53.
YearBirth	1454
YearDeath	1506
BornIn	tre shod (khams)
TibDateGender	Male
TibDateElement	Wood
TibDateAnimal	Dog
TibDateRabjung	8
ReligiousAffiliation	Karma Kagyu
Has emanations	Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
StudentOf	Gö Lotsāwa Zhönu Pal  ·  ban sgar ba 'jam dpal bzang po  ·  First Goshir Gyalstab Paljor Dondrub  ·  Second Tai Situ Tashi Namgyal  ·  pad+ma gling pa  ·  gsung rab rgya mtsho
TeacherOf	Fourth Shamarpa Chodrak Yeshe  ·  Third Tai Situ Tashi Paljor  ·  Second Goshir Gyaltsab Tashi Namgyal  ·  shAkya mchog ldan  ·  karma phrin las pa  ·  chos rgyal bstan pa  ·  Sangye Nyenpa, 1st  ·  byams chen chos rje sna tshogs rang grol  ·  bya 'jam dbyangs bkra shis rnam rgyal  ·  bdud mo bkra shis 'od zer  ·  Drukpa Kunle  ·  mtshungs med chos skyong rgyal mtshan
BDRC	https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P821
Treasury of Lives	https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Seventh-Karmapa-Chodrak-Gyatso/TBRC_p821
IsInGyatsa	No
BnwShortPersonBio	During the lifetime of the Seventh Karmapa, the Great Encampment of the Karmapas expanded greatly, earning him the epithet “Chödrak Gyatso of the Great Encampment.” Chödrak Gyatso created the practice of holding massive prayer festivals on the major Buddhist holidays, establishing the precedent for today’s Kagyu Monlam Chenno. The widely learned Chödrak Gyatso introduced a formal study institute (shedra) into the Great Encampment itself, and similarly created a shedra at Tsurphu Monastery. An accomplished scholar, the Seventh Karmapa authored a number of influential commentaries on Indian philosophical treatises. His text on epistemology, the multi-volume Ocean of Reasoning, remains one of his most important works, alongside his commentary on the Abhisamayalaṅkāra, the Lamp of the Three Worlds. While these formed his major deeds, Chödrak Gyatso’s varied activities to benefit beings also included bridge construction, the resolution of factional disputes and protection of animals. As had been the case in the Great Encampment since its inception, no meat whatsoever was consumed—or even allowed within the camp. (Source Accessed July 28, 2020)
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The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa.