Karmapa, 8th

PersonType	Category:Classical Tibetan Authors
MainNamePhon	Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
MainNameTib	མི་བསྐྱོད་རྡོ་རྗེ་
MainNameWylie	mi bskyod rdo rje
AltNamesTib	ཀརྨ་པ་བརྒྱད་པ་  ·  ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ་དཔལ་བཟང་པོ་
AltNamesWylie	karma pa brgyad pa  ·  chos kyi grags pa dpal bzang po
AltNamesOther	Karmapa, 8th
YearBirth	1507
YearDeath	1554
BornIn	ngom chu g.yas lung (nang chen)
TibDateGender	Female
TibDateElement	Fire
TibDateAnimal	Rabbit
TibDateRabjung	9
ReligiousAffiliation	Karma Kagyu
Has emanations	Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje
StudentOf	Second Tai Situ Tashi Namgyal  ·  Sangye Nyenpa, 1st  ·  Third Tai Situ Tashi Paljor  ·  byams chen chos rje sna tshogs rang grol  ·  karma phrin las pa
TeacherOf	The Second Pawo Tsuklak Trengwa  ·  Fifth Shamarpa Könchok Yenlak  ·  Fourth Tai Situ Mitruk Chokyi Gocha
BDRC	https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P385
Treasury of Lives	https://treasuryoflives.org/en/biographies/view/biography/6230
IsInGyatsa	No
BnwShortPersonBio	The eighth member of the incarnation lineage of the Karmapas, Mikyö Dorje, was a prolific scholar and an acclaimed artist, often credited with the development of the Karma Gadri style of painting. Though he only lived into his mid-40's his contributions to the Karma Kagyu and Tibetan tradition, in general, were immense. His collected works are said to have originally filled thirty volumes and is widely held to be one of the most significant of the Karmapa incarnations.
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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.