Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
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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