Karmapa, 9th

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Names

Tibetan: དབང་ཕྱུག་རྡོ་རྗེ་

Wylie:

• dbang phyug rdo rje
• karma pa 09 dbang phyug rdo rje
• nam mkha' rgyal po
• dkon mchog 'bangs
• dpal ldan mi pham chos kyi dbang phyug
• karmapa 09

Other Transliterations in use:

• Wangchuk Dorje
• 9th Karmapa
• Ninth Karmapa

Dates

Born: 1556 stag bzang (tre smad)
Died: 1601/1603

Affiliation

• Karma Kagyu
• Karmapa

Other Biographical Information

TBRC RID: P889

Biography from kagyuoffice.org

Biography from kagyu.org

Important karma kaM tshang bka' brgyud hierarch.
He enjoyed the patronage of the rin spungs pa.
He was involved in various restoration projects: 'brong bi dgon rnying, the mtshur phu 'du khang chen mo.
Built the sgo rab brtan gtsug lag khang and the thar gling gtsug lag khang.
His gsung 'bum came to about 10 volumes.

Main Students

• karma bstan 'phel
• gtsug lag rgya mtsho
• karma bstan srung
• tA ra nA tha
• dge legs dpal bzang
• lhag bsam rgya mtsho
• karma legs bshad sgra dbyangs
• Sixth Shamarpa Chökyi Wangchuk (chos kyi dbang phyug)
• Fifth Tai Situ Chokyi Gyaltsen (chos kyi rgyal mtshan dpal bzang)
• karma mkhyen brtse
• rnam rgyal grags pa
• rin chen shes rab
• khyab bdag grub mchog dbang po
• kun dga' rnam rgyal

Main Teachers

• gtsug lag 'phreng ba
• Fifth Shamarpa Könchok Yenlak (dkon mchog yan lag)
• rnam rgyal grags pa
• Fourth Tai Situ Mitruk Chokyi Gocha (mi 'khrugs chos kyi go cha)
• rgyal ba seng+ge