Karmapa, 17th

FirstName / namefirst	Orgyen
LastName / namelast	Dorje
namemiddle	Trinley
nameprefix	His Holiness
namesuffix	the 17th Karmapa
IsInGyatsa	No
Other wikis	drl:Karmapa, 17th buddhanature:Karmapa, 17th bca:Karmapa, 17th rtz:Karmapa, 17th dnz:Karmapa, 17th dudjom:Karmapa, 17th khyentselineage:Karmapa, 17th lcp:Karmapa, 17th

Names

Tibetan: ཨོ་རྒྱན་འཕྲིན་ལས་རྡོ་རྗེ་

Wylie:

• o rgyan 'phrin las rdo rje
• o rgyan 'gro 'dul 'phrin las rdo rje
• karma pa 17 o rgyan 'phrin las
• karmapa 17

Other Transliterations in use:

• Ogyen Trinley Dorje
• Orgyen Trinley Dorje
• Ogyen Drodul Trinley Dorje
• Orgyen Drodul Trinley Dorje
• Ogyen Drodül Trinley Dorje
• Orgyen Drodül Trinley Dorje
• 17th Karmapa
• Seventeenth Karmapa

Dates

Born: 1985 lha thog
Died:

Affiliation

• Karma Kagyu
• Karmapa

Other Biographical Information

TBRC RID: P5611

Biography from kagyuoffice.org

Biography from kagyu.org

Important incarnation of the karma kaM tshang tradition.
He has been recognized as the re-embodiment of the 16th Karmapa by the 14th Dalai Lama, Ta'i Situ, and a number of other masters of the kaM tshang bka' brgyud tradition.
He is currently a resident in Dharamsala, India.

Main Teachers

• Thrangu Rinpoche
• Twelfth Tai Situ Pema Dönyö Nyinje (pad+ma don yod nyin byed)
• Twelfth Goshir Gyaltsab Drakpa Tenpa Yarpel (grags pa bstan pa yar 'phel)
• Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso