Karmapa, 3rd

Karmapa, 3rd on the DRL

Classical Tibetan Authors

རང་བྱུང་རྡོ་རྗེ་

Wylie	rang byung rdo rje
English Phonetics	Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje

Himalayan Art Resources

Other names

• ཀརྨ་པ་གསུམ་པ་

• karma pa gsum pa

Alternate names

• Karmapa, 3rd

Dates

Birth:	1284
Death:	1339
Place of birth:	tsa phu gangs zhur mo

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

Day
Month
Gender	Male
Element	Wood
Animal	Monkey
Rab Jyung	5

Dates of passing

Day
Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

About

Religious Affiliation

Karma Kagyu

Is emanation of

Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi

Teachers

o rgyan pa rin chen dpal · rig 'dzin ku mA ra rA dza · Pad+ma las 'brel rtsal · Rgyal sras legs pa

Students

klong chen rab 'byams · Rgyal sras legs pa · G.yung ston rdo rje dpal bzang po · g.yag sde paN chen · Shamarpa, 1st

Other Biographical info:

Important master of the karma kaM tshang tradition; he is regarded as the first of the incarnation lamas in tibet, since he became widely recognized as the embodiment of karma pak+Si. He was installed first at karma dgon and then established at kam po gnas nang. He is famed for the building of the iron bridge over the sog chu. In 1331 he was invited to court by the yuan emperor and received by prince rat+na shrI. After the prince's demise, his elder brother brought him to sman rtse. According to the bod kyi gal che'i lo rgyus he died at 56.

Links

BDRC Link

https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P66

Treasury of Lives Link

http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Third-Karmapa-Rangjung-Dorje/9201

Treasury of Lives Excerpt

Himalayan Art Resources Link or Other Art Resource

https://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=4741

Wiki Pages

• Karmapa, 3rd on the DRL
• Karmapa, 3rd on the LIB
• Karmapa, 3rd on the RTZ
• Karmapa, 3rd on the DNZ
• Karmapa, 3rd on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

Person description or short bio

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Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional?
Position:	Definitive
Notes:	Wangchuk, Tsering, Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows p. 30.
All beings have Buddha-nature
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If "Qualified", explain:
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Which Wheel Turning
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka
Position:	Yogācāra
Notes:	Wangchuk, Tsering Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows p. 30.
Zhentong vs Rangtong
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Promotes how many vehicles?
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition
Position:	Meditative Tradition
Notes:	Wangchuk, Tsering Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows p. 30.
What is Buddha-nature?
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda
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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.

Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.