Karmapa, 6th
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Names[edit]
Tibetan: མཐོང་བ་དོན་ལྡན་
Wylie:
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Dates[edit]
Born: 1416 ngom stod
Died: 1453
Affiliation[edit]
Other Biographical Information[edit]
Biography from kagyuoffice.org
Important master of the karma kaM tshang tradition.
He was born in ngom stod near lho kar+ma dgon.
Noted for his various projects for the creation of blessing bestowing objects.
He ordered the creation of a special bstan 'gyur in lho rong, the golden dza lan+d+ha ra bka' 'gyur.
He mediated several conflict situations in mi nyag and rong po and the sgo sdong war ('khrug chen).
According to the bod kyi gal che'i lo rgyus he was born in ngam stod shes skyam and died at 36.
Main Students[edit]
- ban sgar ba 'jam dpal bzang po
- bkra shis rnam rgyal
- Goshir Gyaltsab, 1st (dpal 'byor don grub)
Main Teachers[edit]
- shes bya kun rig
- rat+na gling pa
- Shamarpa, 3rd (chos dpal ye shes)
- 'jam dbyangs grags pa
- sog dbon bka' bzhi pa
- bsod nams bzang po
- sog dbon rin chen bzang po (Ratnabhadra)/(rigs pa'i ral gri)
- bsod nams bzang po