Thinley, Karma
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Wylie: Karma 'phrin las
Other Transliterations in use:
Lama Wangchen Karma Thinley
(b. 1931)
Kagyu
Chöd
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.