14th Karmapa, Theckchok Dorje

Karmapa of Kagyu Tibetan Buddhism (1798–1868) December 2009 14th Karmapa, Theckchok Dorje ThekchokDorje.jpg 1798 Danang, Tibet Tibetan Buddhism Kagyu 13th Karmapa, Dudul Dorje 15th Karmapa, Khakyab Dorje The 14th Karmapa, Theckchok Dorje (1798–1868), also Thegchog Dorje, was the 14th Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. Theckchok Dorje was born in Danang, Kham, Tibet, and was recognized by Drukchen Kunzig Chokyi Nangwa based on the instructional letter from the 13th Karmapa, Dudul Dorje that detailed where his next reincarnation would be born. He was enthroned and ordained as a monk by the 9th Tai Situpa at the age of nineteen. Theckchok Dorje traveled extensively through Tibet, and was very active in the Rimé movement. He and other participants in the movement were especially interested in the exchange of knowledge between their own Kagyu school and the Nyingma school, and the Karmapa folded the Nyingma Terton Chogyur Lingpa's rituals into the Tsurphu ritual calendar.The Karmapa, "The Golden Rosary, The 14 Karmapa, Theckchok Dorje", Kagyu Office. Chogyur Lingpa also has specific visions of the future Karmapas. Theckchok Dorje's interests were also in poetry, sculpture, and the dialectics. His spiritual successor was Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, and his detailed incarnation instruction letter for locating the 15th Karmapa had been prepared by the time of his death at the age of 71. References External links "THE FOURTEENTH GYALWA KARMAPA, Thegchog Dorje". Further reading Thinley Karma The History of Sixteen Karmapas of Tibet 2008 Prajna Press USA 978-1-57062-644-9 150 Dudul Dorje Reincarnation of the Karmapa Khakyab Dorje Category:1798 births Category:1868 deaths 14 Category:19th-century lamas Category:19th-century Tibetan people