12th Karmapa, Changchub Dorje

Karmapa of Kagyu Tibetan Buddhism (1703–1732) August 2010 12th Karmapa200px Date of birth: 1703 Place of birth: Chile Chakhor, Derge, Kham, Tibet. Birth name: Changchub Dorje Date of death: 1732 Place of death: China School: Vajrayana Practice School: Kagyu Lineage: Karma Kagyu Order: N/A Titles/Honours: Karmapa, Lama, Rinpoche. Quote: ? Changchub Dorje (1703–1732), also Chanchub Dorje, was the twelfth Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism.THE TWELFTH GYALWA KARMAPA, Changchub Dorje Changchub Dorje was born in Chile Chakhor in the kingdom of Derge in Kham. According to the legend, he said at the age of two months: "I am Karmapa." He was discovered by a search party and was recognized as Karmapa by Palchen Chökyi Döndrup, the eighth Shamarpa. Tibet had become politically unstable during the reign of the 7th Dalai Lama, because the Dzungars and China tried to gain control of the government. Changchub Dorje and the eighth Shamarpa decided to make a Buddhist pilgrimage to Nepal, India and China. After they returned, they were once again invited by the emperor of China, however both the Karmapa and the Shamarpa got sick during the journey and died of smallpox. References Further reading Thinley Karma The History of Sixteen Karmapas of Tibet 2008 Prajna Press USA 978-1-57062-644-9 150 External links The Twelfth Karmapa Yeshe Dorje Reincarnation of the Karmapa Dudul Dorje Category:1703 births Category:1732 deaths Category:Deaths from smallpox in China 12 Category:18th-century Tibetan people Category:Qing dynasty Tibetan Buddhists