Karma Thinley Rinpoche
Karma Thinley Rinpoche | |
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| Title | Karma Thinleypa IV |
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| Born | 1931 |
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| School | Kagyu,Sakya |
| Lineage | Mahamudra,Lamdré |
| Education | Riwoche |
| Other names | Lama Wangchen(bla ma dbang chen) |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | XVIth Gyalwa Karmapa,Dilgo Khyentse,Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen,Ling Rinpoche |
| Based in | Toronto,Ontario,Canada |
| Reincarnation | Beru Kunrik,Palkhang Lotsawa |
Karma Thinley Rinpocheཀརྨ་འཕྲིན་ལས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་(born 1931),[1][2]is an important master of theKagyu[2]Mahamudra,SakyaLamdré[2]andChodtraditions ofTibetan Buddhismactive in the west and Nepal. He is also well regarded by Tibetans as ascholar,poetandartist.
Life[edit]
Karma Thinley Rinpoche was born inNangchen,Kham,inQinghai[1]in 1931.[1][2]At age two, he was recognized as areincarnationof Beru Shaiyak Lama Kunrik.[1][2]
Throughout the 1950s, Rinpoche made pilgrimages to Radeng,Samye,SakyaandLhasa.[2]Eventually, he settled for a period atTsurphu Monastery,[2]traditional seat of theKarmapa.The16th Karmaparecognized Rinpoche as a tulku of Karma Thinleypa.[2]
Karma Thinley Rinpoche left Tibet for India in 1959[1]and during the 1960s wasabbotof theYoung Lamas Home School[1]and Karma Drubgyu Thargay Ling nunnery[2]both founded byFreda BediinDalhousie,HP. There he was one of the first Tibetan refugee Lamas to teach western students. In 1971 he accompanied a group of Tibetan refugees resettled in Ontario, Canada as their Lama[2]and in 1973 established a Buddhist center, Kampo Gangra Drubgyud Ling meditation centre inToronto,Ontario, Canada.[2]
In 1982, Karma Tinley Rinpoche was able to visit his homelandNangchenfor the first time since leaving a quarter of a century earlier.[1]Returning several times since then he has established a temple in Shorda, capital of Nangchen District and a school for nomad children in the Sangshung valley.
In 1988, he also established a nunnery, Tekchen Lekshay Ling, atBoudhanathNepal and subsequently a small meditationretreat centeratPharping.
His students includeLama Jampa Thaye,a British Buddhist teacher who is Karma Thinley Rinpoche's dharma-regent and founded the Dechen sangha,[3]and the Nepalese Lama, Rana Guru.
Bibliography[edit]
- Karma Thinley.History of 16 Karmapas.Shambhala (2001)ISBN1-57062-644-8
- Karma Thinley Rinpoche.The Telescope of Wisdom.Ganesha Press (2009)ISBN978-0-9509119-6-0
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- P00KG09735 karma phrin las- TBRC
- Karma Trinley Rinpoche- Rangjung Yeshi Wiki
- Profiles of Tibetan Buddhists- Buddhanet
- Vajra Acharya Lama Karma Thinley Rinpoche- Buddhanet
- Karma Thinley Rinpoche - KGDL
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