Chodrag Gyatsho

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The 7th Karmapa
Tibetan name
Tibetan script :
ཆོས་ གྲགས་ རྒྱ་མཚོ་
Wylie transliteration :
chos grags rgya mtsho

Chödrag Gyatsho ( Tib .: chos grags rgya mtsho ; * 1454 in Chida; † 1506 ) was the 7th Karmapa of the Karma Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism .

biography

At the age of nine months, Chödrag Gyatsho was brought by his parents to Goshri Peljor Döndrub (1427–1489), the first of the Goshri Gyeltshab Trülkus , who declared him the 7th Karmapa in accordance with the predictions of the 6th Karmapa . He received Vajrayana empowerments from him at the age of four . At the age of eight he received instruction in the Kagyu tradition from Bengar Jampel Sangpo and Goshri Peljor Döndrub in Karma Gön .

Chödrag Gyatsho spent most of his life in retreat . He wrote many texts, including a commentary on the "Abhisamayalamkara" (see also Mahayana Sutras ) with the title "The Lamp of the Three Worlds" (see also Trikaya ) and his most famous work "The Ocean of Evidence", a commentary on the "Pramana literature" (Logic and argumentation, see Nyaya ).

Chödrag Gyatsho founded several monastic universities in Tshurphu , and also in other regions of Tibet . In addition, he had a Buddha statue restored, also in Tshurphu, which is attributed to Karma Pakshi . He established philosophical debates, campaigned for animal welfare, initiated the construction of bridges and sent gold to Bodhgaya for the construction of a statue of Buddha Shakyamuni at the place of his enlightenment . Chödrag Gyatsho convinced many people to speak the Om mani padme hum mantra, which in some Buddhist schools is regarded as a kind of cure for all diseases. Before he died at the age of 53, he left information about his next incarnation and set Denma Drubchen Trashi Peljor (1457–1525; the 1st Sanggye Nyenpa Rinpoche ) as the main lineage holder of the Karma-Kagyu. Denma Drubchen Trashi Peljor also became the main teacher of the 8th Karmapa .

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SURNAME Chodrag Gyatsho
ALTERNATIVE NAMES chos grags rgya mtsho
BRIEF DESCRIPTION seventh lama in the series of incarnations of the Karmapas
DATE OF BIRTH 1454
PLACE OF BIRTH Chida
DATE OF DEATH 1506