Karma Pakshi
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Tibetan script :
ཀརྨ་ པཀྵི་
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Wylie transliteration : karma pak + shi
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Simplified :
噶玛 拔 希
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Karma Pakshi ( Tib . : karma pak shi ; * between 1203 and 1206 in Eastern Tibet ; † 1283 ) was the 2nd Karmapa of the Karma Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism .
biography
By the age of ten, Karma Pakshi had a great understanding of Buddhist philosophy. On a trip to central Tibet he met Pomdrakpa (1170-1249), a student of Drogon Rechen s (1148-1218), the spiritual heir of the 1st Karmapa . Pomdrakpa recognized him as the 2nd Karmapa and taught him the teachings of the Kagyu. Since then the young Karmapas have always been instructed by the main lineage holder of the Karma Kagyu.
Karma Pakshi spent most of his life on retreat in Tsurphu . He became known for his melodious interpretation of the mantra Om mani padme hum . At the age of 47 (1252) he began a three-year trip to China at the invitation of Kubilai Khan . Miraculous things are said to have happened there during his short stay at the Kubilai court. However, he refused permanent residence at the court because he did not want to come into conflict with the Sakyapa (cf. Phagspa ) who were powerful at the time .
After leaving the court of Kubilai without permission, the 2nd Karmapa traveled through Gansu to Mongolia to see Möngke Khan , Kubilai's brother, where he was received in 1256. In the fratricidal war between Kubilai and Arigkbugha he was accused of supporting the latter. That is why he was arrested on his return to northern China, sentenced to death, pardoned, banished to the sea for almost three years and brought back to the court in 1263. After that, he was allowed to return to Tibet.
In 1264 he was allowed or had to return to Tibet . After a long-cherished vision, he had a large, 16 meter high Buddha statue of Shakyamuni built in Tsurphu.
Karma Pakshi wrote over 100 texts on the subject of Buddhism, which were kept in Tsurphu.
On the deathbed he passed on to his most important student Orgyenpa (1230-1312) statements about his later rebirth in Ladoi, and until then determined him to be the main lineage holder of the Karma Kagyu. Orgyenpa then recognized Rangjung Dorje (1284–1339) as the reincarnation of his teacher about six years later and thus founded the system of reincarnation of living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism, which was later adopted and further developed by the Gelugpa .
Karma Pakshi ritual
In the Kagyu lineage there is a special Guruyoga practice in Karma Pakshi. This contains visualization exercises also Dzogchen -Belehrungen. The ritual is based on a pure vision by Yonge Migyur Dorje (1628 / 41–1708, not to be confused with Namchö Migyur Dorje 1645–1667), who holds the mandala of the lamas ( Guru Rinpoche , Karma Pakshi and Rechungpa ), deities ( Hayagriva and Vajravarahi ) and protectors ( Mahakala "Black Coat", Pelden Lhamo and Dorje Legpa ), as they appear in the ritual, saw in front of you in the room.
literature
- Lea Terhune: Karmapa - The Politics of Reincarnation , Wisdom Publications (MA), ISBN 0-86171-180-7
- Morris Rossabi: China among equals: the Middle Kingdom and its neighbors, 10th-14th centuries, University of California Press, 1983
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ Cf. Igor de Rachewiltz, Hok-lam Chan, Hsiao Ch'i-ch'ing, Peter W. Geier and others. a .: In the Service of the Khan - Personalities of the Early Mongol-Yüan Period, Wiesbaden 1993, p. 648 and Morris Rossabi: China among equals: the Middle Kingdom and its neighbors, 10th-14th centuries, p. 184.
- ↑ Qinye Yang, Du Zheng: Geography of Tibet, p 66
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| SURNAME | Karma Pakshi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | kar ma pakshi chos kyi bla ma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | 2. Karmapa of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1203 and 1206 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eastern Tibet |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1283 |