Mikyo Dorje
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Tibetan script :
མི་ བསྐྱོད་ རྡོ་ རྗེ་
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Wylie transliteration : mi bskyod rdo rje
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Mikyö Dorje ( Tib .: mi bskyod rdo rje ; * 1507 in Kham ; † 1554 ) was the 8th Karmapa of the Karma Kagyü School of Tibetan Buddhism .
biography
Mikyö Dorje is said to have declared immediately after his birth that he was the Karmapa. Because of this, he was recognized by the 3rd Tai Situpa Trashi Peljor (1498–1541) as the 8th Karmapa. Mikyö Dorje then spent the next few years in Karma Gön . When he was five years old, there was one other child from Amdo who was a candidate for the Karmapa title. The 2nd Goshri Gyeltshab Trashi Namgyel (1490-1518) then went to Tshurphu to investigate the matter. When he saw Mikyo Dorje, however, he immediately threw himself down in front of him and was convinced that he was facing the Karmapa. Mikyö Dorje was enthroned by Trashi Namgyel at the age of six.
In the following years he became the first Sanggye Nyenpa Trashi Peljor (1457-1525; formerly Denma Drubchen Trashi Peljor or Denma Drubchen only) Dulmo Trashi Öser , Dagpo Trashi Namgyel (1511-1587, Drukpa Lineage ) and Karma Thrinlepa taught . The young Mikyö Dorje declined an invitation to China on the grounds that the emperor ( Zhengde ) would be dead before he could reach China. This turned out to be true.
The 8th Karmapa was one of the most famous Karmapas. He has written many texts and commentaries on, among other things, Sutrayana , as well as instructions on Tantras . The mantra Karmapa mkyen no . He was also a visual artist on the Karma Gadri style of thangka painting back. He has also designed sadhanas , liturgies and other devout practices of the Karma Kagyu.
Mikyö Dorje had many visions of the inseparability of the manifestations of the Karmapa and the Guru Rinpoche . Sensing his death, he wrote a letter to the 5th Shamarpa Konchog Yenlag, making predictions about his future birth. He died at the age of 47. Among his students were Könchog Yenlag and Pawo Tsuglag Trengwa (1504–1564 / 66). He was succeeded by Könchog Yenlag (1526–1583).
Web links
- Kagyuoffice on the 8th Karmapa
- mi bskyod rdo rje
- Mantra "Karmapa Chenno"
- http://www.jamyang.de/ma/sn_ka8.pdf
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| SURNAME | Mikyo Dorje |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | mi bskyod rdo rje |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | eighth lama in the Karmapas incarnation |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1507 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kham |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1554 |