Thongwa Dönden

The 6th Karmapa

Tibetan name
Tibetan script : མཐོང་བ་ དོན་ ལྡན་
Wylie transliteration : mthong ba don ldan

Thongwa Dönden ( Tib .: mthong ba don ldan ; * 1416 in Kham ; † 1453 ) was the 6th Karmapa of the Karma Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism .

biography

As a child, Thongwa Dönden, at an encounter with Ngompa Chadral , a disciple of the 5th Karmapa , declared that he was the Karmapa. He was crowned by the 3rd Shamarpa Chöpel Yeshe, in Karma Gön . Chöpel Yeshe, Jamyang Dragpa , Khenchen Nyephuwa and especially Ratnabhadra , the main lineage holder of the Karma Kagyu at the time, taught him the teachings of the Kagyu lineage .

At a young age Thongwa Dönden began to design many tantric rituals and founded a kind of liturgy for the Karma-Kagyu. He was also instructed in the teachings of the Shangpa- Kagyu and integrated the teaching of the Shijay of the Yogini Machig Labdrön into the teaching system of the Karma-Kagyu. Thongwa Dönden gave many teachings, had monasteries restored and books printed to strengthen the Sangha . When he anticipated his imminent death, he withdrew into retreat and transferred the reign to the 1st Tshurphu Gyeltshab Rinpoche Peljor Döndrub (1427–1489). He also left a clue as to where he should be reborn next. His spiritual legacy was Bengar Jampel Sangpo (Tib .: ban sgar ba 'jam dpal bzang po ) of a famous in the Karma Kagyu Mahamudra wrote -line supplication. Thongwa Dönden died at the age of 38, his successors were Bengar Jampel Sangpo (15th - 16th centuries), who became the main teacher of the 7th Karmapa, and Goshri Peljor Döndrub.

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Individual evidence

↑ 'jam dpal bzang po

personal data
SURNAME	Thongwa Dönden
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	mthong ba don ldan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	sixth lama in the line of incarnations of the Karmapas
DATE OF BIRTH	1416
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kham
DATE OF DEATH	1453

[1] 'jam dpal bzang po