Karmapa

Karmapa

The Gyalwa Karmapa (honorific title: His Holiness the Gyalwa (རྒྱལ་བ་, 'Victorious One') Karmapa, more formally as Gyalwang (རྒྱལ་དབང་ཀརྨ་པ་, 'King of Victorious Ones') Karmapa, and informally as the Karmapa Lama) is the head of the Karma Kagyu, the largest sub-school of the Kagyu school (Tibetan: བཀའ་བརྒྱུད, Wylie: bka' brgyud), itself one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The Karmapa was Tibet's first consciously incarnating lama. The historical seat of the Karmapas is Tsurphu Monastery in the Tolung valley of Tibet. Read more on Wikipedia

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The Karmapa is a reincarnate lama of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. The Karmapa is often referred to as the Black Hat Karmapa, in reference to the Black Crown that he receives when he is formally enthroned. What is the role of the Karmapa? The Karmapa is a reincarnate lama of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. The Karmapa is often referred to as the Black Hat Karmapa, in reference to the Black Crown that he receives when he is formally enthroned.