Karmapa

Karmapa

The Karmapa Tulku lineage of the Gyalwa Karmapa is the oldest among the major incarnating lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, established in 1110 CE by the 1st Karmapa, Düsum Khyenpa. Karmapa means “the one who carries out buddha-activity”, or “the embodiment of all the activities of the buddhas.” A total of 17 Karmapa manifestations have incarnated after their predecessors predict their own rebirths in detailed letters. Their honorific titles include His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa (རྒྱལ་བ་, 'Victorious One', and more formally as Gyalwang (རྒྱལ་དབང་ཀརྨ་པ་, 'King of Victorious Ones') The Karmapa 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. 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.