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Encyclopedia > Mipham Chokyi Lodro

Mipham Chokyi Lodro is the 14th and current (as of 2006) Shamarpa. He is also known as Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In Tibetan Buddhism the Shamarpa also known as Shamar Rinpoche is considered to be a lama in the Karma Kagyu school. ... Rinpoche (Pronunciation: rin-po-shay) is a Tibetan Buddhist religio-/theological title. ...


He is a major vajrayana teacher of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. A mandala used in Vajrayana Buddhist practices. ... Karma Kagyu is the largest lineage of the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. ... Tibetan Buddhism — formerly also called Lamaism, after their religious gurus known as lamas — is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and the Himalayan region. ...


His recognition is considered decisive by many supporters of Thaye Dorje in the current (17th) Karmapa controversy. Trinley Thaye Dorje Trinley Thaye Dorje (born 6 May 1983, Lhasa, Tibet) is recognized by many followers as the 17th Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. ... The Karmapa lineage is the most ancient tulku lineage in Tibetan Buddhism, pre-dating the Dalai Lama lineage by more than two centuries. ...


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Mipham Chokyi Lodro was born in Derge, Tibet.
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At the age of four Mipham Chokyi Lodro was recognized by the 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje as the thirteenth Shamarpa reincarnation.
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