Urgyen Trinley Dorje at age 14, photographed in Tibet in 1999 shortly before fleeing to India. According to author and Tibetologist Michele Martin, it is traditionally said that tulkus, or reincarnate lamas, mature much faster physically than ordinary children.

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Born in Eastern Tibet (now China) to largely nomadic parents, Urgyen Trinley Dorje is said to have identified himself to family members as the Karmapa early in childhood. He was seven years old before he was recognized by a search party headed by the Tai Situpa, following instructions left by the previous Karmapa in a prophetic letter and hidden in a locket. Urgyen Trinley Dorje was installed at Tsurphu monastery, the traditional seat of the Karmapa in Tibet, where he lived for another seven years. Kham (Tibetan: ཁམས, Simplified Chinese: 康, Pinyin: Kāng) province is one of three ancient provinces comprising traditional Tibet (the other two being Amdo and U-Tsang). ... Communities of nomadic people move from place to place, rather than settling down in one location. ... In Tibetan Buddhism the Tai Situpa is one of the lineages of tulkus, reincarnated lamas, in the Kagyu school. ... This article is on Historic Tibet. ...

Over the 2000 Millennium he escaped to Nepal and then India, arriving in the Dalai Lama's exile headquarters of Dharamsala on January 5, 2000. Urgyen Trinley Dorje had complained to Chinese authorities that he was unable to obtain in China the specialized instruction he needed to complete his studies and to realize his full spiritual authority. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years. ... The 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935) The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933) In Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lamas are a sequence of leaders, since 1391, from the Gelug school. ... Dharamsala is a town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A controversy exists over the identity of the true 17th Karmapa: the Shamarpa, arguably the second highest Karma Kagyu lama, does not recognize Urgyen Trinley Dorje and instead has proclaimed another boy, Thaye Dorje, whom he identified a few years earlier, as the true Karmapa. Urgyen Trinley Dorje, however, is supported by many important Kagyu lamas, including two of those charged with finding the new Karmapa: Tai Situpa and Gyaltsapba. (A fourth such lama, Jamgon Kongtrul, died shortly before the controversy arose.) Urgyen Trinley Dorje is also recognized as Karmapa by the current Dalai Lama. The Karmapas are one of the oldest lineages of tulkus, reincarnated lamas in Tibetan Buddhism. ... In Tibetan Buddhism the Shamarpa also known as Shamar Rinpoche is considered by some to be the second-highest lama in the Kagyu school, next only to the Karmapa. ... Trinley Thaye Dorje Trinley Thaye Dorje (born 6 May 1983, Lhasa, Tibet) is one of two men claiming to be the 17th Karmapa, or head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. ...

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References

Music in the Sky: The Life, Art & Teachings of the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, by Michele Martin. Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Press, 2003. ISBN 1559391952.

See also

Karmapa controversy The Karmapas are one of the oldest lineages of tulkus, reincarnated lamas in Tibetan Buddhism. ...