Shamarpa (Holder of the Red Crown), also known as Shamar Rinpoche, is a lineage holder of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. The Kagyu (Wylie transliteration: Bka-brgyud) school (known as the Oral Lineage and the Spotless Practice Lineage school) is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the other three being Nyingma (Rnying-ma), Sakya (Sa-skya), and Gelug (Dge-lugs). ... 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. ...

The first Shamarpa, Khedrup Drakpa Senge (1283-1349), was the principal disciple of the third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje. Rangjung Dorje gave this disciple a ruby-red crown and the title Shamarpa, establishing the second line of reincarnate lamas in Tibetan Buddhism, Karmapa being the first. This was the fulfillment of a prediction of the second Karmapa, Karma Pakshi, who said "Future Karmapas will manifest in two forms". When the fourth Karmapa, Rolpe Dorje, returned the red crown to the second Shamarpa, he recalled Karma Pakshi's prediction, saying, "You are the one manifestation, while I am the other. Therefore, the responsibility to maintain the continuity of the teachings of the Kagyu lineage rests equally on you as it does on me." For broader historical context, see 1280s and 13th century. ... // Events January 9 - The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland is rounded up and incinerated, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing bubonic plague. ... The Karmapa (formally His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa) is the head of the Karma Kagyu (Bka rgyud), the largest of the lineages that make up the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. ...

The present (14th) Shamarpa is Mipham Chokyi Lodro, born in Derge, Tibet in 1952. At age four he was recognized by his uncle the 16th Karmapa. After the death of the 16th Karmapa in 1981, the Shamarpa recognized Thaye Dorje as the 17th Karmapa in 1994. The 14th Shamarpa presently resides in India. Mipham Chokyi Lodro is the 14th and current (as of 2006) Shamarpa. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, Pinyin: Xīzàng or Chinese: 藏区, Pinyin: Zàngqū [the two names are used with different connotations; see Name section below]) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ...

Shamarpa is considered the manifestation of Amitabha Buddha. He is traditionally associated with Yangpachen monastery near Lhasa. The Big Buddha or Daibatsu in Kamakura, an image of Amitabha Amitābha is a celestial Buddha described in the scriptures of Mahāyāna Buddhism. ... Lhasa prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region Lhasa (Tibetan: ལྷ་ས་; Wylie: lha-sa; Simplified Chinese: 拉萨; Traditional Chinese: 拉薩; pinyin: Lāsà), sometimes spelled Llasa, is the traditional capital of Tibet and the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

The Shamarpa lineage

1. Khedrup Drakpa Senge, (1284-1349)
2. Shamar Khachö Wangpo, (1350-1405)
3. Shamar Chöpal Yeshe, (1406-1452)
4. Shamar Chokyi Drakpa Yeshe Pal Zangpo, (1453-1526)
5. Shamar Köncho Yenlak,(1526-1583)
6. Shamar Mipan Chökyi Wangchuk,(1584-1629)
7. Shamar Yeshe Nyinpo, (1631-1694)
8. Palchen Chökyi Döndrup, (1695-1732)
9. Könchog Geway Yungnay,(1733-1741)
10. Mipam Chödrup Gyamtso,(1742-1793)
11. (unnamed physician in Tibet, forced into hiding by the regents of the 11th Dalai Lama who sought to submerge the Kagyu school into the Geluk school)
12. Tugsay Jamyang Rinpoche
13. (an infant who survived only a year)
14. Mipham Chokyi Lodro, (1952 - )

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External link

• www.shamarpa.org