In Tibetan Buddhism the Tai Situpa is one of the oldest lineages of tulkus (reincarnated lamas) in the Kagyu school. According to tradition, the Tai Situpa is an emanation of the bodhisattva Maitreya, who will become the next Buddha, and who has been incarnated as numerous Indian and Tibetan yogins since the time of the historical Buddha. The title Tai Situpa, or more completely Khentin Tai Situ Rinpoche, means "far-reaching, unshakable, great master, holder of the command". The holder of this title is also called Situ Rinpoche and Tai Situ. Tibetan Buddhism is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet, the Himalayan region (including northern Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh), Mongolia, Buryatia, Tuva and Kalmykia (Russia), and northeastern China (Manchuria: Heilongjiang, Jilin). ... In Tibetan Buddhism, a tulku is the reincarnation of a lama or other spiritually significant figure. ... Not to be confused with Llama. ... The Kagyu (Tibetan: བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་; Wylie: Bka-brgyud) school, also 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). ... Emanationism is a component in the cosmology of certain religious or philosophical belief systems that claim that the supreme god did not create the physical universe, but instead emanated lower spiritual beings who consequently carried out the actual work. ... Lands Bhutan â€¢ China â€¢ Korea Japan â€¢ Tibet â€¢ Vietnam Taiwan â€¢ Mongolia Doctrine Bodhisattva â€¢ Bodhicitta Karuna â€¢ Prajna Sunyata â€¢ Buddha Nature Trikaya â€¢ Eternal Buddha Scriptures Prajnaparamita Sutra Avatamsaka Sutra Lotus Sutra Nirvana Sutra VimalakÄ«rti Sutra Lankavatara Sutra History 4th Buddhist Council Silk Road â€¢ Nagarjuna Asanga â€¢ Vasubandhu Bodhidharma      A statue of a Bodhisattva, Akasagarbha. ... This article is about the Buddhist bodhisattva Maitreya. ... In contemporary English yogin is an alternative rendering for the word yogi, a human being who is committed to the practise of yoga, usually in the more authentic sense of one who is bound by a code of moral and ethical restraint (including celibacy) with a view to the realization... Siddhartha and Gautama redirect here. ...

Traditionally, the Tai Situpa was considered to one of the highest ranking lamas of the Karma Kagyu sect. He is one of the four regents of the Karmapa. Karma Kagyu is the largest lineage of the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. ... The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924 - 1981) The Karmapa (officially His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa) is the head of the Karma Kagyu, the largest sub-school of the Kagyupa (Tib. ...

The current and 12th Tai Situpa, Péma Tönyö Nyinjé, was born in a farming family in 1954 in the Palyul district of Dérgé, in the East of Tibet. At the age of five he left Tibet for Bhutan, where King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk had been a disciple of the 11th Tai Situpa. Later he was cared for at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, India where he received religious instruction from the 16th Karmapa. The 16th Karmapa had himself been raised under the guidance of the 11th Tai Situpa. Indeed this alternation between teacher and pupil for the Karmapas, Tai Situpas and other lineage holders from the 1st Karmapa and on has served as a mechanism for continuity within the Kagyu tradition. As Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche wrote in his book Born in Tibet: “Tai Situ Rinpoche, who was second in importance in the Karma Kagyu school, had died some years before and no reincarnation had been found. The Karmapa could now tell them where the incarnation had taken place. Everyone rejoiced and started immediately to make the preparations." Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Palyul is one of the six mother monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. ... Derge (Wylie: Sde-dge; ZWPY: Dêgê; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a small town in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Chinas Sichuan province. ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... Jigme Dorji Wangchuk (1929-July 21, 1972) was king of Bhutan. ... Rumtek monastery Rumtek (Tibetan: རུམ་ཐེག་དགོན་པ་, Wylie: Rum-theg dGon-pa), also called the Dharmachakra Centre, is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located in the Indian state of Sikkim near the capital Gangtok. ... , Sikkim (Nepali:  , also Sikhim) is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas. ... Rangjung Rigpei Dorje The 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpei Dorje (1924-1981)(Wylie Rang byung rig pai rdo rje) , was born in Denkhok in the Dergé district of Kham (Eastern Tibet), near the Yangtze River. ... Chögyam Trungpa (1940 - April 4, 1987) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher and artist. ...

At the age of twenty-two, Situ Rinpoche founded his own new monastic seat, Sherab Ling in Himachal Pradesh, in Northern India. He traveled widely making his first visit to the West in 1981 to Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland. Monasticism (from Greek: monachos—a solitary person) is the religious practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to fully devote ones life to spiritual work. ... , Himachal Pradesh   (Panjabi: ਹਿਮਾਚਲ ਪਰਦੇਸ਼,(Hindi: हिमाचल प्रदेश, IPA: ) is a state in the north-west of India. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Kagyu Samyé Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre is a Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school located at Eskdalemuir near Langholm, Scotland. ... This article is about the country. ...

The 12th Tai Situpa was instrumental in recognizing Ogyen Trinley Dorje, one of the two candidates claimed to be the 17th Karmapa. He also recognized Choseng Trungpa, born on February 6, 1989 in eastern Tibet, as the reincarnation of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Urgyen Trinley Dorje at age 14, photographed in Tibet in 1999 shortly before fleeing to India. ... The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924 - 1981) The Karmapa (officially His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa) is the head of the Karma Kagyu, the largest sub-school of the Kagyupa (Tib. ... Choseng Trungpa Rinpoche, the XII Trungpa Tulku, Chokyi Sengay (Sengye/Senge), Lion of Dharma, is the present Trungpa Tülku. ... is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... Chögyam Trungpa (1940 - April 4, 1987) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher and artist. ...

Emanations and lineage of the Tai Situpas

Chokyi Gyaltsen was the first incarnation to bear the title Tai Situ, conferred upon him in 1407 by the Yongle Emperor of China in the Ming Dynasty. He was a close disciple of the 5th Karmapa who appointed him as abbot of Karma Goen, the Karmapa's principal monastery at the time. Year 1407 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... The Yongle Emperor (May 2, 1360 – August 12, 1424), born Zhu Di (Chu Ti) , was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China from 1402 to 1424. ... For other uses, see Ming. ... Deshin Shekpa (1384-1415), also Deshin Shegpa, was the fifth Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. ... Abbots coat of arms The word abbot, meaning father, has been used as a Christian clerical title in various, mainly monastic, meanings. ... Monastery of St. ...

Many great and precious lamas are recognized as emanations of the Tai Situpas by realized masters of the Kagyu lineage, such as Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye. The Jamgon Kongtruls ..line of incarnate Lamas begins with Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye in the 19th century. ...

Partial list of emanations^[1]

• Bodhisattva Maitreya
• Bodhisattva Source of Instructions
• Yidam Hevajra
• Dombipa Heruka
• Darikapa
• Vajracarya Shri Singha
• Venerable Gyim Shang
• Demma Tsemang
• Marpa Lotsawa
• Pang Kenchen Ozer Lama
• Rabten Kunzang Pal
• Ngawang Jikten Wongchuk
• Gonpo Tsultrim Nyingpo
• Drogon Renchen Sonam Drakpa
• Yeshe Wangchuk
• Emperor Tashing Temur
• Ratnabhadra
• Taranatha

Lineage of the Tai Situpas

1. Chokyi Gyaltsen (1377-1448)
2. Tashi Namgyal (1450-1497)
3. Tashi Paljor (1498-1541)
4. Chokyi Gocha (1542-1585)
5. Chokyi Gyaltsen Palzang (1586-1657)
6. Mipham Chogyal Rabten (1658-1682)
7. Nawe Nyima (1683-1698)
8. Chokyi Jungne (1700-1774)
9. Pema Nyingche Wangpo (1774-1853)
10. Pema Kunzang Chogyal (1854-1885)
11. Pema Wangchuk Gyalpo (1886-1952)
12. Péma Tönyö Nyinjé (1954-)

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Notes

1. ^ The Emanations and Lineage of the Tai Situpas

External links

• Information about previous and current Tai Situpas on Sherab Ling website
• Short biography of all 12 Tai Situpas by Ken Holmes.
• [1] news and images of the 12 Tai Situpas by Karma Kagyu Cyber World.
• Recalling a Buddha (documentary on the Sixteenth Karmapa), includes commentary from all three living Kagyu Regents.