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{. Preface

:* lnlroducti0n l0 Kaoyu$ School ol Tibetian Brddhism

* The Karmapas ol Tibel

* Recognition 0l the 17lh Gyalwa Karmapa

* Speech by Sharma Rinpoche

* The Karma Kagyud Befuge Tree

* Piclure$ ol His Holiness

* The Line ol Reincarnate Karmapas 0l Tibel

* Long Life Prayer lor H.H. the 17th Karmapa,

Trinlay Thaye Dorie

* L0n0 Lile Prayers lo Karmapa and all lhe Gurus ol lhe

tineage

,( Prayers t0lhe Fl0urishing ol the Karma Kagyud Teachings

{. Congralulalion Messages

* Acknowledqemenls

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The Lineage ol lhe Karmapas starterl w th Dusum Khyenpa (l I l0 _ I193), the foremosi

discipl€ of Je Gampopa. He was th€ founder and head oJ the Karrna Kagyud L neage

His success ve appearances as Kalmapas n ihis world had been prophesied by Buddha

Sakyamun and Padmasambhava as recorded n mafy Tantras and Sulras The Karmapas

were revea ed to be the manllestat ons of Lold Ava okt€shvara worklng Ior lhe we fare

afd liberatlon ol all senli€ni beings.

His Holiness, the late 16th Gyahi/a Karmapa, Ranlunq Rigpe Dorie vstedSingapore

in 1980 and founded the Singapore Karma Kagyrd Buddh st Centre H s Ho iness, the

171h Gyalwa Karmapa, Trlnlay Thaye Dorje was born n 19B3 and the process and

procedure lor his recognition was r€vealed by H s Eminence Sharnar Rinpoche. We

have selected and reproduc€d lwo Eng sh articles irom Karma Kagyu Buddh st

Network in IJSA and two Chinese arl cles lTom Karma Kaqy! I\llonast€ry in Taiwan

Wlh these ntroductiofs, r€aders willgaln some und€rstafding ot how lhe 17ih Gyalwa

Karmapa waslound and howthe issues relatinglo his reco0rition carilied.

This booket was compied to comm€morate lhe visii oi H s Holiness, the 17th Gyalwa

Karmapa Tr n ay Thaye Dorie to Sinqapore WewarTnlywelcomehmandieelgrealy

lrono!red to be the lirsi countrylo receve His Holness in h slirstoverseas lour

We are gratelu io our abbol venerabl€ Shangpa Rinpoch€ for guid nq us r mak ng H s

Holness visil here a reality and €ventfu.

I\,4ayihe bodhisattvaactivities ol His HollnessJlour sh far and wide and may a whofollo\\l

him enter lhe paih to en ightenment.

Edwil Tan Ah l(ee

Chairman

(arma Kagvud Buddh sl Centre

Jnl^odr^clion io Kogy^d S.hool of-Ci6etc.n B^ddhit,

Buddhism was known in Tibet as early as the 6th century A.D.

There are lo!r ma n schools oi [i]ahayana Buddhism in Tib€t and

they are the Nyinqmapa, the Sakyapa, the Kadampa (later

absorbed nto the Gelupa) and Kagyudpa. All these sch0ols

share th€ bas c teachings ol lhe Buddha and have the same

objective. The ditlerence between them are h storica, as they eacll

stern from a d flerent saintly lound€r, and practical, as the

techniques of each school are varjo!sly s!ited to diflerent types

ol be ngs seek nO Enlightenment.

The Kagyupa School is part cularly known ior its ernphasjs on

rneditaliof practice, ralher than inte ectual study afd for th€

stren0th ot the Guru disciple relatronship whlch can br n0

ordinary beings to Enlightenment in on€ lifelime.

The (aqyud Lineaqe was fouided by the qreat s ddha Tilopa

(988 1069). also knowr as Pralnabhadra, who iv€d in Northern

lndia sometirn€ around the 1oth century A.D. Tilopa r€celv€d the

lour special transmissions lrom the lndian masters and the

I\,4ahamudra lrom the c€leslial Buddha Vairadhara (Dorj€ Char0)

and mastered them.

Allh0uqh there s some d screpancy in h stor cal sources regard

ing the dentities oi the masters assoc aied wlh each ol the loLr

transmiss ons, th€ most commof consensus ifd cates that

their sourc€s are as fo lows: the I rsl of the four came lrom

Naoarluna and consisled of two tantras lh€ "Sangwa DupaTantra"

and Densh Tantra . lt also ifcorporat€d the praclices ca led "ll-

usory Body and Consciousness Translerenc€". The second

special transm ssion came irom Nakpopa and includes the

lanlra ca led 'Gyuma Chefmo" and the pract ce call€d "Conscious

Dr€aming". The third spec a traism ssion came from Lawapa.

It inclLd€s the "DemchokTantra" and the praciic€ oi "Clear Light".

The fo!rth was lransmitted from Khandro Kalpa Zangrno and

includes the tantra known as 'Gyepa Dorje"and the praciice

called "Turnmo". Th€ [,4ahamudra teaching was direct transmis-

slon from his ma n teacher, c€l€stial Buddha Vajradhara (Dorje

Chaiq), who is fot an hislorical Buddha ike Buddha Sakyamuni,

bLt one oi many ever-present supr€rne enl ght€ned who cont nu-

aly dispense thelr blessings.

were systematized as the 'Six Yogas ol Naropa" and 'llahamudm'

thatare consid€red a centraltheme n th€ Kagyud L neag€.

These teach ngs were passed on from Tlopa to his main disciple

Pandiia Naropa (1016-1100), also known as Jnanaslddhl and

Naropa transmltt€d his knowl€dge to [,4arpa (1012-1197). a so

krown as Choky Lodoe, thegreattransator, who had madegreat

pe'sorJl .d, 1f L.s lo l'avpl li'ep lorg ard rr.alhe o-s ourleJs

from Tibetto lndla in order to rece v€ instructions olthe prolound

Tantrlc methods and teachiigs olthe Buddha;ard spread thern n

T/bet.

Nlarpa's loremost dlscipl€ was Vlilarepa (T052 1135) the m0st

celebrated and accomp shed of Tib€l's grealtantricyogis. Through

p€rseverance in the praciice of l\,4ahamudra and the Six Yoqas of

Naropa, he achiev€d profound realzation ollhe u timate ialure of

reality.

llilar€pa's transm ss on was carried of by Je Gampopa (1079-

1153), also knowr as Daqpo Lharie, th€ physican frorn Dagpo.

H€ studied the Kadampa tradition, which is a qradual path that

inc udes whal is called the Lam Rim l€aclrings. He a so met

l\,4ilarepa, aid atta ned realization ol ultimat€ really under his

guidance. He eslablished rnonasl c nstitutions, iaught

extensiv€ly and aitracted many sl!defts.

Four of his illllshious disciples lo[nded lhe four malor Nagyud

schools:

Barom Kagyud lound€d by Barorn DharmaWangchuk (ca.1T00)

Pagdtru Kagyud founded by Phagrn0 Trupa Dorje Gyalpo (1110-

1170)

Tsalpa Kagyud founded by Shang Tsa pa Tsondru Draq (1123 1 194)

KamlsanO Kagyud a so known as the Karma Kagyud 10!nded by

Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa (1110-1193). lt was the f rst Karmapa,

Dusum Klryenpa, wlro r€ce ved the com0 ete [,4aharnudra

lransrnission f rom Gampopa.

The eight ninot Kagyud lineages o ginated disciples. These eighl

* Tag ung Kagy!d io!nded by Taglung Thangpa Tashe Pel

\1142-1210),rl Trophu Kaqyud found€d by Drogon Gyaltsa, a nephew ol

Phagrno Trupa

,1. Drukpa Kagy!d founded by Choje Gyar€ Yeshe Dorjey, also

knowas Lingchen Repa Pema D0rle (1128 1188)

* I\/lartsano Kagyud lounded by Chosje N.4arwa Dr!ptop

* Yerpa KaqyLrd 10!nded by Yelpa Yeshe Tsegpa,

l. Yazarg Kagyud tolrnded by Zharawa Yeshe S€nge

* Shugseb Kagyud started by Nyiphu Gyergom Chenpo

t Dr k!ng Kagyud founded by DrikLrng Kyopa Jiuen Gonpo

(11431217)

The d lferent Kagyud lineaoes are not ref€rr€d to as major and

minor inlerms ofthe nstructionsthey contain, they are equalin

that respect. The lour rnajor lineages are known as maior in that

they originaled frorn Garnpopa lrimseli, whereas the eiqhi minor

ineages wer€ founded by ater q€nerations 01rnast€rs. Nowadays,

arnong th€ four maior Kagyud rneages on y the Karrna Kagyud

r€ma ns preva €nt. Among th€ e ght rninor Kaoyud Lineag€s

only the Taq ung, Dr!kpa and Dr kLrng Kagyud still ex si as

nd€pendenl lreages.

the Pratirnoksha vows afd a lfeaq€ ofthe Bodhisatlva vows.

"The Golden Kagyud Garland" rei€rs to the rnaslers who are ho d-

ers ol the I feage ln which l\,4ahamudra is a maln theme. They are

the lnd al naslers o l're I1edq. ard.l-e iuLLpssiv! pir'drrd-

Uons olthe Karmapas and their most importantstudents who pass

on lhe transmissions to him The ineage ho ders are selected by

the Ka napa 'r nsell wLro ersl'es llal the r"aclinq( ena r r

tact and PUre.

Th€ Karmapa himself always chooses tlre teacher who w I pass

on tlre neaqe lo him n his luture ncarnation. He is a great

Bodhisaltva who has the capacity t0 peneive the realDation and

qualjti€s of oihers. lt is through this abiitythal he s€ ects lris own

qrru.There is rofixed ru e, which deliaeslheteacherin advance

ln some cases the lineage holders are €rninent reincarnates and in

other cases exceptona practition€rs without h qh status nlhe

r€liOious hierarchy.0n€ can distinguislr sev€ral lransmissions w thlf each ifeag€.

How€ver, a I major Buddhist trad tions in Tibet have a lineaoe ol

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RangjLnq R gpe Dorle is lhe s xteenlh

Gyalwa Karmapa tulku or incarnat on.

As the head 01the Kagyud order ol B!d-

dhism n Tibet since the iw€llth century,

he embod €s, represents and guid€s rtsac

c!rn! ated spirilual eneroy. Th€ Tibelan

teachinq corcerning t! kus tells us lhat,

although the moment oi en ghtenmenl

re eases one from the lorc€s ead ng t0

rebirth, an enliqhlened inteilgence which

transcends indrvidLalily or ego in lhe or-

dinary sense, may decide to continue to

work on Earth for the benelit ol a sen'

lient bein0s Th s enl ghtened inlelligenc€

th€relore chooses births over a ceda n

period oi t me in a ser es of human

individuals. The Gya wa Karmapa is such

a tulku. The ncarnations oi th€ Gyalwa

Karmapas have been as lolows:

1 Dusum Khyenpa 1110 - 11S3

2 Karma Pakshi 1204 - 1283

3 Eangjung 0orie 1284 - 1333

4 Rolpei Dorje 1340 -1383

5 Deshin Shegpa 1384 n415

6 Thongwa Donden 1416 '1453

7 Cholmg Gyamlso 1454 -1506

I lvlikyo Dorje 1507 -1554

0 Wangcliuk Dorie 1556 - 1603

10 Choyinq Dote 1604 -1674

11 Yeshe Do e 1676-1702

12 Chanqchub Doie 1llJ3 -1732

13 DudulDor,e 1733 -1797

14 lftegchog Dorje 1798 -1868

15 Khakhyab Dorje 1871-1922'16 Bangiun0 R'0pe 0orje 1924-1981

17 TrinlayThaye Dorje 1S83

Th€ Kagyud order s lhe rnedium of

iransmrssion of the rned talive teach iOs

kfown as l\,4ahamudra. These teach ngs

wero lirst deve oped thr0Lgh the sponla-

neoLS insight0fthe great lnd an siddha or

sa rt Ti opa (988-1069). Their rsalization

was passed d0wn from gurL 10 disciple

-Eh. Kc.nv^opc^s of Ti6e+

throuqhl the great prog€nitors of tlre

lin€age Naropa, ll,4arpa, l,4ilarepa and

Garnpopa and success vely tlrrou0h the

sixleen Gyalwa Karrnapas up to ihe

Presenttime.

The firsl Karmapa, Dusurn Kh€npa

(1110-1193), was the foremosl disciple

of Gampopa He had great natura abilty

f0r meditai on and spenl rnany years

rn€dilalifq n rnountaii cav€s. Alone poini,

he speit months in a hui so ilny that

the meditat on postur€, cross- eg0ed

and erect, was the only possible forrn

ol occupancy. Alter years ol medilat on

under the guidance oi his guru, Dusum

Khenpa attained compleie €n i0hlen

menl, H s momeit o1enlghtenment was

celebrated bythe dakin s who made him a

g lt ol a crown rnade frorn iheir hair. The

crown is sa d to hav€ been therceforth al'

ways present, thouqh rvis ble, above lhe

heads oi allthe Karrnapas. Aft€rwards,

Gampopa recogfized Dusum Khyenpa as

llre lirsl Karmapa, a rnan festat on oi

Avalokiteshvara. whose exisience had

been foreto d byihe B!ddha n the Samad

hiralasutra. Dusum Klryenpa had rnany

powedul disciples and cr€aled the specia

ernphasis on meditation withinlh€ Kagyud

ord€r which has ideftilied ii as the prac

t sing lin€age. He also loLnded th€

Tsurphu monastery, n€ar Lhasa, whichwas

to be the princ pal seat ol lhe Gyalwa

Karmapas lor over 700 years.

The s€cond Karmapa, Karrna Paksh

(1024'1283), was the lirst tulkLr €ver to be

recogf zed. He atla ned rnastery of ihe

tantric t€achings and was cofsidered the

ernbod ment of the highest expression oi

llaham! d ra wisdom. His reiown was sLch

that h€ was iirvit€d to the irnperia corrt of

Ch na, wh€re he became g!ru lo the em-

peror Kublai Khaf. Kubiai Khan bestowed

on h m the Chinese ttle of Pakshi, h qh

€st spiriiua eader. A lthe Karrnapas up

to the tenth lo lowed Karma Paksh in ihis

f!nction of guru to the emperor of China

Thelenth Gyalwa Karmapa, ChoyinO Dorje

(1604-1674) a qreat exarnpl€ ofg€nuire

spirituality in a time thoroughly given over

to polit ca intr gue and war betweef the

sects, d splayed his disdain for p0 tical

pow€r by declaring thal he woLld rath€r

give his bless ng to a dog s sku ltlraf to

the emperor. Th s Karrnapa d stributed all

the wealth lhat conlinually cameto him as

th€ head olth€ orderand livedlhe major

ily ol his long liie n pov€rty.

Th€ lhird Karmapa Ranlung Dorle (1284-

1339), a suprerne m€d tator, was of prime

mpo ance for the continuation ard en

r chm€fi oi the medilative tradition. He

reintrod!ced a high lev€l of inie ectua

uiderstand ng as part of the pmctice aid

Lnii ed the traditional I\,,lahamudra leach'

ifqs ollhe Kaqyud orderwth lhe mahaali

teachinqs, which rnlll h s time had been

transmitled main y through lhe Nyinqma

ineages. t was the lifth Karmapa Deshif

Sh€gpa (1384 1415) who lirst wor€ the

phys ca Vajra Crown, whlch has be onoed

io a lsucceeding Karrnapas. Atthe age oi

twenty-two Deshin Shegpa was invited to

Clrina by the emperor Yung-lo. Karmapa

was rec€ ved with agreatdtsplayol honour

and respecl and respoid€d by performin0

a m racle on each oilhe iirstlwenty-two

days ol his stay. The emperor became

Karrnapa s devoled discrp e and himse f

developed greatly in rn€ditativeab lity.0fe

day durinq a ceremony the emperor saw

the lnvisible crown hover n0 abov€

Karmapa s h€ad. R€ason ng that he was

ableto see it oniy becaus€ oi his own spir -

tual attainm€nts. he decided lo have a

physica rep ica made lhat could be seef

by everyone. lhis crown now if the pos-

session ol the Dresenl Karrnapa, s sa d to

have the power ol transmilting en ighten

menl on sight Deshin Shegpa was ong

remembered in China and had an endur

ing nfluence on ils culture and spirilLa ity.

The eiqhl Karmapa Ul kyo Dorie (1507-

1554), revitaized 0nce more th€ inte l€c-

l!a aspect olllre Kaqyud lradiliof. He was

once more the inte lectua aspect ol the

Kagyud tradit on. Hewas alsoa0reatartisl,

as were the seventh. n ith and tenlh

Karrnapas. He €xce l€d in pa nt fg. caru-

ing and the cast fg melal mages. H€ was

a prime iorce in the lormation ol the Karrna

Gadri Schoo ol thanqka (scro l) pa fting.

Tho story is to d that he once casi af m-

ag€ oi himse f afd asked f il was a qood

ikeness, vr'lreteupof tlte statue afswered

lhat ol course it was.

The filteenth Kannapa Khakhyab Dorie

(1871-1922), was a d sciple ol Jamgon

Konglru the Great hrnseladiscpeolthelourteenlh Karmapa and a holderolthe

Kagyud llneage. Khakhyab Dorle mastered

theteachinqsal an exiremely earlyaoe and

becam€ an outsland nq exporent ol the

Rime schoo,loLnded by h s gur!, which

broLghttogeiherthe med lat on teaclrings

ol al the Tibetai schools. He was an ac

comp sh€d studenl oi m€dicine and the

aLthoroi memorable devot onalpoetry An

insp red teacher Khakhyab Dorje had rnany

irnportant disc ples

Fanqjung Rigpe Dorje, llre sixteenth

Karmapa. was b0rn if T924. As with a the

previous Karmapas, he was discovered

through a etter eii by his predecessor

predictinq the place and I rne of b rlh of

lris nexl incarnaton. As ach ld he d sp ayed

trem€ndous natural ns qht and rere ved

the complete meditative lra n ig trad t ona

Jor a Gyahva Karfiapa. He has had the d 1-

f cult task ol mainta n ng the med tatrve

egiLLy ol the Kagyud order throuOh lhe

d ssol]Uon oflhe soc ely. lrh ch supporied

t for hundreds ol years. He migrated io

lndathroLgh Bhllan in 1958 His Ho ness

passed away in 1981.

Tr nlay Thay€ Dorje. the seventeenlh

Karmapa s presenty resid iq n Karnapa

lnternat oial Buddhrsl lnst tute if Ne\'r'

De hi. nd a.

The Black Ct own .,f The K.ln^op.l=Tfte Black Crown is an allribute ol lhe Karmapas which signilies the power lo help all

beings. The ,emale Buddhas best0wned this energy lield on Xarmapa al his enlighlement

several lhousand yea6 aqo. ll is c0nslanlly above his head. The replica shown al Black

Crown ceremories has lhe power lo open lhe subconscious 0l lhose present and permits

lhe Kamapa l0 erchange his limilless space-awareness lor beinqs' inhibilions and pain.

il is a means lor gaininq liberatjon lhrcugh seeing which 0nly a Karmapa can use.

The Black Crown of the Karmapas is hopefully slill sale under l0ck and key al Rumtek

Monaslery in Sikkim, lndia.

Recoqniiion o{ Ihe- 17lh Ka,^r^apalr lh)y" Dor)e. '

lnlroduclioll

ln lhe Karma Kagyu School ot Tib€tan

Buddh sm. the id€ntilicalion ol a re ncaT-

naie is a purely sp rtual process, based

on lhe ieachings ol B!ddhism. An ordlnary

practilion€r of the B!ddhadharma has no

abilty to dently a reincarnate;lhis task

requires the high l€vels oi real zat on at'

ta red by Bodh sallvas on the palhs and

evels leading to Buddhahood. the enliqht-

en€d stat€ - be ngs wh0 cl€arly perceive

both pastandfuture, orwho can comrn!-

n cat€ direclly with a yidam, or a medita-

iion deity. The consequences ol interl€r

enc€ n this efliglrten€d activity by ord -

nary Deople can be rnost qrave, partic!-

ary if lhis interlerence is dictated by p0-

itical or financlal motves.

oeath ol the late Xarmapa

Tlre Xvlth Karrnapa Rangiung R gpe Dori€

oassed away in 1981. Shortly alterthat,

the late gereral secretary Damcho Yongdu

r€quested thatthe foLr Rinpoches Shamar

Rinpoche, Sit! Rlnpoche, Jam0on

Rinpoche, and Gyaltsap Rinpoche as a

qroup shou d sho! der the responsibi lty

ol ldentilying the r€ fcarnalion. This

was agreed to by al four. ll one looks at

this n a historical perspective, th s was a

modernizalion

ChoDgye Tri Rinpoche visils Shamar

RinpoDhe i01985

ln 1985 Kunzig Shamar R npoche was

staying I New D€lhifor a period oilime

su0ervisino the constructiof of lhe

Karmapa lnternat onal BLrddh st lnsttute.

He then was visit€d bya greal Sakya lama,

Ch0boye Tri Rinpoche, whose monastery

ls ir Kathrnandu, Nepa. Shamar Rirpoche

and many olher rinpoches respect

Chobgy€ Tri Rinpoche greaty, and r€gard

h m as a high y qualilied spiril!al masler.

Chobqye Trl Binpoche carne to De hi and

said lhat he need€d to see Shamar

Rin0oche urqently afd told hirn the

iol ow ng:

"Shorlly atler the late Karrnapa Rangj!n0

Rigpe Dorje passed away I had a dream

early one morn ng. Karmapa was wearing

the Dharma rob€s and circumambLlat nq

the stupa at Boudhnath, lookinq verv frail

and weak.lnthe drearn,lfellsad aid cr ed.

Shod y after that, lhe Karmapa passed

He went on to tellShamar Rinpochethat

iust a few days before he came to Delhi he

had yet anolher dr€arn allout His Holiness

ear y one morn ngl

''His Holiness was dressed in th€ y€llow

Dharma robes and was walk ng around a

stupa. Th€ co our 0i his robes were very

c ear and radiant. He was wearifg the

Gampopa hat and was very cheerlul.'

At noon on lhe same day that he had the

dr€am, Chobgye Tri Rinpoche was v siied

by a re atve irom Lhasa who brought a

photograph olayoung chld who was quite

wellknown ii the ar€a o1 Lhasa to have

said, "l am the Karmapa".

Shamar R npoche felt ihat when he was

told this, he shouLd try to find out about

this yo!ng child,lo make a conn€ction.

Chobgye Tr R ipoche said, Yo! musl not

make a decision on the bas s olwhal lhave

told you. 0l course the d€cis on must be

based on instructions leJt b€hind and on

thevs ons and exp€riences o1h ghlyqua i-

tied spiritua masters. However lfeltlhal l

should come and i€l yo! th s, since you

are the Shamarpa. lt is known in the his-

lory 0ithe Karma Kagyu Schoo ollbetaiBuddhism that the Shamarpa larnas and

the Karmapa lamas are reqarded as

nseparable."

Lopon Tsechu niryoche makes the lirst

connection in 1987

The boy in the photograph was very

youig. approximal€ly three years oid.

Shamar Rinpoch€ told no 0ne aboutth s.

ln the b€g nning of 1987 Lopon Tsechu

Rinooche was qoinq to Lhasa on behall ol

the Nepal Buddh st Association as a

delegate lor the conierence. Shamar

R npoche asked hirn to lind oul I coni -

dence aboutthe boy in the pholograph. The

boy was liv n0 in an area of Lhasa cal ".d

Bakhor with his parents. His fatherwas a

Ny ngrna lama caled l\,4ipham R npoche,

who had two sons. boih oiwhorn were re-

0arded bv people in the area as exlraordi-

nary children. Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche d d

as requested and returned with ifiormation

on the parents names, where the sons

had been born, in which year, and so on.

[,4ipham Rinpoch€, the fatl]er, is ihe re n-

carnalion of a great Ny nOma mastet who

was also connected wilh ihe Kagyu School

ol Tibetaf Buddhisrn. Lopon Tsechu

Rinpoche louid oul that the lalher was in

possession ol the religious objects and

leiters oJ the prcvious [.,lipham Finpoche.

Now arnong thes€ possessions was a lel-

ter written by hls predecessor who says

tlrat in his n€xt ifcarnat on a son R gpe

Yesh€ Dorj€ will be born t0 him. Riqpe

Dorje, thal porlion ol lhe name, is con

nected with llre late Karmaoa. Ranoiufq

Rigp€ Dorje. Since the lather would not

pafi w th ihe elter, Lopon Tsech! Rinpoche

conlacled afolher lama who was a close

frefd ollhe fatherwho convnced him to

allow th€ etterto be cop ed by hafd. So

the or gifal letter s held by lvlipham

R npoche and Sharnar R npoche has a

handwrtten copy.

A second visil to the child in Lhasa

Lopof Tsechu Rrnpoche was the lirst per

son that Shamar Rinpoche asked to find

ort about the yo!ng chi d Lopon Tsechu

Rinpoch€ was iot oflic ally appointed as a

person to search lor the reincarnation of

lhe lale Karmapa. When Lopoi Tsechu

R npoche returfed afd told Shamar

Rin0oche what he had discovered. Shamar

R n poc he ke pl th ese lindings in

conf derce Binpoche than seut a second

persof to enquire lurther. This second

persof cam€ backwilh virl!alythe same

ntormation that R fpoche had received

from Lopon Tsechu Rripoche:with one

si0n licaft addition.

A close friefd ol l/lipham Rinpoche appar-

efl y t00k the child out one day to the

Jokharg T€mp e n Bakhorlvh ch has awe I

known B!ddha slalu€ As the fr end was

carryin0 arouid lhe yoLrg son c rcLmam-

bL at ng th s ternp e, he noticed llrat a

crowd had gathered. so they wenl fside.

nside, a arna ol substantia s ze so to

speak. was paint ng gold on the lace ol the

Buddha slaiLe. TheV were lold that this

ama had comefrom nd a. Nowth€ lri€nd

of lhe father put the chid dolvf and the

boy ran Lp io the arna and asked h m, Do

y0u recognie me?" The larna said. No."

lhe ch d retLrned and they went back to

ihe parenls After the Irieid ol lhe lather

to d tlrem aboul th€ lama Irom ndia who

was pa fUng the tace 0i ihe B!ddha siatue

vr'ith gold the lamily became curious. They

rnade inquiries afd lound out that t was

Gyatsap Rinpoche They\irentio meet hirn

o

afd w€re goiirg lo br nO their son w th

lhem. but the boy to d them. ' dof i want

to rneet him. because he does not recoq-

nize who larn.'This wasthe story brouqht

back bVthe secofd p€rsor Rinpochesent

to invest gat€.

lnslrIGtions regarding the reincarnati0n

lrom tle lale Xarmapa in 1980

Aft€rthat in 1988, Shamar R npoche rnel

wth a d sciple of the lale KarTnapa, a very

devoled dlscip e who is a v€ry trLslworthy

Person here rn fd a This person lo d

Shamar R npoche thal he had received Istructions regardinO the re ncarralion Irom

llre iate Karmapa

Cofcurrenl with the rneet nqs Rinp0che

had lxith the otherthree Rifpoches regard'

inO Karmapa's reircarnat on, he secretly

pLrsued th s investigat on ol the chi d in

lhe photoqraph He sent a third person to

Lhasa to seek out the famiy. Now lhe

lather, beifg awel-known lama, wouldire

quenty be asked lor mos or pred ctions.

ln Bakhot, this part cu ar area n Lhasa,

many amas live. and appareftly their

homes are open. People ca| justcome and

ask lor advice or request a blessing.

Shamar Rinpoche inslructed the person he

sent io Llrasa lo casualy contactthe lam-

ily n that way, and then to observe lhe

yoLng boy. This person arrves at Bakhor.

and aiter circumambu atin(] the temples,

wefl ito lhe house ol th€ lam ly afd en-

co!nteredlheyoung boy, who irnmed ately

said.'Yo! hav€ come to looklor me The

person did rtol respond ard asked to see

the father of lhe pret€xt ol asking lor a

pr€d ction regarding b!s ness matters. He

had a sho encounter wth the lather He

did iot rema | | Lhasa tor very 0ng b!tretLrn€d and the nlormation he offered

was much the same as Rinpoche had al

ready rece ved.

Relreal ot Slamd nirpoche and his visit

lo Tibet

Atthis point Shanrar R ipoche dec ded to

make a relreat Iorthe purpose ol0llta n-

f0 an nd cat on ihrough his med tal on

pracljce ol ihe denllly of tlre true reincar'

natioi ol lhe ale Karnapa. There s no

other rnethod to veriy the reincarnatron.

as lhe ate Karmapa had nol leit instruc

I ons beh nd that could yet be revea ed

Shamar R fpoche was concerned that the

authent c re fcarnaiion sho!ld be found

ln the early moming of the seventh day of

the retreat lhe ate Karmapa appeared to

Shamar Finpoche in a drcam TheKannapa

vr'as s lling on a o\'r' seal in the dream.

perlorn ng a rtua used e iher to I berate

a d€ceased person ortohe p one ser ous y

i I n the dream, H s Ho ness lold Shamar

Finpoche.

''I hav€ iberaled ihe person I have set out

l0 lillerale. !vi I no\v come wh€never you

lvanl Tne lo.'

The nexi day in h s retreat Shamar

Rinpoche made conl nuous prayers to his

y dam de ty in order l0 oblain nd calions

as io whetherthis boy \vou d qreaty ben

elit the B!ddhadharrna. As a rssu t he had

another drean.

lr lhis secofd drearn appeared a go den

Buddha statLe ol enormous proporl ors

if lront ol vr'hich were rows oJ ofler no

bowls ol perfumed vr'aler. ln the dream

ShamaI Rrnpoche v/as cofsecratinq the

stalue. As mosl of yor probab y kioy/

dLr fg such ceremot es rt s crstoflaryfor the lama to throvr' r ce lo!'!ard the

oblect be f0 consecrated. in this case the

Euddha statue No!\r the r ce qra ns t]athe scailered multip ed afd become a ra Iof r ce qrains la ling on the Brddha

statre Furlherm0re. behiid the slatue

lh€re were nnumerable other Buddha

statues and n the r nidst was an enor

mous butter arnp lil ed t0 the brirn lvilh

butter. ln the cenler oftlris lamp in place

ol lhe llame lhere vr'as soinething thai

could b€ described as a bLrlb ofwhte u

minous lighi.

Shamar Rrnpoche decid€d that he had Oo

to Lhasa hirnse I but it would b€ n€ces-

sary to travel ncogn to. He planned to ap-

pearas an oTdinary businessman and with

aflairs in Bakhor. and to enter the family's

house on the pretext ol Tequestino a pre-

dict on on business matters. The Bakhor

area lL/ned outto be qLile srna land to be

filled with people. AmonO these were many

lib€tan traders from lfd a aid Nepal, so

that Rinpoche was in greal danger ol be-

ing recogiized. ln order to divert ihe at

leition oi the a!thorilies Irom his rea

purpos€, he went as a tour stto Namtso, a

iour si area in the norlhern part of the

country. upon his return to Lhasa, he took

the rext ll ghi to Kathrnafdu.

Asking tfie vessel in 1g8g

Shamar R npoche returned toKathmandu, having been unable t0 v sit

ihe White Lake n Tsari With R npoche

at tlte time was a sen or lama, Tsultt Tn

Dawa. an advisor whom Rinpoche highly

resp€cts. This lama was ivrng at a rnon-

astery if Swayambh u, Kathmand!.

Finpoche asked him to go to a p ace out

side of Kathmandu cal ed Parphing,

where there is a spontaneously ar sen

lmage of Tara n rock. ln T b€1an

Buddh srn, when seek ng tnd cattons of

a reincarnation. or indeed for oiher

matlers, traditioially, one writes down

the various possibilti€s, rolls these

Jl ec€s of paper into balls of do!qh, wh ch

one puts i|to a vesse ir lront oi a sa-

cred maqe, such as th s one of TaTa,

before praying that ihe right lnd cation

w I iall out of tlr€ vessel. lt would have

been the heiqht ol indiscr€iion for

Rinpoche to app€ar n Pharphinq, which

s a very busy place, afd rife atthe tim€

wiih rumors ol the s€arch ior the

Karrnapa's reincarnat on Lama Tsultrim

Dawa was to act in Rinpoche s stead.

There were two d fJerent 0ossibi ities

wrilten down or lwo p eces of paper.0f

the f rst was wriiten that Tendzin

Khyentse, which was the fame at th€

t me ofThaye Dorje, is the re ncarnat on

oflhe ate Karmapa, and lhe secofd sa d

thal he is not. Thesetwo pieces of paper

were rol ed nlo two piec€s of douoh and

Lama Ts!ltrirn Dawa put ihern into a

vessel. After the vessel, one - presuTned

to be the correct indicat on - lell out

[Jpon breaking the do!gh,lhe paper read

that Tendzin Khyents€ is the reincarna-

tion ol the Karmapa.

The sam€ proceduTe was 10 low€d lhe

next day n an area ol Kathrnandu ca led

Dulikhe wher€ ther€ is a b q lield with a

very sacred lvlahaka a statue. Aqain the

samepi€ceolpaperlellout0lthevessel.

Then Lama Tsullrirn Dawa on his own

nlialive wenttolwo other sacred spols

in (athmandu, onewherether€ is a paint-

if0 oi flahakala by the tenlh Karrnapa

ChoVinq Dorie and another place ca ed

the sacred spol ol lhe White Buddha. 0n

both occasions the piec€ of paperdeclaF

ing ihat Tendzrn Khy€ntse is the reincaT-

fat or ol ihe Karmapa fel out of the

vess€1. Shamar Rinpoche kepl al ofthisinformation to himse l. coicern€d ihal ifpolitica considerations tainied the rein-

caTration process the Karmapa would be

hinder€d in his aclivities to benelit a I

beings in the world, and might even be

Prev€fled from them a together.

The meelings ald evelts ill 1992

At one of the me€lirgs wilh the olher

Rinp0ches in 1992, Situ Rinpoche pre

sented whal he called the prediction

letter, claiming lhat il was written by the

ate Karmapa. Shamar Rinpoche did not

1 nd the letter at a convjncing and sa d

in the meet ng that he didn't lind the

handwriting sirnilar to thai of the late

Karmapa Rangjung R gp€ Dorje. He said,

addressing S 1u Rinpoche, "lt is rather

s mi ar to your handwritiiO. Furlhermore,

the sigfalure has be€n blurred. As I have

doubts I must ins si that this elter is

subject€d to lorensic 1€sls. ii the tesls

show that the letter is auihent c. have

no obj€cl ons, and I will create no

problems." However the tests nev€r took

p ace.

Tlre young boy Tendzin Khyentse and his

family leave T bet nl993.Ayearpassed.

DLrin0 lhat tirne. Shamar Rinpoche

chose to tell some people whom h€ re,qard€d as genuine devole€s of lhe

Karmapa thal he had some information,

and that it was important that th€re

should be no p0lit cs lnvolved. He als0

lo d themlhal he had susp c onsthattheprediction letter presented by Situ

Rinpoche was not aulhent ci even th€

siqnatur€ had be€n blurred by water

l/lor€ and more people with po itical as-

pirat ons had become nvolved iI tlre

search lor th€ reincarnalion. Shamar

Rinpoche told the people who he le tw€re genuine devotees of the Karmapa

t0 simply wait lor the next lncarnatior.

Th€ yoLfg boy Tendzin Khyenlse afd h s

iam ly came out olTibet. thr0ugh entirely

legal channels. The iamily had been put

under very harsh resir cl ons by the au-

thoriti€s in Tibet afd therefore they de-

cid€d to l€ave lhe counlry. Since tlre

death of the 16lh (arrnapa. Sharnar

Rinpoch€ has kept in contact w lh the

person who has lh€ late Karmapa's

instrucllons. R npoche has nformed hinl

of each and ev€ry st€p he has taken and

lh€re has never been ary objeciion

ra sed. However he cannol revea h s

instruclions unt the proper time.

K! nzi0 S hamar F in poc h€ I nallydecided io announc€ h s r€cognition ol

the Karmapa Jor h storically, Finpoche s

position is such that it s appropr ate for

hrniodns.

I was iold that you wou d like to know rnore about H.H. Gyalwa

Karmapa than yoL read n yesterday s newspapers.

I cannot iell you mlch more than what I told the jorrnal stsyesterday, otherw sethe journa ists wou d b€ useless. (Rinpoche

laughs.) lwil rev€alallihe details aboLt His Holness Karmapa

wlren the appropriate time comes. That is why I cannot say so

mLch r ght now.

What lhave said sinc€ 1992 has r€rnain€d th€ same.ltold people

that the re ncarnation ol Gyalwa Karrnapa is for the sake oJ all

sentient beinqs. When somebody like him comes from N rvana

oT ftoTn a former existence inlo this hLrnan exislence, there is

no constilution, Which deterrnrnes how to frnd it out. There ar€

no rules and requlations. For his reincarnation th€ Karmapa

doesn't need an deniiiy card or a visa and he doesn i have togo through immigrat on. Everything rnan festslhrough his spiritua/qLa ties.

All serti€nt beings lake r€birth wiihout freedom, they have to

follow the r karma. When the great Bodhtsattvas reincarnat€, ils by lhe r owr choi.,. Al lorl e nca lal,or\ o'Ka. napa ran

lested through their own abilities. A sp ritually qua f ed larna

has to take care of the recognition process, according io the

instrLctions. But the coniirmation has to com€ ihro!glr spiri

tua aspect only, and not be linked w th goverrments,

ambassadors, mmigral ons. or anything lik€ that. This s what

we are do ng now.

The Chii€se Government tnstall€d one Karmapa ii Tib€t. You

all know that from the statements ihey sent aroLnd the world.

They d dn't lie. Th€y really did what they said. They Jounded a

re igio!s bureau w lh lhe main seat n Beijing and branches in

al the difierent regions. The central bur€au command€d ih€

ocal branches io sel€ct a suitabl€ boy for Karmapa's positioi.

Sp..ch 6y Shc.,^a,n Riopoch.KlBl, Maich 19, 1994

The local bureau se ecied the boy and nsta led him in Tsurphu.

A number ol larnas offered their agreement. t s not my busi

ness to say why and how they did it and what the r reasons

cannol make any decisrons lor other religions b!t I can make

competent decisrofs lor th€ Karma Kagy! lineage because

have th€ aLthority. lt was passed of lo me when i was r€cog

nized as the r€incarnai on ol Slramarpa , all pasl Shamarpas

have had it. made a dec sron that I don't want a Karmapa who

is polit cally install€d. I want a sp r tually iistal ed Karmapa.

I have no objectron to the KarTnapa nsta ed by the covern-

ment o1 Ch na because I s in their own country. I a so don't

have any objections to whoever agrees with that. But I some,

on€ forces us to fo low and to focus only on thal one,lhef I

disagree. This is my own cho c€. WhoeveT wants to lol ow me

is welcome. Who€ver does not iollow me wil never be lorced.

[,4any peopie asked me whether this Karmapa has the p€rm s-

sion from H.H. Dalai Lama. I answered that Karmapa's reincar

natiofs started 300 years earl er than Dalai Lama's

reincarnations. This does nol mear thaiwe disresoectthe Dalai

Lama. l, and all the rnonks from Rumtek l\Ionastery, have a

very high respect for the Da ai Larna. And w€ willleel very hon

ored if H.H. Dalai Lama giv€s us his blessing or gives his b ess-

ing to lhis Karmapa. But we will not eslab ish a new system.

where the Karmapa s rsincarnal ons need perm ssion iiom the

qov€rnmefi. This would not be good for his spiritualactivily rn

th€ luture. Not on y lor this Karrnapa, b!t also lor the 1Bth,

lgth and so on. They would then a ways need a governrnent's

approval.

/ became convinced about our young Karmapa throLgh my own

spirtualabilities bythe qLalities lhat he has shown, and byth€

inslructions ielt bythe 16th Karmapa. We will revea th€rn as I

said, in the appropriat€ time. I don't think t wil take ong. Th s

is a I can say now.

Belore the enthronement takes place, the situation sho!td be

calmed down. There should not be any rnore tro!bte ike we

had here. Then it will be the riqht t me for Karinapa's

enthroriernent. Thank you.

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L.'"q lif. p'^oy.,'fot l_l.l_l..the 17Ih Karn.apa, T',i'"loy Thay eDo")e.ffi + + t xE.* a + ME t4 e,"t f.!.!+4r' ?

^Many aeons before have yo! cu tvaied en iqhtened thought and Whilst perpetualy, succeed ng lothe enlghtened actvily, knower

vowedto workforthe wel beino ofaIsentient be ngs. olthethreetnTes.

\iever lo lo sa^e bul l Jmly ab op ov l e esrlve ol vo.' o evious Tl"us rave 0 ay.d.

By the lruth ol my resolve, ihrou0h the power ot profoLnd aspira-

Through the power of conllnuous gathering oi lhe dual accumu a- tion presented to and nfa lib e concurlence.Ion(beperalyIrm.

Theunceasing stream ol Dharmateach n0sspokei by Buddhagen-ll\] f ows throuoh the Ueld ol lamable beinqs.

Fully endowed wlth kfowledge, love and power.

You uphold wlth majesty the secret melhod ol l\llantm.

[,4ay you live onc af d ab de T rm y n the narure oT rvri *"*# L8'-t1E h *LlffiELvlB'*4 il'knsoreoquefrspeech. 'nlusnreelne r!,fr E.E lri,^g,4 !4.4t-*+Eax-iteg

;ill.;fiJiXflliJJ,:l;li:lll?,i"1ll'fl,illiiil;,iXiil'li,"ff;,]li #H*kfri,hny IEL:I;i,{I;FXNaropa.

May your lolus feet be lirm and endurifg.

fhislang titesupphcatun prayet was canpased by H.E. Kunzig ShanarRinpoche and translated inta English by Sonan Choephetan 12th Juty.ln 1994

at Katna Kagyud Lins H.H. K napas nain s t in laiwan.

Lo^g lif. proyers lo Ka,^,"rap.'. P,nay.rs io *he t1o,n,^ishi'rg of +he

Ko,^'-q Kagy"d T.ochi,.gs,

XE'*aEr4+&LlFitt&x "E t4 :1t4" 4L :L &-)Ain,& x-

You who continuously enjoy the lllandala of qreat bliss,Karrnapa, the great treasure of alLthe Buddhas,logetherwth your hearl sons and lineage,may you remain in llris ocean oi ex sience ior kalpas and kalpas.

Whoeverengages in lhe esseniia activty oi lislefing, reflecting,and practicing the secret teachings ol your profound speech,

may llre r practice and sludy increase like the surging rivers olsuanmeT.

May the g orlous lama ive lon0,May happ ness ar se in al bein0s, who is equ valenl to the space.

May and alL beings without exception qatlrer the twoaccumulations andpuriiythetwoveis;thusbeswillyeslablshedin lhe stale oi Buddhahood

fi&X6+i*q&9 Ffi4}.'rk+++*W

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l4'sbli*)Lz+iL R4l'&jL&ffi?tr,jt

May iry prayer be spontaneously ocean of Triple Gems, and, by

thepowerafd strenglh ol meeling auspicious Iulliled ikethewsh-lulliling tree.

/L'*#ift h /L€-}.L X+*rFy *.X+tp+t&.^1*4+4+R +&tr,*$'+8frirt

+trhA?,&h++6+ r.AU.h*+&*4tu'lE,8r--g*J-{r4,8 Fe]e+"ANr+ A fi.

Karmapa, wlro s the activily ol all the Buddhas, vclorous overthefoirr matas.

may hls teachinqs, the essence ol Dharrna, continuously spread iothe far lim t of all dlrections, great y increase, and always flourishauspiciously.

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Acknowl edgevnen*The magazine publishin! team would like lo express out sincere qtalilude and headlell lhanks l0 tfte lollowings:

s The Diamond Way ( Karma Kaoyud Buddhist Centro), U.S.A. for contribution oi 2 articles, "The Recognition of

The 17th Karmapa" and " Speech by H.E. Shamarpa Rinpoche" .

s The Karma Kagyu l\lonastery, in Tainan, Taiwan for contribltion ofthe above 2 articles with Chinese translalion

S N,4r Lim Tioh Seng for providing recent photooraphs of His Holiness, the 17th Karmapa, Trinlay Thaye Dorje and

his activities.

I lvlr Edwin Tan ior proof - reading the English articles.

o Mr lvan Heng for proof - readinO the Chinese adicles.

S l\ildm Lu Seok Hua lor her Chinese traflslation on the PREFACE.

s Allthe sponsors for their kind contribution to the publication ofthis magazine

S 0lympia Printing Pte Ltd lor printing this magazine in a short given time.

E l\,,1s Joanna Wong lor assisling in the Oraphics design and layout.

o And those who have helped us in one way or anotherio make this magazine possible.

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