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[[Thekchok Dorje]] (1798–1868), also Thegchog [[Dorje]], was the fourteenth [[Gyalwa Karmapa]], {{Wiki|head}} of the [[Kagyu]] School of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. | [[Thekchok Dorje]] (1798–1868), also Thegchog [[Dorje]], was the fourteenth [[Gyalwa Karmapa]], {{Wiki|head}} of the [[Kagyu]] School of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. | ||
| − | [[Thekchok Dorje]] was born in Danang, [[Kham]] and was [[recognized]] because Drukchen Kunzig Chokyi Nangwa received a [[letter]] from [[Dudul Dorje]], the thirteenth [[Karmapa]], detailing where his next [[reincarnation]] would be born. He was [[ordained]] at the age of nineteen as a [[monk]]. | + | [[Thekchok Dorje]] was born in [[Danang]], [[Kham]] and was [[recognized]] because [[Drukchen Kunzig Chokyi Nangwa]] received a [[letter]] from [[Dudul Dorje]], the thirteenth [[Karmapa]], detailing where his next [[reincarnation]] would be born. He was [[ordained]] at the age of nineteen as a [[monk]]. |
| − | [[Thekchok Dorje]] traveled extensively through [[Tibet]] and was very active in the [[Rimé]] {{Wiki|movement}}, which was an attempt to bring all the [[Tibetan]] schools together and find common grounds without attempting to equalize the different schools. He was especially [[interested]] in the exchange of [[knowledge]] between his own [[Kagyu]] school and the different [[Nyingma]] schools. Thekchok other interests were with [[poetry]], sculpturing and [[dialectic]]. | + | [[Thekchok Dorje]] traveled extensively through [[Tibet]] and was very active in the [[Rimé]] {{Wiki|movement}}, which was an attempt to bring all the [[Tibetan]] schools together and find common grounds without attempting to equalize the different schools. He was especially [[interested]] in the exchange of [[knowledge]] between his [[own]] [[Kagyu]] school and the different [[Nyingma]] schools. Thekchok other interests were with [[poetry]], sculpturing and [[dialectic]]. |
| − | His direct successor is not counted, because he [[died]] at the age of three. The [[Gelugpa school]], on the other hand, does count children who are too young to receive transmissions. | + | His direct successor is not counted, because he [[died]] at the age of three. The [[Gelugpa school]], on the other hand, does count children who are too young to receive [[transmissions]]. |
Revision as of 12:19, 29 December 2023
Thekchok Dorje (1798–1868), also Thegchog Dorje, was the fourteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism.
Thekchok Dorje was born in Danang, Kham and was recognized because Drukchen Kunzig Chokyi Nangwa received a letter from Dudul Dorje, the thirteenth Karmapa, detailing where his next reincarnation would be born. He was ordained at the age of nineteen as a monk.
Thekchok Dorje traveled extensively through Tibet and was very active in the Rimé movement, which was an attempt to bring all the Tibetan schools together and find common grounds without attempting to equalize the different schools. He was especially interested in the exchange of knowledge between his own Kagyu school and the different Nyingma schools. Thekchok other interests were with poetry, sculpturing and dialectic.
His direct successor is not counted, because he died at the age of three. The Gelugpa school, on the other hand, does count children who are too young to receive transmissions.
