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HH7 Karmapa - Chotrag Gyamtso
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Life of HH7 Karmapa - Chotrag Gyamtso The 7th Karmapa, Chotrag Gyamtso (1454-1506), was from Kyilha in Northern Tibet. Wiping his face immediately after birth, he is reported to have said "AH", the Sanskrit syllable symbolising the ultimate nature of reality. The nearby Nyewo Ngarteng Monastery was headed by one Cho Paljor, a student of the sixth Karmapa, who had a dream that his teacher had taken rebirth at Kyilha. He searched, and found the week-old child. The baby immediately recognised the possessions of the sixth Karmapa, and placed his hands in blessing on Cho Paljor's head. Seven weeks later, Chotrag Gyamtso was brought to Arik Thang, where Tongwa Donden had taught, and where there was a vast seat, like a throne, made of stone slabs. He blessed the ten thousand who had come to welcome him. At four, he was given a series of empowerments by Goshir Paljor Dondrup, and at eight, at Karma Gon, he was given the Kagyu teachings from Bengar Jampal Zangpo and Goshir Paljor Dondrub. Chotrag Gyamtso spent much of his life in retreat or half-retreat. He was a noted scholar and writer of texts, and he founded the Kagyu monastery at Tsurphu. He is remembered as a peacemaker, and in his visions of Padmasambhava, he found many hidden valleys in which to protect those ravaged by war. He communicated with the remaining Buddhist community in India and he arranged for much gold to be sent to Bodha Gaya to have the statue of Buddha there gilded.
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