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HH8 Karmapa - Mikyo Dorje
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Life of HH8 Karmapa - Mikyo Dorje Gyaltsap Tashi Namgyal was asked to watch over this second child. Meanwhile, the first child had been taken to Lho Rong, in Riwo Che province, where a number of the previous Karmapa's disciples had gathered. They were convinced that this was the reincarnation of their teacher. And so began a trying period, as the two factions each persisted in supporting their particular candidate. Finally, Gyaltsap arranged for the two children to meet and to be tested. Following tradition, each was asked to select the possessions of the previous Karmapa from a random assortment of objects. Mikyo Dorje proved able to choose the correct objects - his rival was not. Thus it was Mikyo Dorje who was proclaimed Karmapa, and immediately announced that his rival was, in fact, the reincarnation of Zurmang Chungtsang from Zurmang Monastery in the east of Tibet. Mikyo Dorje took the full Kagyu teachings from Tashi Paljor, and rounded off his studies with a range of accomplished masters. The 8th Karmapa revitalized once more the intellectual aspect of the Kagyu tradition. He was the author of more than 30 texts. He created one of the main devotional practices of the Kagyu tradition, the four session Guru yoga. He went on to found several monastic colleges. He was also a great artist, as were the 7th, 9th and 10th Karmapas. He excelled in painting, carving and the casting metal images. He was a prime force in the formation of the Karma Gadri School of thangka (scroll) painting. The story is told that he once cast an image of himself and asked if it was a good likeness, whereupon the statue answered that of course it was. The eighth Karmapa had many visions during his life revealing the inseparability of his own emanations and those of Guru Rinpoche. He selected as lineage holder the fifth Shamarpa, Konchog Yenlag, whom he had identified, and to whom he had passed on the Kagyu transmission, stating that the Karmapa and Shamarpa incarnations are inseparable, and of the same mind-stream.
Teachings of HH8 Karmapa - Mikyo Dorje
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