ACT 4 TIBET – Om Ah Hung

Tag: karmapa

  • 17th Karmapa – Ogyen Trinley Dorje 1985

    Who is the Karmapa? Karmapa means “the one who carries out buddha-activity” or “the embodiment of all the activities of the buddhas”. In the Tibetan tradition, great enlightened teachers are said to be able to consciously control their rebirth in order to continue their activity for the benefit of all sentient beings. The first Karmapa,…

  • Karma Kagyu Lineage

    THE KARMA KAGYU LINEAGE OF TIBETAN  BUDDHISM traces its origins to Shakyamuni Buddha through Marpa the Great Translator, who three times traveled to India to bring back authentic Buddhist teachings to Tibet. His teacher, Naropa, received the lineage transmission from Tilopa and so on, back to the Buddha himself. Marpa’s most famous student was the…