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'''Karma Gön''' ([[Wyl.]] ''karma dgon'') — one of the main monasteries of the [[Karma Kagyü]] tradition founded in 1184 by the First [[Karmapa]], [[Düsum Khyenpa]] (1110-1193), near Chamdo, [[Kham]]. The First Karmapa gave it the name of the enlightened speech [[mandala]] of [[Chakrasamvara]], '' ‘og min sa spyod gsung gi gden sa''. Karma Gön was also the main seat of the first eight [[Tai Situpa]]s.
'''Karma Gön''' (Tib. ཀརྨ་དགོན་, [[Wyl.]] ''karma dgon'') — one of the main monasteries of the [[Karma Kagyü]] tradition founded in 1184 by the First [[Karmapa]], [[Düsum Khyenpa]] (1110-1193), near Chamdo, [[Kham]]. The First Karmapa gave it the name of the enlightened speech [[mandala]] of [[Chakrasamvara]], '' ‘og min sa spyod gsung gi gden sa''. Karma Gön was also the main seat of the first eight [[Tai Situpa]]s.


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
*[[Chögyam Trungpa]], ''Born in Tibet'' (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1966), page 86.
*[[Chögyam Trungpa]], ''Born in Tibet'' (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1966), page 86.
==External Links==
*[http://treasuryoflives.org/institution/Karma-Gon Treasury of Lives]


[[Category: Kagyü Monasteries]]
[[Category: Kagyü Monasteries]]

Latest revision as of 05:01, 18 October 2017

Karma Gön (Tib. ཀརྨ་དགོན་, Wyl. karma dgon) — one of the main monasteries of the Karma Kagyü tradition founded in 1184 by the First Karmapa, Düsum Khyenpa (1110-1193), near Chamdo, Kham. The First Karmapa gave it the name of the enlightened speech mandala of Chakrasamvara, ‘og min sa spyod gsung gi gden sa. Karma Gön was also the main seat of the first eight Tai Situpas.

Further Reading

External Links