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[[Image:Karmapa Rangjung Dorje.jpg|frame|'''Karmapa Rangjung Dorje''']] | [[Image:Karmapa Rangjung Dorje.jpg|frame|'''Karmapa Rangjung Dorje''']] | ||
'''Rangjung Dorje''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rang byung rdo rje'') | '''Rangjung Dorje''' (Tib. རང་བྱུང་རྡོ་རྗེ་, [[Wyl.]] ''rang byung rdo rje''), the '''Third [[Karmapa]]''' (1284-1339), was recognized at the age of five as the reincarnation of the [[Karma Pakshi|previous Karmapa]] by [[Orgyenpa Rinchen Pal]], and later enthroned at [[Tsurphu Monastery]]. He then studied both the [[Nyingma]] and [[Kagyü]] traditions and took full ordination at the age of eighteen. | ||
[[Longchenpa]] and Rangjung Dorje shared a particularly close relationship since they both counted [[Rigdzin Kumaradza]] as one of their [[root teacher]]s and studied together. The Third Karmapa is responsible for introducing [[Dzogchen]] vocabulary into the [[Mahamudra]] tradition (as well as many elements from [[semdé]] and [[trekchö]]), and bringing these two traditions closer together. It is said that during a retreat in his early twenties he had a vision at sunrise of [[Vimalamitra]] and then [[Padmasambhava]], who dissolved into him at a point between his eyebrows. At that moment, he realized and received all the teachings and transmissions of the Dzogchen tantras. He wrote many volumes of teachings on Dzogchen and founded the Karma Nyingtik lineage. | [[Longchenpa]] and Rangjung Dorje shared a particularly close relationship since they both counted [[Rigdzin Kumaradza]] as one of their [[root teacher]]s and studied together. The Third Karmapa is responsible for introducing [[Dzogchen]] vocabulary into the [[Mahamudra]] tradition (as well as many elements from [[semdé]] and [[trekchö]]), and bringing these two traditions closer together. It is said that during a retreat in his early twenties he had a vision at sunrise of [[Vimalamitra]] and then [[Padmasambhava]], who dissolved into him at a point between his eyebrows. At that moment, he realized and received all the teachings and transmissions of the [[Dzogchen tantras]]. He wrote many volumes of teachings on Dzogchen and founded the [[Karma Nyingtik]] lineage. | ||
==Writings== | ==Writings== | ||
*''Aspiration Prayer of Mahamudra'' | *''Aspiration Prayer of Mahamudra'' | ||
*''Distinguishing Consciousness from Wisdom'' | *''Distinguishing Consciousness from Wisdom'' (Tib. རྣམ་ཤེས་ཡེ་ཤེས་འབྱེད་པ་, ''Namshe Yeshe Jepa'') | ||
*''Instructions on Sahajayoga Mahamudra'' | *''Instructions on Sahajayoga Mahamudra'' | ||
* | *''[[Profound Inner Meaning]]'' | ||
*''Treatise on Buddha Nature'' (Tib. སྙིང་པོ་བསྟན་པ་, Wyl. ''snying po bstan pa'') | |||
His Collected Works fill sixteen volumes (see external links) | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
*Brunnhölzl, Karl. ''Luminous Heart: The Third Karmapa on Consciousness, Wisdom, and Buddha Nature''. Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 2009 | *Brunnhölzl, Karl. ''Luminous Heart: The Third Karmapa on Consciousness, Wisdom, and Buddha Nature''. Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 2009. | ||
*[[Dudjom Rinpoche]], ''The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History'', trans. and ed. Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom, 1991), book one, pages 572-574. | |||
*[[Thrangu Rinpoche]], ''Transcending Ego: Distinguishing Consciousness from Wisdom'', commentaries by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche on ''Namshe Yeshe Gepa''; translated by Peter Roberts, Sri Satguru Publications, 2001. ISBN 81-7030-704-X | |||
*[[Thrangu Rinpoche]], ''On Buddha Essence'', commentaries by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche on Rangjung Dorje's 'Treatise on Buddha Nature'; translated by Peter Roberts, Shanbhala publications, 2006. ISBN 978-1-59030-276-7 | |||
==Internal Links== | ==Internal Links== | ||
*[[Jewel Garland of Chö]] | |||
*[[Karmapa Incarnation Line]] | *[[Karmapa Incarnation Line]] | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[ | *[https://kagyuoffice.org/kagyu-lineage/the-golden-rosary/the-third-karmapa-ranjung-dorje Kagyü Office] | ||
*{{TBRC|P66|TBRC profile}} | |||
*[https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Third-Karmapa-Rangjung-Dorje/9201 Biography at Treasury of Lives] | |||
*[http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/3rd_Karmapa Collected Works available in Tibetan on the Rangjung Yeshe Wiki] | |||
[[Category:Historical Masters]] | [[Category:Historical Masters]] | ||
[[Category:Kagyü Masters]] | [[Category:Kagyü Masters]] | ||
[[Category:Karma Kagyü Masters]] | |||
[[Category:Nyingma Masters]] | [[Category:Nyingma Masters]] | ||
[[Category:Tertöns]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:35, 15 May 2021
Rangjung Dorje (Tib. རང་བྱུང་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wyl. rang byung rdo rje), the Third Karmapa (1284-1339), was recognized at the age of five as the reincarnation of the previous Karmapa by Orgyenpa Rinchen Pal, and later enthroned at Tsurphu Monastery. He then studied both the Nyingma and Kagyü traditions and took full ordination at the age of eighteen.
Longchenpa and Rangjung Dorje shared a particularly close relationship since they both counted Rigdzin Kumaradza as one of their root teachers and studied together. The Third Karmapa is responsible for introducing Dzogchen vocabulary into the Mahamudra tradition (as well as many elements from semdé and trekchö), and bringing these two traditions closer together. It is said that during a retreat in his early twenties he had a vision at sunrise of Vimalamitra and then Padmasambhava, who dissolved into him at a point between his eyebrows. At that moment, he realized and received all the teachings and transmissions of the Dzogchen tantras. He wrote many volumes of teachings on Dzogchen and founded the Karma Nyingtik lineage.
Writings
- Aspiration Prayer of Mahamudra
- Distinguishing Consciousness from Wisdom (Tib. རྣམ་ཤེས་ཡེ་ཤེས་འབྱེད་པ་, Namshe Yeshe Jepa)
- Instructions on Sahajayoga Mahamudra
- Profound Inner Meaning
- Treatise on Buddha Nature (Tib. སྙིང་པོ་བསྟན་པ་, Wyl. snying po bstan pa)
His Collected Works fill sixteen volumes (see external links)
Further Reading
- Brunnhölzl, Karl. Luminous Heart: The Third Karmapa on Consciousness, Wisdom, and Buddha Nature. Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 2009.
- Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History, trans. and ed. Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom, 1991), book one, pages 572-574.
- Thrangu Rinpoche, Transcending Ego: Distinguishing Consciousness from Wisdom, commentaries by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche on Namshe Yeshe Gepa; translated by Peter Roberts, Sri Satguru Publications, 2001. ISBN 81-7030-704-X
- Thrangu Rinpoche, On Buddha Essence, commentaries by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche on Rangjung Dorje's 'Treatise on Buddha Nature'; translated by Peter Roberts, Shanbhala publications, 2006. ISBN 978-1-59030-276-7
