- Khakyab Dorje
The fifteenth
Karmapa , Khakyab Dorje (1871-1922), spoke the mantra ofChenrezig "Om mani peme hung " at his birth in Sheikor village in Tsang province inCentral Tibet . Five years later he was able to read the scriptures. Recognised and enthroned by the ninth Kyabgon Drukchen, Khakyab Dorje was given theKagyu teachings byJamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye . Khenchen Tashi Ozer and other masters completed his education.He went on to teach and give
empowerments throughout Tibet, and preserved many rare texts by having them reprinted. Unlike the previous Karmapas, Khakyab Dorje married, and fathered three sons, two of whom he recognised as the second Jamgon Kongtrul and the twelfthShamarpa , Jamyang Rinpoche. Lamas in the Kagyu lineage are allowed to marry and have children. In lineages likeNyingma it is even very normal.Celibacy is only mandatory within theGelugpa School.Among his closest students were Situ Pema Wangchok Gyalpo (who Karmapa had recognised as the
Tai Situpa reincarnation), Jamgon Palden Khyentse Ozer, and Beru Khyentse Lodro Mizay Jampa'i Gocha.
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