- Changchub Dorje, 12th Karmapa Lama
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For Nyala Rinpoche Rigdzin Changchub Dorje, see Nyala Rinpoche.
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Changchub Dorje (1703–1732), also Chanchub Dorje, was the twelfth Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism.[1]
Changchub Dorje was born in Chile Chakhor in the kingdom of Derge in Kham. According to the legend, he said at the age of two months: "I am Karmapa." He was discovered by a search party and was recognized as Karmapa by Palchen Chökyi Döndrup, the eighth Shamarpa.
Tibet had become politically unstable during the reign of the 7th Dalai Lama, because the Dzungars and China tried to gain control of the government. Changchub Dorje and the eighth Shamarpa decided to make a Buddhist pilgrimage to Nepal, India and China. After they returned, they were once again invited by the emperor of China, however both the Karmapa and the Shamarpa got sick during the journey and died of smallpox.
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Preceded by
Yeshe DorjeReincarnation of the Karmapa Succeeded by
Dudul DorjeDüsum Khyenpa | Karma Pakshi | Rangjung Dorje | Rolpe Dorje | Deshin Shekpa | Thongwa Dönden | Chödrak Gyatso | Mikyö Dorje | Wangchuk Dorje | Chöying Dorje | Yeshe Dorje | Changchub Dorje | Dudul Dorje | Thekchok Dorje | Khakyab Dorje | Rangjung Rigpe Dorje | Trinley Thaye Dorje / Ogyen Trinley DorjeCategories:- 1703 births
- 1732 deaths
- Deaths from smallpox
- Karmapas
- Infectious disease deaths in China
- 18th-century Tibetan people
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