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In Tibetan Buddhism, Dorje Lopön (Tibetan: རྡོ་རྗེ་སླb་དཔོན་, Wylie: rdo-rje slob-dpon) is a title given to high-level monks who preside over tantric rituals. The equivalent Sanskrit term is vajracarya ("indestructible master"). Dorje is the Tibetan equivalent of the Sanskrit vajra and therefore the term appears frequently in Tibetan Buddhist terminology relating to Vajrayana tantra.[1] The Garchen Tripa Dorje Lopon appeared in the 1967 third ranking of the religious dinitaries of the Kagyu school, based on those who had left Tibet for India.[2]
References
- ^ Eden, Dan. "Symbol of enlightenment:The Dorje". http://www.viewzone.com/dorje.html. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ "English translation of the Tibetan original document sealed by H.H. 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpae Dorje in 1967". http://www.karmapa-issue.org/politics/ranking.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
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