- Tai Situpa
Fact|date=August 2008.
The Tai Situpa is considered to be one of the highest ranking lamas of the
Karma Kagyu sectFact|date=August 2008.Chokyi Gyaltsen was the first incarnation to bear the title Tai Situ, conferred upon him in
1407 by theYongle Emperor ofChina in theMing Dynasty . He was a close disciple of the5th Karmapa who appointed him asabbot of Karma Goen, the Karmapa's principalmonastery at the time. The full title bestowed was "Kenting Naya Tang Nyontse Geshetse Tai Situpa" which is shortened to Kuang Ting Tai Situ. The full title means "far reaching, unshakable, great master, holder of the command" [ [http://www.rinpoche.com/stories/tibet3.htm History of Tibet – A Few Chapters (Part 3) - Gaby Hollmann] ]The current and 12th Tai Situpa,
Péma Tönyö Nyinjé , was born in a farming family in1954 in the village of Achog, which is part of Palyul (dpal yul) orBaiyü County , inSichuan Province , China that was formerly part of the old principality of Dege (bo|t=སྡེ་དགེ|w=sde dge|z=Dêgê).At the age of twenty-two, Situ Rinpoche founded his own new
monastic seat,Sherab Ling inHimachal Pradesh , in NorthernIndia . He traveled widely making his first visit to the West in1981 toSamye Ling Monastery inScotland .Fact|date=August 2008The 12th Tai Situpa was instrumental in recognizing
Ogyen Trinley Dorje , one of the two candidates claimed to be the 17thKarmapa . He also recognizedChoseng Trungpa , born onFebruary 6 ,1989 in easternTibet , as the reincarnation ofChögyam Trungpa Rinpoche .Emanations and lineage of the Tai Situpas
Many great and precious lamas are recognized as emanations of the Tai Situpas by realized masters of the Kagyu lineage, such as
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye . ;Partial list of emanations [ [http://www.sherabling.org/taisitupa/index.htm The Emanations and Lineage of the Tai Situpas] ]* Bodhisattva
Maitreya
* Bodhisattva Source of Instructions
* YidamHevajra
* Dombipa Heruka
* Darikapa
* Vajracarya Shri Singha
* Venerable Gyim Shang
* Demma Tsemang
*Marpa Lotsawa
* Pang Kenchen Ozer Lama
* Rabten Kunzang Pal
* Ngawang Jikten Wongchuk
* Gonpo Tsultrim Nyingpo
* Drogon Renchen Sonam Drakpa
* Yeshe Wangchuk
* Emperor Tashing Temur
* Ratnabhadra
*Taranatha ;Lineage of the Tai Situpas
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Chokyi Gyaltsen (1377 -1448 )
# Tashi Namgyal (1450 -1497 )
#Tashi Paljor (1498 -1541 )
#Chokyi Gocha (1542 -1585 )
#Chokyi Gyaltsen Palzang (1586 -1657 )
#Mipham Chogyal Rabten (1658 -1682 )
#Nawe Nyima (1683 -1698 )
#Chokyi Jungne (1700 -1774 )
#Pema Nyingche Wangpo (1774 -1853 )
#Pema Kunzang Chogyal (1854 -1885 )
#Pema Wangchuk Gyalpo (1886 -1952 )
#Péma Tönyö Nyinjé (1954 -)Notes
External links
* Information about previous and current Tai Situpas on [http://www.sherabling.org/teachers/index.htm Sherab Ling website]
* [http://www.personal.u-net.com/~samye/taisitu.htm Short biography] of all 12 Tai Situpas by Ken Holmes.
* [http://www.kkcw.org] news and images of the 12 Tai Situpas by Karma Kagyu Cyber World.
* [http://www.karmapaxvi.com Recalling a Buddha (documentary on the Sixteenth Karmapa)] , includes commentary from all three living Kagyu Regents.
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