Karma Kagyu
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Karma Kagyu, or Kamtsang Kagyu, is a widely practiced and probably the second-largest lineage within the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The lineage has long-standing
Statue of the 16th Karmapa at Samye Ling, Scotland, wearing the famed "black crown" of the Karmapas, the traditional heads of the Karma Kagyu lineage
Painted thangka of the Karma Kagyu Refuge Tree, showing lineage holders. Source website has clickable links identifying each figure.
Karmapa controversy
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There are currently two, separately enthroned 17th Gyalwang Karmapas: Ogyen Trinley Dorje and Trinley Thaye Dorje. The Karmapa is the spiritual leader of the nine-hundred-year-old Karma Kagyu lineage
Karma Kagyu
…the lineage in the hands of four eminent lamas: the 14th Shamarpa, the 12th Tai Situpa, the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul and the 12th Goshir Gyaltsab. There is controversy over who is the 17th Karmapa, with two major candidates both having been recognized and enthroned by their supporters. Neither candidate has been…
Ogyen Trinley Dorje
Trinley Thaye Dorje
3rd Jamgon Kongtrul
14th Kunzig Shamarpa