Karma pakshi kublai khan biography

Karmapa of Kagyu Tibetan Buddhism (1204/6–1283)

The 2nd Karmapa, Karma Pakshi (Tibetan: ཀརྨ་པཀྴི་, Wylie: kar ma pak shi; 1204/6–1283) was the 2nd Gyalwa Karmapa. He was a child girl who had already acquired a-okay broad understanding of Dharma moral and meditation by the leeway of ten.

His teacher, Pomdrakpa, had received the full Kagyu transmission from Drogon Rechen, birth 1st Karmapa's spiritual heir. Pomdrakpa realized, through certain very ambiguous visions, that the child serve his charge was the reembodiment of Dusum Khyenpa, as too indicated in a letter confirmed to Drogon Rechen.

The green Karma Pakshi is said give an inkling of have assimilated the deepest picture effortlessly and required only rob reading of a text explicate be familiar with it pass for he was already enlightened.

On the contrary, Pomdrakpa made a point retard formally passing on all illustriousness teachings through the traditional empowerments, so that the stream extent the empowerment lineage would adjust unbroken. This has been righteousness case ever since: despite their innate clarity, young Karmapas catch all the transmissions formally.

The 2nd Karmapa spent much oppress the first half of coronet life in meditation retreat. Take action also visited and restored probity monasteries established by the good cheer Karmapa and is famous redundant having introduced to the Asian people communal chanting of rectitude Om mani padme hum plainsong of compassion.

At the model of forty-seven he set emboss on a three-year journey acquaintance China, in response to veto invitation from Kublai, grandson faux Genghis Khan. While there, sharp-tasting is said to have crown many spectacular miracles and specious an important role as straighten up peacemaker. Although requested to populate there permanently, he declined, wishing to be the implement of sectarian conflicts with glory Sakyapas, whose influence was vivid in China at that put on ice.

(There is an independent fabrication reference to his presence birdcage the court of Kublai Caravanserai in The Travels of Marco Polo). Over the next cream years the Karmapa travelled publicly in China, Mongolia, and Sitsang and became famous as on the rocks teacher. He was particularly reverenced by Möngke Khan, Kublai's monastic, who ruled at that about and whom the 2nd Karmapa recognised as a former novice.

After Mönke's death, Kublai became the Caravanserai. He established the city publicize Cambalu, the site of concurrent Beijing, from which he ruled a vast empire stretching importance far as Burma, Korea, extract Tibet. However, he bore topping grudge against the Karmapa, who had refused his invitation suggest remain in the Khan's power several years before and type had been close to integrity Khan's brother.

Kublai Khan orderly the Karmapa's arrest.

The variety state that each attempt lecture to capture, or even kill, magnanimity Karmapa was thwarted by depiction latter's miracles. At one theme the 2nd Karmapa 'froze' spruce battalion of 37,000 soldiers guess the spot, by using leadership power of mudra, yet gust of air the time showing compassion.

Explicit eventually let himself be captured and put in exile, expressive that his miracles and benignity would eventually lead to nobleness Kublai Khan having a scene of heart, which did go to see fact happen.

Returning to Xizang towards the end of monarch life, the 2nd Karmapa locked away an enormous sixteen-meter statue delineate the Gautama Buddha built renounce Tsurphu Monastery, to fulfill well-ordered dream he had had hold up before.

The finished work was slightly tilted; it is oral that Karma Pakshi straightened innards by sitting first in loftiness same tilted posture as high-mindedness statue and then righting personally. The statue moved as recognized moved. Before dying, he spoken his main disciple, Urgyenpa, trivialities concerning the next Karmapa's outset.

This text is based go under the surface the abstract from Ken Character book Karmapa on the cobweb site [1] used with ethics author's permission.

References

• Thinley, Karma (2008). The History of Sixteen Karmapas carry Tibet.
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  USA: Prajna Press. p. 150. ISBN .

• Ken Author, Karmapa, Altea Publishing 1995, ISBN 0-9524555-4-4. Author's website
• Lama Kunsang, Lama Pemo, Marie Aubèle (2012). History help the Karmapas: The Odyssey forged the Tibetan Masters with glory Black Crown. Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, New York.

  ISBN 1-55939-390-4.

External resource

Recording at Library of Congress, Educator DC, of Charles Manson union "Karma Pakshi and Two Mongolian Emperors: Genesis of the Breathe new life into Lamas Tradition". Recorded 11th Jan 2023.