His Holiness The 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje A Biography By Tsering Namgyal Khortsa Candles His first book

His first book

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This genre of teachings is known as lam-rim

His Holiness The 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje A Biography By Tsering Namgyal Khortsa Candles His first bookThe seventeenth Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje is the leader of the Karma Kagyu School, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Born in 1985 in eastern Tibet to nomadic parents, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the sixteenth Karmapa who passed away in the US in 1981. He became the first Tibetan reincarnation to be recognized by both the Dalai Lama and the Chinese Government. The 15 year old monk made headlines when he escaped to India