Rolpe Dorje, 4th Karmapa Lama

Rolpe Dorje (Tib.: rol pa'i rdo rje; * 1340 Kongpo, † 1383 ) was the fourth Karmapa of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism

Life

Rolpe Dorje told at the age of three years, he was the " Karmapa ". As a teenager, he received the formal transfer of the Kagyu Dorje Yungtön Pelba (Tibetan: rdo rje ston g.yung dpal ba, 1284-1365 ) - the spiritual heirs of the 3rd Karmapa. In addition, he was of Sanggye Lingpa (Tibetan: sangs rgyas gling pa; 1340-1396 ) trained in the teachings of the Nyingmapa. At nineteen, he was invited by Toghan Timur to China, where he taught for three years, and temples and monasteries built. During his return trip from China to Tibet, he gave the lay ordination for a child named " Kunga Nyingpo ", which later became known as Tsongkhapa. Another invitation to travel to China Yongle he refused and instead sent another Lama. Rolpe Dorje was a lover of Indian poetry and the author of many " Doha " ( songs of realization ). After a vision is to be a student's been great of a Buddha of over 300 feet, Rolpe Dorje designed with the hooves of a horse that he rode a giant thangka. Five hundred people are said to have worked for over a year on the woven thangka this Buddha and the founding fathers of the Mahayana.

Rolpe Dorje died at the age of 43 years. Main lineage holder became his student Khachoe Wangpo, the second Shamar.