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'''Karma Chakmé''' ([[Wyl.]] ''karma chags med'') (1613-78), aka '''Raga Asé''', was one of the most highly realized and accomplished scholar-yogins of Tibet. An important [[Karma Kamtsang]] teacher, he was recognized by many as the incarnation of the ninth [[Karmapa]]. His teachers included the most famous masters of his time, both [[Nyingma]] and [[Kagyü]].
'''Karma Chakmé''' ([[Wyl.]] ''karma chags med'') (1613-78), aka '''Raga Asé''' (Wyl. ''rA ga a sya''), was one of the most highly realized and accomplished scholar-yogins of Tibet. An important [[Karma Kamtsang]] teacher, he was recognized by many as the incarnation of the ninth [[Karmapa]]. His teachers included the most famous masters of his time, both [[Nyingma]] and [[Kagyü]]. He was both the teacher and student of [[Tertön Mingyur Dorjé‎]].


==His Writings==
==His Writings==
His writings include a famous prayer to be reborn in [[Sukhavati]], the heaven of [[Amitabha]], and a biography of [[Tertön Mingyur Dorjé‎]].
His writings include a famous prayer to be reborn in [[Sukhavati]], the heaven of [[Amitabha]], and outer, inner and secret [[namthar]]s of [[Tertön Mingyur Dorjé‎]].


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==

Revision as of 07:31, 13 April 2009

Karma Chakmé

Karma Chakmé (Wyl. karma chags med) (1613-78), aka Raga Asé (Wyl. rA ga a sya), was one of the most highly realized and accomplished scholar-yogins of Tibet. An important Karma Kamtsang teacher, he was recognized by many as the incarnation of the ninth Karmapa. His teachers included the most famous masters of his time, both Nyingma and Kagyü. He was both the teacher and student of Tertön Mingyur Dorjé‎.

His Writings

His writings include a famous prayer to be reborn in Sukhavati, the heaven of Amitabha, and outer, inner and secret namthars of Tertön Mingyur Dorjé‎.

Further Reading

  • Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma: As Taught by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, KTD Publications, 2005
  • Ven. Tsering Lama Jampal Zangpo, A Garland of Immortal Wish-Fulfilling Trees: The Palyul Tradition of Nyingmapa, translated by Sangye Khandro, Snow Lion, 1988