Karmapa Incarnation Line
The line of Karmapa incarnations:
- Düsum Khyenpa (1110-1193)
- Karma Pakshi (1206-1283)
- Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339)
- Rolpé Dorje (1340-1383)
- Deshyin Shekpa (1384-1415)
- Thongwa Dönden (1416-1452/3)
- Chödrak Gyatso (1454-1506)
- Mikyö Dorje (1507-1554)
- Wangchuk Dorje (1556-1603)
- Chöying Dorje (1604-1674)
- Yeshe Dorje (1676-1702)
- Changchub Dorje (1703-1732)
- Düddul Dorje (1733-1797)
- Thekchok Dorje (1797-1867)
- Khakhyap Dorje (1871-1922)
- Rangjung Rigpé Dorje (1924-1981)
There are are currently two incarnations who hold the title of Seventeenth Karmapa:
- Ogyen Trinley Dorje (b. 1985) and
- Trinley Thaye Dorje (b. 1983).
Further Reading
- Ken Holmes, Karmapa, Altea Publishing, 1996.
- Former lives of the Gyalwa Karmapa, Dzalendara and Sakarchupa, edited by Ken Holmes, K.D.D.L.
- Chogyur Lingpa, Karmapa, The Sacred Prophecy, Kagyu Thubten Choling (a translation of Chokgyur Lingpa's prophetic vision of the twenty-one incarnations of Karmapa)
