Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader (born 1924)

16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje

Tibetan spiritual leader (1924–1981)

The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje is the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa and the spiritual leader of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He is of the oldest line of reincarnate lamas in Vajrayana Buddhism, known as the Karmapas whose coming was predicted by the Buddha in the…