In Tibetan Buddhism the Tai Situpa is one of the oldest lineages of tulkus (reincarnated lamas) in the Kagyu school. According to tradition, the Tai Situpa is an emanation of the bodhisattva Maitreya, who will become the next Buddha, and who has been incarnated as numerous Indian and Tibetan yogins since the time of the historical Buddha. The Tai Situpa is considered to be one of the highest ranking lamas of the Karma Kagyu sect. Chokyi Gyaltsen was the first incarnation to bear the title Tai Situ, conferred upon him in 1407 by the Yongle Emperor of China in the Ming Dynasty. He was a close disciple of the 5th Karmapa who appointed him as abbot of Karma Goen, the Karmapa's principal monastery at the time. The full title bestowed was Kenting Naya Tang Nyontse Geshetse Tai Situpa which is shortened to Kuang Ting Tai Situ. The full title means "far reaching, unshakable, great master, holder of the command" The current and 12th Tai Situpa, Péma Tönyö Nyinjé, was born in a farming family in 1954 in the Palyul district of Dérgé, in the East of Tibet. At the age of twenty-two, Situ Rinpoche founded his own new monastic seat, Sherab Ling in Himachal Pradesh, in Northern India. He traveled widely making his first visit to the West in 1981 to Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland. The 12th Tai Situpa was instrumental in recognizing Ogyen Trinley Dorje, one of the two candidates claimed to be the 17th Karmapa. He also recognized Choseng Trungpa, born on February 6, 1989 in eastern Tibet, as the reincarnation of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. (more)
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Péma Tönyö Nyinjé:
Péma Tönyö Nyinjé (1954-) is the Chinese Buddhist teacher the 12th Tai Situpa and one of the leading figures of the Karma Kagyu tradition. He was born in a farming family in the Palyul district of Dérgé, in the East of Tibet. At the age of five he le
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Choseng Trungpa:
Choseng Trungpa Rinpoche is the 12th and current Trungpa tülku. He was born on February 6, 1989 in Pawo village, in Derge in eastern Tibet, and recognized by Tai Situ Rinpoche in 1991. He was enthroned a year later at Surmang Monastery by Damkar Rinp
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Karma Kagyu:
Karma Kagyu ( ) or Kamtsang is the largest transmission lineage within the Kagyu school, which in turn is one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The spiritual head of the Karma Kagyu is the Gyalwa Karmapa. With more than 600 groups and ce
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Chögyam Trungpa:
Chögyam Trungpa (February 1939 - April 4, 1987) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and a Trungpa tülku. Widely recognized, both by Tibetan Buddhists and by other spiritual practitioners and scholars, as a preeminent tea
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Ogyen Trinley Dorje:
Ogyen Trinley Dorje ( ) (b. June 26, 1985), also written Urgyen Trinley Dorje ( ; or Orgyen Trinley Dorje or Ugyen Trinley Dorje) is recognized by many as the 17th Karmapa. The Karmapa is leader of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. Ogyen Tr
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Ukhaantu Khan, Emperor Huizong of Yuan:
Ukhaantu Khan (Classical Mongolian: Uqaɤantu qaɤan; Khalkha Mongolian: Ухаант хаан Uhaant haan), born Toghun Temür, was the Emperor of China and ruled as emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, khanate of Mongol Empire. During his reign, the empire lost China t
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Scotland:
Scotland (Gaelic: Alba) is a country that occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It is part of the United Kingdom, and shares a land border to the south with England. It is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean
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India:
India (Hindi: भारत ; see also other Indian languages), officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by geographical area, the second most populous country, and the most popul
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China:
China ( ; Wade-Giles (Mandarin): Chung¹kuo²) is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity occupying a large portion of land in East Asia. China has one of the world's oldest people a
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Monastery:
:For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see Monasticism. :For the hamlet in the South-west of England see The Friary. Monastery (plural: Monasteries), a term derived from the Greek word μοναστήριον (monastērion, from μόνος - monos
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