Rang-byung-rdo-rje, Karma-pa III, 1284-1339

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Name (Latin)
Rang-byung-rdo-rje, Karma-pa III, 1284-1339
Other forms of name
Dorje, Rangjung, 1284-1339
Karma-pa Rang-byung-rdo-rje, III, 1284-1339
Karma-pa III, 1284-1339
Karmapa, III, 1284-1339
Rangjung Dorje, Karma-pa III, 1284-1339
Raṅ-byuṅ-rdo-rje, Karma-pa III, 1284-1339
Date of birth
1284
Date of death
1339
Associated Language
tib
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 57043333
Wikidata: Q548603
Library of congress: n 83207404
Sources of Information
  • Good tshogs rin chen ʼphreṅ ba, 1981 (a.e.)board (Raṅ-byuṅ-rdo-rje)
  • LC data base, 7/15/83(hdg.: Raṅ-byuṅ-rdo-rje, Karma-pa III, 1284-1339; usage: Karma-pa Raṅ-byuṅ-rdo-rje; Third Karma-pa Raṅ-byuṅ-rdo-rje; 3rd. Black hat Karma-pa Raṅ-byuṅ-rdo-rje)
  • Nydahl, O. Mahamudra, 1991:CIP t.p. (Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje, 1284-1339)
  • Schaeffer, K.R. The enlightened heart of Buddhahood, 1995:t.p. (Third Karma pa Rang byung rdo rje)
  • Rangjung Dorje (Wylie: rang byung rdo rje) (1284-1339) was the third Karmapa ( (Wikipedia website, viewed 2013-03-26) )
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Wikipedia description:

The 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (Tibetan: རང་འབྱུང་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wylie: rang 'byung rdo rje) (1284–1339) was the 3rd Gyalwa Karmapa and head of the Karma Kagyu school, the largest school within the Kagyu tradition. He was an important figure in the history of Tibetan Buddhism, who helped to spread Buddha-nature teachings in Tibet.

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