Yeshe Dorje, 11th Karmapa
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Yeshe Dorje (1676–1702) was the eleventh
Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism
.
Yeshe Dorje was born in Mayshö,
Central Tibet for his education and was ordained in the Tsurphu Monastery. He received an education both in the Kagyu school as well as the Nyingma school. Yeshe Dorje integrated the teaching of Tercho by Padmasambhava
in the Kagyu school.
He was the shortest-lived of all the Karmapas. Like the 10th Karmapa before him, he left a detailed letter referring to his next incarnation.[1]
Footnotes
- ^ The Eleventh Karmapa Yeshe Dorje. Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- Thinley, Karma (2008). The History of Sixteen Karmapas of Tibet. USA: Prajna Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-57062-644-9.