17th karmapa biography of william hill
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17th karmapa biography of william hill
Karmapa's Biography & Activities
. . . In the case of an enlightened being, rebirths are taken consciously, motivated by a desire to benefit all living beings and made possible by the depth and clarity of an individual's realization.Biography of william shakespeare
The first such reincarnation (tulku) was recognized in thirteenth-century Tibet. His name was the Gyalwang Karmapa, "The Victorious One of Enlightened Activity." Thereafter, he continued to return, generation after generation, until the present seventeenth Karmapa .
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A Brief Biography
As the Karmapa was born in the late 20th century, it is the task of the Seventeenth Karmapa to bring spiritual teachings nurtured in the mountain hermitages of Tibet fully into the era of globalization, when those teachings are so urgently needed.
To do so, on June 19, 1985, the reincarnation lineage of the Karmapas took form for the seventeenth time, with the birth of a young boy in Tibet. As he had indicated in his previous life as the Sixteenth Gyalwang Karm