# Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa

> The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje was 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 Samadhiraja Sutra. The 16th Karmapa was considered to be a "living Buddha" and was deeply involved in the transmission of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism to Europe and North America following the Chinese invasion of Tibet. He was known as the "King of the Yogis", and is the subject of numerous books and films.

*Karmapas (1924–1981)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/rangjung-rigpe-dorje-16th-karmapa

## Identity
- **Country:** China
- **Born:** 1924-08-14
- **Died:** 1981-11-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.1 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 17.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/XVI_Karmapa)
- [رانجونج ريجب دورجى 16 كارمابا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A8_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%89_16_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7)
- [Рангджунг Ригпе Дордже](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BF%D0%B5_%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5)
- [ཀརྨ་པ་རང་འབྱུང་རིག་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་](https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%80%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%A8%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%A1%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%97%E0%BD%BA%E0%BC%8B)
- [Rangdžung Rigpä Dordže](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangd%C5%BEung_Rigp%C3%A4_Dord%C5%BEe)
- [Rangjung Rigpe Dorje](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangjung_Rigpe_Dorje)
- [ཀརྨ་པ་ ༡༦ པ་རང་བྱུང་རིག་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ། 16th Karmapa](https://dz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%80%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%A8%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BC%8B_%E0%BC%A1%E0%BC%A6_%E0%BD%94%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%A1%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%97%E0%BD%BA%E0%BC%8D_16th_Karmapa)
- [16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Karmapa%2C_Rangjung_Rigpe_Dorje)
- [Rangjung Rigpe Dorje](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangjung_Rigpe_Dorje)
- [Rangjung Rigpe Dorje](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangjung_Rigpe_Dorje)
- [רנגג'ונג ריגפה דורג'ה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%92%D7%A4%D7%94_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92'%D7%94)
- [Rangjung Rigpe Dorje](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangjung_Rigpe_Dorje)
- [Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karmapa_Rangjung_Rigpe_Dorje)
- [랑중릭빼도제](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9E%91%EC%A4%91%EB%A6%AD%EB%B9%BC%EB%8F%84%EC%A0%9C)
- [Rangjung Rigpey Dorje](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangjung_Rigpey_Dorje)
- [Rangdziung Rigpe Dordże](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangdziung_Rigpe_Dord%C5%BCe)
- [Рангджунг Ригпе Дордже](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BF%D0%B5_%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5)
- [Rangdžung Rigpä Dordže](https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangd%C5%BEung_Rigp%C3%A4_Dord%C5%BEe)
- [Rangjung Rigpe Dorje](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangjung_Rigpe_Dorje)
- [Шістнадцятий Кармапа](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%86%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0)
- [第十六世噶瑪巴·讓炯日佩多傑](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC%E5%8D%81%E5%85%AD%E4%B8%96%E5%99%B6%E7%91%AA%E5%B7%B4%C2%B7%E8%AE%93%E7%82%AF%E6%97%A5%E4%BD%A9%E5%A4%9A%E5%82%91)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464063)

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