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Tekchok Dorje

Tibetan Lama · Writers · Lived 1798 to 1868 · aged 70

The 14th Karmapa, Theckchok Dorje (1798-1868), also Thegchog Dorje, was the 14th Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Theckchok Dorje was born in Danang, Kham, Tibet, and was recognized by Drukchen Kunzig Chokyi Nangwa based on the instructional letter from the 13th Karmapa, Dudul Dorje that detailed where his next reincarnation would be born. He was enthroned and ordained as a monk by the 9th Tai Situpa at the age of nineteen.

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Type
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Lived 1798 to 1868 · aged 70