One of the main students of Milarepa (Mi la ras pa) was Gampopa (sGam po pa), author of the Jewel ornament of liberation and founder of Dagpo Kagyu (Dwags po bka’ brgyud). Four of Gampopa’s disciples founded four different Kagyu schools. Most famously the Karma Kagyu school was founded by Düsum Khyenpa (Dus gsum mkhyen pa)….
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His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje at the Kagyu Monlam – December 2013
In the shade of the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya (Bihar, India) His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje presides over the 2013 Kagyu Monlam. Also present were Beru Kyentse Rinpoche and his son Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, as well as many more Tibetan Lamas and Rinpoches.