Tibet 1500 - 1599 Karma (Kagyu) Lineage Ground Mineral Pigment, Fine Gold Line on Cotton Collection of Rubin Museum of Art
Wangchuk Dorje, the 9th Karmapa, (1555-1603): a great traveler, scholar and practitioner. Well educated and a moderately prolific writer, two of his more important compositions on mahamudra were the 'Ocean of Certainty' and 'Eliminating the Darkness of Ignorance.' One of his most famous students was Jonang Taranatha.