Teacher (Lama) - Karmapa 9, Wangchug Dorje
(item no. 90005)

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.

Jeff Watt 4-2000


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Publication: Tibetan Paintings

Thematic Set
Incarnation Lineage: Gyalwa Karmapa
Tradition: Kagyu Teachers (Paintings)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery I
Teacher: Karmapa Wangchug Dorje, 9th
1500 - 1599 (16th Century)



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